1. Syntactic analysis - test Provide your own analysis of the sentences on the next slide before consulting the proposed solutions

2. Test sentences 1.Everybody sleptEverybody slept 2.Everybody was sleepingEverybody was sleeping 3.Everybody was fast asleepEverybody was fast asleep 4.Everybody slept for hoursEverybody slept for hours 5.Unfortunately, everybody was fast asleep when a burgler broke in through the windowUnfortunately, everybody was fast asleep when a burgler broke in through the window 6.When 2-year old Tommy woke up because he needed a drink of milk, the burgler was silently filling his sack with the family silverWhen 2-year old Tommy woke up because he needed a drink of milk, the burgler was silently filling his sack with the family silver 7.Seeing Tommy, he jumped, and, seeing the burglar, Tommy jumped the other waySeeing Tommy, he jumped, and, seeing the burglar, Tommy jumped the other way Click on a sentence to go to the proposed solution

3. S NP VP Pro V Everybodysleep V´Aux [+Fin] [+Past] -ed Subject Predication Head Modalisation Predicate 1. Everybody slept

4. S NPVP Pro V Everybodysleep V´Aux [+Fin] [+Past] [+Prog] -ed Subject Predication Head Modalisation Predicate 2. Everybody was sleeping be -ing

5. S NPVP Pro V Everybodybe V´Aux [+Fin] [+Past] -ed Subject Predication Head Modalisation Predicate 3. Everybody was fast asleep AdvP fast AP Specifier A asleep A´ Head CSCS

6. S NP VPPro V Everybodysleep V´Aux [+Fin] [+Past] -ed Subject Predication Head Modalisation Predicate 4. Everybody slept for hours VP PP PNP forhours Adjunct HeadComplement

7. S NPVP Pro V everybodybe V´Aux [+Fin] [+Past] -ed Subject Predication Head Modalisation Predicate 5. Unfortunately, everybody was fast asleep when a burgler broke in through the window AdvP fast AP Specifier A asleep A´ Head CSCS AdvP Unfortunately Adjunct S´ Comp Adjunct S NP VP V V´Aux [+Fin] [+Past] Subject Head Predicate -edwhen D aburglar N´ VP PP Particle inbreak P through NP D thewindow N AdjunctSpecifier Head N

8. AdjunctSubjectPredicate S 0 S 1 S´ Comp When 2-year old Tommy woke up because he needed a drink of milk NP VP the burgler was silently filling his sack with the family silver Click on the purple nodes to see proposed analysis

9. When 2-year old Tommy woke up because he needed a drink of milk, the burglar was silently filling his sack with the family silver

10. Specifier Adjunct Compl S 1 NPVPS´ APProperN Tommy 2-year NPA´ A old Aux [+Fin] [+Past] V´ V Adv wake -ed up Comp because S 2 he needed a drink of milk When 2-year old Tommy woke up because he needed a drink of milk, the burglar was silently filling his sack with the family silver S´ Comp When Click on the purple node to see proposed analysis

11. SubjectPredicate Modalisation Head DO Spec HeadComplement Head S 2 NP VP Aux [+Fin] [+Past] V´ V NP need -ed a He DN´ NPP PNP drink ofmilk

12. S 0 S 1 S 2 Coord and Seeing Tommy, he jumpedseeing the burglar, Tommy jumped the other way Click on the purple node to see proposed analysis

13. AdjunctSubjectPredicate SubjectPredicate HeadDO S 1 S´NPVP Pro he Aux [+Fin] [+Past] V´ -ed V jump Comp S 3 NPVP Aux [-Fin] -ing V´ VNP Ø Ø seeTommy