$course$/HumBox/Understanding Language/Syntax and Morphology 1 Q6 Upload syntax tree (I lost the book that you gave me.)
I lost the book that you gave me.

Have you drawn your tree and saved it in a file on your computer? Good. Once you have finished the quiz upload it to the LN. There is an icon at the very bottom of Week 12/13, labelled Upload your syntax trees (Quiz 6). You will find all the instructions there. Please only submit your trees once you have finished the entire quiz!


]]> 0 0 0 0 Q6 Upload syntax tree (The Christmas lights swayed...)
The Christmas lights swayed in the wintry breeze.

Have you drawn your tree and saved it in a file on your computer? Good. Once you have finished the quiz upload it to the LN. There is an icon at the very bottom of Week 12/13, labelled Upload your syntax trees (Quiz 6). You will find all the instructions there. Please only submit your trees once you have finished the entire quiz!

]]> 0 0 0 0 Redemption - Upload tree (bought the CD)
He bought the CD that I lent you yesterday.

Have you drawn your tree and saved it in a file on your computer? Good. Once you have finished the quiz upload it to the LN. There is an icon at the very bottom of Week 12/13, labelled Upload your syntax trees (Quiz 6). You will find all the instructions there. Please only submit your trees once you have finished the entire quiz!]]> 0 0 0 0 Redemption - Upload tree (derelict house)
A large group played in the derelict house.

Have you drawn your tree and saved it in a file on your computer? Good. Once you have finished the quiz upload it to the LN. There is an icon just below this quiz on the LN, labelled Upload your syntax trees (Redemption Quiz). You will find all the instructions there. Please only submit your trees once you have finished the entire quiz!
]]> 0 0 0 0 Q1 Match lexical category with its definition In this question you will have to match the right answer to the definition given. Click on the correct answer given in the drop-down menu next to the question. 5 0.5 0 1 noun These words are used to connect words or part of a sentence. We distinguish between two types: those that co-ordinate and those that sub-ordinate. conjunction adjective pronoun This lexical category contains words indicating occurrences, performances or actions. Words in this category can also denote a state or a condition. verb Q1 Text excerpt - counting nouns etc. Foucault's Pendulum) and answer the questions below. Please count all occurrences of the lexical categories asked for. If the same noun turns up twice, for example, then count it as two occurrences.


He picked us up by car and drove out through the favelas beyond the hill. The building where we stopped had a humble look, like a big garage, but on the threshold an old black man met us and purified us with a fumigant. We saw a bare little garden with an immense corbeil of leaves, on which some tribal delicacies lay.]]> 4 0.25 0 1 How many nouns can you find in the excerpt? Do NOT include pronouns! 13 How many verbs can you find in the passage? 8 How many prepositions can you find in the passage? 9 How many personal pronouns can you find? 6 Q2 Morphology terms Look at the definitions below and decide what morphological term they describe. 5 0.3 0 1 These morphemes can turn a noun into a verb, a verb into an adjective or an adjective into an adverb. derivational These morphemes indicate for example the plural of a noun. inflectional The third person -s, the -ed and the -ing ending are all examples of what type of morpheme? inflectional These morphemes are discreet lexical items. free derivational
tree
]]> 6 0.2 0 1 Number 1 is a derivational morpheme. yes Number 2 is a derivational morpheme. yes Number 1 is an inflectional morpheme. no Number 2 is an inflectional morpheme. no Number 1 is a prefix. yes Number 2 is a prefix. no Number 1 is a suffix. no Number 2 is a suffix. yes Number 1 is bound. yes Number 2 is bound. yes Number 1 is free. no Number 2 is free. no Q3 Identify lex cat (dog across the road) BOLD ITALICISED words in the sentence below.

The shaggy dog ran across the road while a man chased it.
]]> 4 0.4 0 0 a definite article an adjective a noun a verb a preposition a definite article a noun a conjunction an indefinite article a noun a verb a personal pronoun an adverb a relative pronoun Q3 Identify lex. cat. (quick brown fox) Identify the lexical categories of the words in the sentence below. The drop-down menu will indicate all lexical categories present in the sentence. Some categories may be represented more than once.


The quick brown fox jumped over that lazy dog easily. ]]> 5 0.4 0 0 a definite article an adjective an adjective a noun a verb a preposition a demonstrative determiner an adjective a noun an adverb