STYLISTIC TRANSFORMATIONS AND SENTENCE ANALYSIS
Exercise
1. Ran is not a phrasal verb; through the airport is a prepositional ADVP. Type I: NP1 - MVint
2. Ran through is a phrasal verb. Through is not movable. Type V: NP1 - MVtr - NP2
3. Try on is a phrasal verb. On is movable. Type V: NP1 - MVtr - NP2
4. Goofing off is a phrasal verb. Off is not movable. Type I: NP1 - MVint
5. Fallen is not a phrasal verb; out of the nest is a prepositional ADVP. Type I: NP1 - MVint
6. Fallen out is a phrasal verb. Out is not movable. Type I: NP1 - MVint
7. Hand down is a phrasal verb. Down is movable. Type V: NP1 - MVtr - NP2
Exercise 13.2
1. Dummy Subject - Something about a police chase thrills television viewers.
Type V: NP1 - MVtr - NP2
2. Adverb of Place - The frisbee we used to win the 1998 championship is there.
Type II: NP - MVbe - ADVPpl
3. Dummy Subject - A phone somewhere in an office down the hall rings every few minutes.
Type I: NP1 - MVint - ADVPtm
4. Dummy Subject - Three gas stations were at the last exit.
Type II: NP - MVbe - ADVPpl
5. Adverb of Place - The car keys Ellie has been looking for are there, under the sofa.
Type II: NP - MVbe - ADVPpl - ADVPpl
6. Adverb of Place - You go there again, asking yourself questions and then answering them.
Type I: NP1 - MVint - ADVPpl
Exercise 13.3
1. Negative, adverb movement
Sandra had heard of Camp Runamuck before last year.
2. Yes/no question, particle movement
Arthur bought out the entire toy store.
3. Wh question, adverb movement
Joey’s three white mice escaped from their cage during show-and-tell in some manner.
4. There transformation, adverb movement
Someone is sleeping in the back row of my history class usually.
5. Wh question, negative, passive, by-deletion
Someone told us about this test in advance for some reason.
EX ERCISE ANSWER KEY EX–75
Exercise 13.4
1. What Hurricane Martha did was blow our new picnic table into the swimming pool.
What Hurricane Martha blew into the swimming pool was our new picnic table.
What blew our new picnic table into the swimming pool was Hurricane Martha.
2. What the new cathedral will do is occupy the site of our favorite downtown parking lot.
What will occupy the site of our favorite downtown parking lot is the new cathedral.
What the new cathedral will occupy is the site of our favorite downtown parking lot.
3. What Lewis and Clark’s journey demonstrated was that there was no northwest passage to the
Pacific Ocean.
What demonstrated that there was no northwest passage to the Pacific Ocean was Lewis and
Clark’s journey.
What Lewis and Clark’s journey did was demonstrate that there was no northwest passage to the
Pacific Ocean.
Exercise 13.5
1. What Max really wants is to buy a new Mercedes next year.
What Max really wants to buy next year is a new Mercedes.
It is a new Mercedes that Max really wants to buy next year.
It is Max who really wants to buy a new Mercedes next year.
It is next year that Max really wants to buy a new Mercedes.
2. What was slowly melting in Irving’s grocery bag was a gallon of chocolate ripple ice cream.
What a gallon of chocolate ripple ice cream was doing was slowly melting in Irving’s grocery bag.
It was a gallon of chocolate ripple ice cream that was slowly melting in Irving’s grocery bag.
It was in Irving’s grocery bag that a gallon of chocolate ripple ice cream was slowly melting.
3. What Judy’s dog did was dig up the rose bed three times last week.
What Judy’s dog dug up three times last week was the rose bed.
What dug up the rose bed three times last week was Judy’s dog.
It was Judy’s dog that dug up the rose bed three times last week.
It was three times last week that Judy’s dog dug up the rose bed.
It was the rose bed that Judy’s dog dug up three times last week.
Exercise 13.6
These are only some of the possible answers.
