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 12:54:16 · 3 answers · asked by estudent 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
So the whole thing would look like this if put into a tree diagram:
S0
/ \
/ \
Being ---- Forced S1
/ \
/------------------- \
to take another linguistics course S2
/ \
/ \
infuriated- Bertha
2006-10-15 13:02:24 · update #1
Sorry the fonts and that didn't translate too well. Those (/ \) are supposed to have spaces between them.
2006-10-15 13:03:55 · update #2
Looks to me like "being forced" is a noun phrase here, since it's the subject.
Infuriated is the main verb; its subject is "being forced to take another linguistics course" and its direct object is "Bertha". "Bertha" is an NP and "Infuriated Bertha" is a VP.
I'm not using the right linguistics terms am I? (Sorry it's been a while!) But man I'm for sure more helpful than the other two.
2006-10-15 15:52:29 · answer #1 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
stay lite this is to say that most people who will get an education in the sciences will in time embrace the structuring of what works, what doesn't and how to know the differences, between all things that will not fit . i had to save a Lot of arguments to later because it cause dysfunction of long term identification of many of the problems by my not being in agreement with some of it and it would then cause further delays in learning. being smart is to not have an opinion of what it takes until you see it done by others and see what is actually happening and then you can see rather than struggle.
2006-10-15 13:09:50 · answer #2 · answered by bev 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The asked the dam man for some dam water and the dam man said he didn't have no dam water so I told the dam man to keep his dam water...
2006-10-15 12:57:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