d) Chris was happy that his father bought him a Rolls-Royce. S
NP VP
CP N VL A C S
NP VP
Det N V NP NP
N Det N
Chris was happy that his father bought him a Rolls-Royce
e) The children argued over whether bats had wings. S
NP VP CP Det N VP C S
V P NP VP
N V NP
N
The children argued over whether bats had wings
7. Each of the following sentences contains a relative clause. Draw the deep structure and the surface structure trees for each of the sentences.
a) The essay that he wrote was too long. Deep structure CP
C S
NP VP
Det N CP V AP
C S Deg P
NP Infl VP
N V NP
N
The essay he wrote that was too long
Surface Structure CP
C S
NP VP
Det N CP V AP
C S Deg P
NP NP Infl VP
N N Pst V NP
N
The essay that he wrote e was too long
b) The dog that he keeps bites. Deep structure CP
C S
NP VP
Det N CP V
C Infl S
Pres NP VP
N V NP
N
The dog he keeps that bites
Surface Structure CP
C S
NP VP
Det N CP V
C S
NP NP Infl VP
N N Pres V NP
N
The dog that he keeps e bites
c) Herbert found the man she loved. Deep structure CP
C S
NP VP
N Infl V NP
CP
Det N C S
NP Infl VP NP N V N
Herbert found the man she loved who
Surface Structure CP
C S
NP VP
N Infl V NP
CP
Det N S C
NP Infl VP NP NP
N V N N Herbert found the man (whom) she loved e
d) The girl whom he often quarrels with majors in linguistics. Deep structure CP
C S
NP VP
Det N CP V PP P NP C Infl S
N NP VP
PP N Qual VP NP V P N
The girl he often quarrels with whom majors in linguistics
Surface Structure CP
C S
NP VP
Det N CP V PP P NP C S
N NP NP Infl VP
PP N N Qual VP NP V P N
The girl whom he often quarrels with e majors in linguistics
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