1. I need a faster computer at this point. Type V: NP1 - MVtr - NP2
2. Mostly women take aerobics classes at our gym. Type V: NP1 - MVtr - NP2
3. Gavin forgot to take his new passport with him. Type V: NP1 - MVtr - NP2
4 . The Ya n g t ze River flood re n d e red three mill i on people hom e l e s s . Type V: N P1 - MVt r - NP2 - ADJP
5 . K e lly felt depressed by the quaint but uncom f o rtable old country inn.Type III: N P1 - M Vl i n k - ADJP
Exercise
1. Ran is not a phrasal verb; through the airport is a prepositional ADVP. Type I: NP1 - MVint
2. Ran through is a phrasal verb. Through is not movable. Type V: NP1 - MVtr - NP2
3. Try on is a phrasal verb. On is movable. Type V: NP1 - MVtr - NP2
4. Goofing off is a phrasal verb. Off is not movable. Type I: NP1 - MVint
5. Fallen is not a phrasal verb; out of the nest is a prepositional ADVP. Type I: NP1 - MVint
6. Fallen out is a phrasal verb. Out is not movable. Type I: NP1 - MVint
7. Hand down is a phrasal verb. Down is movable. Type V: NP1 - MVtr - NP2
Exercise 13.2
1. Dummy Subject - Something about a police chase thrills television viewers.
Type V: NP1 - MVtr - NP2
2. Adverb of Place - The frisbee we used to win the 1998 championship is there.
Type II: NP - MVbe - ADVPpl
3. Dummy Subject - A phone somewhere in an office down the hall rings every few minutes.
Type I: NP1 - MVint - ADVPtm
4. Dummy Subject - Three gas stations were at the last exit.
Type II: NP - MVbe - ADVPpl
5. Adverb of Place - The car keys Ellie has been looking for are there, under the sofa.
Type II: NP - MVbe - ADVPpl - ADVPpl
6. Adverb of Place - You go there again, asking yourself questions and then answering them.
Type I: NP1 - MVint - ADVPpl
Exercise 13.3
1. Negative, adverb movement
Sandra had heard of Camp Runamuck before last year.
2. Yes/no question, particle movement
Arthur bought out the entire toy store.
3. Wh question, adverb movement
Joey’s three white mice escaped from their cage during show-and-tell in some manner.
4. There transformation, adverb movement
Someone is sleeping in the back row of my history class usually.
5. Wh question, negative, passive, by-deletion
Someone told us about this test in advance for some reason.
EX ERCISE ANSWER KEY EX–75
Exercise 13.4
1. What Hurricane Martha did was blow our new picnic table into the swimming pool.
What Hurricane Martha blew into the swimming pool was our new picnic table.
What blew our new picnic table into the swimming pool was Hurricane Martha.
2. What the new cathedral will do is occupy the site of our favorite downtown parking lot.
What will occupy the site of our favorite downtown parking lot is the new cathedral.
What the new cathedral will occupy is the site of our favorite downtown parking lot.
3. What Lewis and Clark’s journey demonstrated was that there was no northwest passage to the
Pacific Ocean.
What demonstrated that there was no northwest passage to the Pacific Ocean was Lewis and
Clark’s journey.
What Lewis and Clark’s journey did was demonstrate that there was no northwest passage to the
Pacific Ocean.
Exercise 13.5
1. What Max really wants is to buy a new Mercedes next year.
What Max really wants to buy next year is a new Mercedes.
It is a new Mercedes that Max really wants to buy next year.
It is Max who really wants to buy a new Mercedes next year.
It is next year that Max really wants to buy a new Mercedes.
2. What was slowly melting in Irving’s grocery bag was a gallon of chocolate ripple ice cream.
What a gallon of chocolate ripple ice cream was doing was slowly melting in Irving’s grocery bag.
It was a gallon of chocolate ripple ice cream that was slowly melting in Irving’s grocery bag.
It was in Irving’s grocery bag that a gallon of chocolate ripple ice cream was slowly melting.
3. What Judy’s dog did was dig up the rose bed three times last week.
What Judy’s dog dug up three times last week was the rose bed.
What dug up the rose bed three times last week was Judy’s dog.
It was Judy’s dog that dug up the rose bed three times last week.
It was three times last week that Judy’s dog dug up the rose bed.
It was the rose bed that Judy’s dog dug up three times last week.
Exercise 13.6
These are only some of the possible answers.
1. I need a faster computer at this point. Type V: NP1 - MVtr - NP2
2. Mostly women take aerobics classes at our gym. Type V: NP1 - MVtr - NP2
3. Gavin forgot to take his new passport with him. Type V: NP1 - MVtr - NP2
4 . The Ya n g t ze River flood re n d e red three mill i on people hom e l e s s . Type V: N P1 - MVt r - NP2 - ADJP
5 . K e lly felt depressed by the quaint but uncom f o rtable old country inn.Type III: N P1 - M Vl i n k - ADJP
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