Pic. 7. A Sample Phrase Structure (Tree Diagram).

Sentence
Noun Phrase	Verb Phrase
	Noun P	Verb Phrase	Noun Phrase	AdvPhrase
					Noun Phrase
det	m	h	mv	det	m	h
│	│	│	│	│	│	│
pron	adj	noun	v	pron	adj	noun	adv
Those	tall	trees	framed	our	lovely	view	nicely

The sentence branches into two parts: a subject phrase and a predicate phrase. These branches then further subdivide into other constituents of the sentence and finally into its individual words. Phrase structure trees can show the same hierarchy of relationships as IC-analysis can. Thus, the tree branching divides those from the phrase it modifies, tall trees. Similarly, it shows that trees is a unit modified by tall. The Tree diagram have an additional advantage in that they can efficiently represent visually how one sentence is placed inside another. They are also easier to read than are the boxes used in IC-analysis.

► Practice section (разбираем на семинаре 6.11.2012 и сдаем до 9.11.2012)

Should be drawn with a pencil! No typing!!!

Read the explanations on the methods of language unit structure analysis again and draw three visual diagrams for EVERY SENTENCE (below) using [1] a Reed-Kellogg diagram, [2] an IC diagram, [3] a Phrase Structure Tree.

CHOOSE ANY THREE sentence out of FIVE!!!

Var. 1	Var. 2	Var, 3	Var. 4	Var. 5
Игнатова А.	Леванова Кс.	Ли В.	Найчук В.	Сукочева Св.
Фесенко А.	Смирнов И.	Беседин А.	Алексеев Р.	Авдеева А.
Сидорович Е.	Саютина Т.	Харламова М.
Керимаханова С.	Куликова Е.	Кравченко Кр.	Коровина Т.	Красюкова Я
Семёнова Е.	Самылина Д.	Суркова Ю.	Мелихова Ек.	Яловцева Ан.
		Цветков Анд.

Variant 1.	1. It has taken me nearly thirty years. 2. James Cagney is remembered for playing gangsters on the screen. 3. But he considered himself a singer and dancer. 4. Willie Nelson’s singing still enthrals audiences. 5. All I wrote I squeezed out if myself by sheer hard work.
Variant 2.	1. I hope you will not find it uninteresting. 2. America cannot postpone confronting environmental problems. 3. Anna Tyler wrote her first book in this room. 4. Priscilla received him with every mark of esteem. 5. Walking down the Main Street can be dangerous after dark.
Variant 3.	1. Mr. Rodham was sitting in his study at the Rectory Hall. 2. The basic rule in the White House is to debate internally. 3. Some book reviewers criticize Pat Conroy for retelling the story of his dysfunctional family in each of his novel. 4. Outside the Gothic windows the earth was warm and marvellously calm. 5. New Yorkers are shocked by the violence.
Variant 4.	1. He sat at his desk dejectedly. 2. Pipes attached to ships a mile above the sea bed will force down the mixture until the ultimate solution. 3. Henry pulled up a chair to the lamp. 4. Thomas Edison became famous for inventing the light bulb. 5. The sporty Jaguar is called XJR.
Variant 5.	1. Mr. Scogran ran to the foot of the stairs to call after me. 2. Inner-city teens often envision themselves dying in a gang war. 3. Julia Child’s first TV show was called The French Chef. 4. One-third of American households sort their garbage now 5. The local hospital profited handsomely.

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