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Book examples

Representing layered structure (section 1.5)

Sentences (section 1.7)

Noun words (section 2.2)

The noun phrase top rule (section 3.2.1)

Initial noun phrase layers (section 3.2.2)

Internal noun phrase layers (section 3.2.3)

Nouns as noun modifiers (section 3.2.4)

Determiner layer (section 3.2.5)

Genitive noun phrase layers (section 3.2.6)

Adjective phrases (section 3.4)

Preposition phrases (section 3.5)

La (section 4.2.1)

Ln (section 4.2.2)

I (section 4.3.1)

Ip (section 4.3.2)

Ipr (section 4.3.3)

In/pr (section 4.3.4)

It (section 4.3.5)

Tn (section 4.4.1)

Tn.p (section 4.4.2)

Tn.pr (section 4.4.3)

Tf (section 4.4.4)

Tw (section 4.4.5)

Tr (section 4.4.6)

Tt (section 4.4.7)

Tnt (section 4.4.8)

Tni (section 4.4.9)

Tg (section 4.4.10)

Tng (section 4.4.11)

Tsg (section 4.4.12)

Dn.n (section 4.5.1)

Dn.f (section 4.5.2)

Dn.w (section 4.5.3)

Dn.r (section 4.5.4)

Dn.t (section 4.5.5)

Dn.* (section 4.5.6)

Dpr.n (section 4.5.7)

Dpr.f (section 4.5.8)

Dpr.r (section 4.5.9)

Cn.a (section 4.6.1)

Cn.n (section 4.6.2)

Cn.n/a (section 4.6.3)

Cn.pr (section 4.6.4)

Cn.t (section 4.6.5)

Cn.i (section 4.6.6)

Cn.g (section 4.6.7)

VP24A (section 4.7.1)

VP24B (section 4.7.2)

VP24C (section 4.7.3)

ex_V (section 4.8.1)

ex_Vp (section 4.8.2)

ex_Vpr (section 4.8.3)

ex_cat_Vt (section 4.8.4)

ex_cat_Vt_passive_ (section 4.8.5)

ex_cat_Vg (section 4.8.6)

ex_cat_Ve_passive_ (section 4.8.7)

equ_Vf (section 4.9.1)

equ_Vw (section 4.9.2)

equ_Vt (section 4.9.3)

equ_Vg (section 4.9.4)

cat_Vt (section 4.10.1)

cat_Vt_passive_ (section 4.10.2)

cat_Vi (section 4.10.3)

cat_Vg (section 4.10.4)

cat_Vg_passive_ (section 4.10.5)

cat_Ve (section 4.10.6)

cat_Ve_passive_ (section 4.10.7)

Clause structure (section 5.2)

DO operator layer (section 5.3.1)

HAVE, BE or modal verb finite layers (section 5.3.2)

Catenative verbs with bare infinitive complements (section 5.4.1)

Catenative verbs with to-infinitive complements (section 5.4.2)

Catenative verbs with active voice past participle clause complements (section 5.4.3)

Catenative verbs with active voice present participle clause complements (section 5.4.4)

Catenative verb with passive voice past participle clause complements (section 5.4.5)

Statement word order with clause middle layers (section 5.5)

Existential there (section 5.6)

CP-THT (that-clause) (section 6.2)

Embedded question clauses that are finite clauses with statement word order (section 6.4.1)

Embedded question clauses that are to-infinitive clauses (section 6.4.2)

Embedded questions as preposition complements (section 6.4.3)

The notional subject as a that-clause (section 6.5.1)

The tough-construction (section 6.6)

Subordinate conjunction with finite adverbial clauses (section 6.7.1)

Subordinate conjunction with to-infinitive clauses (section 6.7.2)

Subordinate conjunction with participle clauses (section 6.7.3)

Present participle clauses as preposition complements (section 6.8)

Relative clauses that are finite clauses (section 6.9.1)

Relative clauses that are to-infinitive clauses (section 6.9.2)

Reduced relative clauses that are present participle clauses (section 6.9.3)

Reduced relative clauses that are past participle clauses (section 6.9.4)

Cleft constructions (section 6.10)

V_as_though/as_if/like-construction (section 6.11)