Consider the following sentence and the phrase structure tree that would be used to represent it: The shuttle crashed on Hoth. A Ling 1 student runs constituency tests on this sentence and reaches some conclusions. Which are correct

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The student may conclude that the noun phrase "the shuttle" is closely related to a verbal phrase, while the term "on Hoth" is a constituent of that phrase.

We can arrive at this answer because:

  • A noun phrase begins with a noun, or with a clause that has this function.
  • In the case of the sentence shown above, we can see that it starts with "The shuttle" which is a noun, as it is naming something.
  • In this case, "The shuttle" is one of the main elements of the sentence and is directly linked to the verb "crashed" to the point where it can be related to a verbal phrase.
  • On the other hand, the term "on Hoth" presents itself as a constituent, complementing the sentence and ending it coherently.

The student can make these conclusions by analyzing the sentence and the structure that makes it up.

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