For my modern linguistics class, we need to find the deep structure of a sentence. I understand the basic jest of it, but I 1. need to first label the predicates in the surface structure, 2. get rid of the aux. verbs as well as all adverbial material, 3. identify constituents filling the required semantic roles for each verb 4. then sketch the deep structure relations among the predicates for each of the sentences.
Being forced to take another linguistics course infuriated Bertha.
Being forced (Being forced= verb phrase) to take another linguistics course (to take=verb phrase) infuriated Bertha (infuriated Bertha=noun/noun phrase OR IS IT A Verb Phrase!).
1. predicates: being forced, to take, infuriated
2.forced, take
3. forced (connected to)
take (connected to)
Linguistics class (connected to)
infuriated Bertha
2006-10-15
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