Table 3.

Index of Productive Syntax performance of “SH” by points earned based on narrative sample.

Nouns		Verbs		Questions/negations		Sentence structure
2 points
N1 N2 N3 N4 N5 N6 N7 N8	Noun Pronoun Modifier 2-word NP Article before noun 2-word NP after verb Plural suffix 2-word NP before verb	V1 V2 V3 V4 V6 V7 V8 V10 V12 V13 V14	Verb Particle/preposition Prepositional phrase Copula linking 2 nouns Auxiliary BE, DO, have Progressive –ing Adverb Third-person singular present Regular past tense Past tense auxiliary “Medial” adverb	Q1 Q2 Q8	Intonation Routine, etc. Y/N inverted copula/modal/aux	S1 S2 S3 S4 S6 S7 S11 S16	2 Words Subject–verb Verb–object Subject–verb–object Any 2 verbs Conjoined phrase V + nominal clause, mental state Relative clause
1 point
N11	Other morph. noun/adj	V16	Past tense copula	Q3N Q4 Q6 Q7N Q9	No(t) + X Wh-question + verb Wh- with inversion Negative copula/modal/aux Why, When, Which, Whose	S5 S8 S10 S13 S14 S15 S16 S18 S19 S20	Conjunction (any) Infinitive Subordinate conjunction + clause If or wh-clause Bitransitive predicate 3 or more (non aux.) verbs If or wh-clause Gerund Front, center subordinate Passive or full tag comment
0 points
N9 N10	3-word NP NP adverb	V5 V9 V11 V15 V17	Verb + infinitive Modal before verb Past tense modal Emphasis or ellipsis Other morp. V/adv	Q5N Q10 Q11	Negative between S + verb Tag question Question with negation + inversion	S9 S12 S17	Let/Make/Help/Watch Conjoined clauses Infinitive clause: new subject

Note. NP = noun phrase; aux = auxiliary; V = verb; morph. = morpheme; adj = adjective; adv = adverb; S = subject.