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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Phrase structure trees

Hey guys,

I need to draw a phrase structure tree/ tree diagram for the ambiguous sentence:

Sisters meet after 18 years in checkout line at supermarket.

Can anyone help me?
I do not know how to do it Emotion: sad

Thanks in advance.
  

Top answer

Is it correct ? I just have finished reading.

  • Is it correct ?
  • I just have finished reading.
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Is it correct ? I just have finished reading.
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anyone knows any car accidents thats happened in queensland?
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anyone knows any car accidents thats happened in queensland?
Does anyone know (of) any car accidents that have happened in Queensland?
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Well for one thing you need two different trees, one for each meaning.

1. Sisters who haven't seen each other for 18 years and then meet in the checkout line:

(N VP PP)
/ / \
| / (
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or sisters waited eighteen years in the checkout line ?
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I can't easily (and shouldnt) give an actual tree, since when I try to download a program like http://www.sittac.com/download/instructions.html, my computer pops up the Microsoft "what do you watn to associate this with?" question that then doesn;'t get me any where (and because you should do your own
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Sisters who haven't seen each other for 18 years, happened to meet in a checkout line.
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Sisters, separated for 18 years, coincidentally meet in a checkout line.
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Sisters (subject) meet (verb) after 18 years (adverb phrase indicating when) in checkout line at supermarket (adverb phrase indicating where). If they had been in the line for 18 years it would be . . .

. . . after 18 years in checkout line (adverb phrase indicating when)
. . . at the supermarket (adverb phrase indicating where).

Martin Ternouth
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Guys I have a question...when do we answer with I did?
for example I Did make an appointment or I did play with my little sister?

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