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Dan01 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Extraposed Modifiers

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00i do not understand as how 'mary' is the person who is flying.02br
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00 Mary saw Denver flying to Chicago.02br
00 A jolly old man arrived with an armload of presents.02br
00 The man arrived whom John had invited to dinner.02br
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00Neither the seeing nor Denver was flying to Chicago, but Mary. It was the old man who had an armload of presents, not the arriving event. John had invited to dinner the man and not the arriving event. In each of these cases what seems as though it should be a right modifier to the subject NP is extraposed to the end of the sentence.02br
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00i appreciate the time you've taken to read and reply so i thank you in advance for your help.0230hrefhttp://www.isi.edu/~hobbs/metsyn/node5.htmlclink
  

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0You may be reading over your head, Dan-- I cannot understand that linked website either. 0-

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  • 0You may be reading over your head, Dan-- I cannot understand that linked website either.
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0You may be reading over your head, Dan-- I cannot understand that linked website either. The point for you is-- I think-- that only 01i00Mary 02i00can logically be flying, not 01i00Denver02i00, so the placement of the adverbial 01i00flying to Chicago02i00 can be extraposed (placed away from its referent).02br
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0I think you are saying like this.02br
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001. 01font00"[01i00Mary 02i00(flying to Chicago)] 01i00saw Denver02i00"02font00. 02br
00Extrapose "flying to Chicago" in the NP to the right side, then we get 01font00"[01i00Mary02i
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0 thanks MM. you have a point there. i really appreciate your input.0-
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0 paco. after i read through your post several times, i began to understand it.02br
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