BU CAS LX 522 - Episode 5a. TP, Agree, and our quickly growing tree

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CAS LX 522 Syntax IOn beyond vAuxiliaries and modals and verbsSlide 4Slide 5Slide 6NegationWhere does Neg fit?A-ha.HoP revisitedWhat does do do?So, we have TPat might eat lunch.Slide 14Slide 15Slide 16Slide 17Slide 18Slide 19Slide 20Slide 21Slide 22Slide 23WARNING-WARNING-WARNINGWhat about I?Pat ate lunchSlide 27Feature classesAgreeUnvalued featuresSlide 31Pat ate lunch.Slide 33Slide 34Pat had been eating lunchValuing [u Infl: ]Pat had eaten lunch.Pat was eating lunch.Pat should eat lunch.Episode 5a. TP, Agree, and ourEpisode 5a. TP, Agree, and ourquickly growing treequickly growing tree5.1-5.35.1-5.3CAS LX 522CAS LX 522Syntax ISyntax IOn beyond On beyond vvOur trees have now expanded beyond Our trees have now expanded beyond being mere VPs to being being mere VPs to being vvPs.Ps.The Hierarchy of Projections: The Hierarchy of Projections: vv > V > VOnce you have finished the VP (uninterpretable Once you have finished the VP (uninterpretable selection features are checked), if there’s a selection features are checked), if there’s a v v on the workbench, Merge it.on the workbench, Merge it.The UTAH:The UTAH:NP, daughter of NP, daughter of vvP: AgentP: AgentNP, daughter of VP: ThemeNP, daughter of VP: ThemePP, daughter of VPP, daughter of V: Goal: GoalNP, daughter of VNP, daughter of V: Possessee: PossesseeBut this is only the beginning.But this is only the beginning.Auxiliaries and modals Auxiliaries and modals and verbsand verbsConsider the following:Consider the following:I ate.I ate.I could eat.I could eat.I had eaten.I had eaten.I was eating.I was eating.I had been eating.I had been eating.I could have eaten.I could have eaten.I could be eating.I could be eating.I could have been eating.I could have been eating.So: So: couldcould, , havehave, , bebe, , eateat. How do we . How do we determine what form each verb takes?determine what form each verb takes?Auxiliaries and modals Auxiliaries and modals and verbsand verbsWhat are these things?What are these things?Have: Perfective (aspect)Have: Perfective (aspect)I have eaten. I had eaten.I have eaten. I had eaten.Be: Progressive (aspect)Be: Progressive (aspect)I am eating. I was eating.I am eating. I was eating.Could: ModalCould: ModalI can eat. I could eat. I shall I can eat. I could eat. I shall eat. I should eat. I may eat. I eat. I should eat. I may eat. I might eat. I will eat. I would eat.might eat. I will eat. I would eat.Auxiliaries and modals Auxiliaries and modals and verbsand verbsConsider the following:Consider the following:I could have been eating.I could have been eating.*I could be having eaten.*I could be having eaten.*I was canning have eaten.*I was canning have eaten.*I had cannen be eating.*I had cannen be eating.*I was having cannen eat.*I was having cannen eat.*I had been canning eat.*I had been canning eat.It looks like there’s an order:It looks like there’s an order:Modal, Perf, Prog, verb.Modal, Perf, Prog, verb.Auxiliaries and modals Auxiliaries and modals and verbsand verbsSuppose:Suppose:HaveHave is of category Perf. is of category Perf.BeBe is of category Prog. is of category Prog.MayMay, , mightmight, , cancan, , couldcould are of category M. are of category M.They are heads from the lexicon, we They are heads from the lexicon, we will Merge them into the tree above will Merge them into the tree above vvP. P. Their order is captured by a new Their order is captured by a new improved Hierarchy of Projections:improved Hierarchy of Projections:Modal > Perf > Prog > Modal > Perf > Prog > vv > V > VExcept not every sentence has these. Except not every sentence has these. So:So:(Modal) > (Perf) > (Prog) > (Modal) > (Perf) > (Prog) > vv > V > VNegationNegationConsider the following:Consider the following:I did not eat.I did not eat.I could not eat.I could not eat.I had not eaten.I had not eaten.I was not eating.I was not eating.I had not been eating.I had not been eating.I could not have been eating.I could not have been eating.Suppose Suppose notnot is of category Neg. is of category Neg.How do we describe where How do we describe where notnot occurs? occurs? How can we fit it into our Hierarchy How can we fit it into our Hierarchy of Projections?of Projections?Where does Neg fit?Where does Neg fit?Suppose that we Suppose that we cancan fit Neg in our fit Neg in our Hierarchy of Projections. Just like the Hierarchy of Projections. Just like the other things we just added.other things we just added.(Modal) > (Perf) > (Prog) > v > V(Modal) > (Perf) > (Prog) > v > VWhere would it go in the HoP, and how Where would it go in the HoP, and how can we explain the word order patterns?can we explain the word order patterns?I could not have been eating.I could not have been eating.I had not been eating.I had not been eating.I was not eating.I was not eating.I did not eat.I did not eat.Remember Remember vv and how we explained where and how we explained where the verb is in the verb is in I gave a book to EdI gave a book to Ed??A-ha.A-ha.Picture this:Picture this:I ?+might not <might> have been eating.I ?+might not <might> have been eating.I ?+had not <had> been eating.I ?+had not <had> been eating.I ?+was not <was> eating.I ?+was not <was> eating.So what is So what is ??, then?, then?He did not eat. He ate.He did not eat. He ate.He does not eat. He eats.He does not eat. He eats.All that All that dodo seems to be doing there seems to be doing there is providing an indication of…is providing an indication of…tense.tense.HoP revisitedHoP revisitedSo, now we know where Neg goes. So, now we know where Neg goes. Above all the other things, but Above all the other things, but below tense (category T).below tense (category T).T > (Neg) > (M) > (Perf) > (Prog) > T > (Neg) > (M) > (Perf) > (Prog) > vv > V > VJust as V moves to Just as V moves to vv, so do, so doPerf, Prog, and M move to T.Perf, Prog, and M move to T.If Neg is there, you can see it If Neg is there, you can see it happen.happen.They T+shall not <shall> be eating They T+shall not <shall> be eating lunch.lunch.They T+shall <shall> be eating lunch.They T+shall <shall> be eating lunch.What does do do?What does do do?But what about when there’s just a verb But what about when there’s just a verb and Neg, but no


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