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I have a problem with a task from my syntax course. I hope someone can help me. Thank you very much in advance!
Complements, Adjuncts, and trees
(6.1) This section is about the complements or adjuncts in the sentence: (6.1) That story about Aladdin really kept me on edge.
(6.2) Come up with one valid argument using one of the complement-adjunct tests listed in GPS1 (p. 200) in Chapter 6 that the NP me is a complement or an adjunct of kept. Remember one-replacement only works when the head the PP is modifying is a Noun (one can only replace N’s, not V’s).
(6.3) Produce an example illustrating a one-replacement test, which shows that the PP about Aladdin is a complement or an adjunct of the noun story. Use enough context in your example to make it clear what the antcedent that one is replacing is. (Produce a whole new sentence, not just a noun phrase with one in it, and remember, you don’t have to keep all the elements of sentence 6.1. You’re focused on a property of the noun story and PP’s headed with about, For example, a good test sentence for the container of flour case is The container of flour is heavier than the one of salt.)
(6.4) Using a chapter 6 tree, draw the tree for (6.1) in a way that is consistent with the results of your two tests.
