Item | Example |
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V15: Ellipsis | Yes it can. Here it is. |
S9: Let/make/help, etc. | Let's do this. Help it stand up. |
Q10: Tag question | It goes here, right? |
Q9: Why/when/which, etc. | Why? Which one? |
N11: Lexical bound morpheme | tallest, a fixer |
S19: Fronted clause | The one I like best is the baby doll. |
S18: Gerund | Singing is fun. |
V11: Past modal | It might fall. |
S17: Infinitive (two subjects) | I need you to help. |
S14: Bitransitive predicate | I give her tea. I give tea to her. |
Q8: Y/N question | Are you tired? |
Q6: Wh-question with AMC | Where is it? |
V13: Past auxiliary | He was talking. |
Q4: Wh-question with verb | Who made it? |
Q2: Routine question | What dis? |
V16: Past copula | They were tired. |
S15: 3-VP sentences | They are tired and they want to go. |
S11: Propositional complement | I know you broke it. |
S16: Relative clause | Find the one that fits in here. |
S12: Conjoined clause | I'll start it and then you finish. |
V10: Third-person singular –s | This goes here. |
V9: Evident/past modal | I can/could do it. |
S13: Wh-clause | Here's where it went. |
V12: Past tense –ed | cried |
Q1: Intonation question | Mine? Want some? |
Q7N: Negation of AMC | doesn't work, not ready |
S7: Conjoined phrase | red or blue, you and me |
N8: 2-word NP + V | This one goes in. |
N10: NP adverb | too hard, really cute |
V7: Progressive –ing | sleeping |
S8: Infinitive | I like to swim. |
S10: Adverbial conjunction | after, unless, until, as soon as |
V6: Evident auxiliary | She is coming. |
V5: Catenative | hafta, gotta |
V14: Medial adverb | I just need two. |
Q5N: N + not + V | You can't have it. |
V4: Copula (present/past) | He's fine. |
S6: Any 2 verbs | I like play this. |
S4: S + V + O | I like this. |
S5: Any conjunction | and me, or a caboose |
N9: 3-word NP | my new car |
N6: V + 2-word NP | see two cats |
N5: Article + N | a baby |
N4: 2-word NP | my doll |
N1: Noun | dog |
N2: Pronoun | I, here |
N3: Modifier | his, that boy |
N7: Plural | cats |
V1: Verb | eat |
V8: Adverb | now, hardly |
V3: Prepositional phrase | at school |
V2: Particle/preposition | up, under |
Q3N: Simple negation | no talk, not yours |
S2: S + V | Monkey fall. |
S3: V + O | Help me. |
S1: 2 words | Lookit Mom. |
Note. Y/N = yes/no; AMC = auxiliary, modal, or copula; VP = verb phrase; NP = noun phrase; V = verb; N = noun; S = subject; O = object.