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Thursday, April 24, 2014

Harry the Dirty Dog--Syntax Trees

Harry the Dirty Dog is a story about a dog that doesn't like to take baths. Read along as Betty White (貝蒂·懷特), a marvelous actress (90+ years old!) tells you the story:

Some syntax trees for this story:




He felt tired and hungry (Some linguists prefer to split each phrase in half)


He felt tired and hungry (Some linguists feel that ADJ-CONJ-ADJ is better)