What makes a verb phrase?
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is it correct that a string has a verb in it so it is a VP? Similarly, any string has a preposition in it then it is a PP?
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is it correct that a string has a verb in it so it is a VP? Similarly, any string has a preposition in it then it is a PP?
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Yes: a VP is a phrase whose head is a verb. A PP is a phrase whose head is a preposition. Likewise, an NP is a phrase whose head is a noun, an AdjP a phrase whose head is an adjective, an AdvP a phrase whose head is an adverb, and a DP a phrase whose head is a determinative.
– BillJ
13 hours ago
@BillJ Surely NPs needn't always have canonical noun heads. Instead they could have a pronoun, an infinitive phrase, or a gerund phrase. And the heads of the last two are verbs, no?
– tchrist♦
11 hours ago
@Tran What do you mean by "string" or "in"? If this relates to computational natural language processing, that isn't the way to do it.
– tchrist♦
10 hours ago
@tchrist Pronoun is a subclass of noun, so phrases with a pronoun as head are just as much NPs as those with a common or proper noun as head. In the framework I follow, infinitivals and gerund-participials are non-finite clauses, not parts of speech like nouns and adjectives etc., so they cannot functions as heads of phrases. The head of a clause is a verb phrase, which is a part of speech, but a clause has a subject-predicate structure, quite unlike any phrase.
– BillJ
10 hours ago
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is it correct that a string has a verb in it so it is a VP? Similarly, any string has a preposition in it then it is a PP?
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is it correct that a string has a verb in it so it is a VP? Similarly, any string has a preposition in it then it is a PP?
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Yes: a VP is a phrase whose head is a verb. A PP is a phrase whose head is a preposition. Likewise, an NP is a phrase whose head is a noun, an AdjP a phrase whose head is an adjective, an AdvP a phrase whose head is an adverb, and a DP a phrase whose head is a determinative.
– BillJ
13 hours ago
@BillJ Surely NPs needn't always have canonical noun heads. Instead they could have a pronoun, an infinitive phrase, or a gerund phrase. And the heads of the last two are verbs, no?
– tchrist♦
11 hours ago
@Tran What do you mean by "string" or "in"? If this relates to computational natural language processing, that isn't the way to do it.
– tchrist♦
10 hours ago
@tchrist Pronoun is a subclass of noun, so phrases with a pronoun as head are just as much NPs as those with a common or proper noun as head. In the framework I follow, infinitivals and gerund-participials are non-finite clauses, not parts of speech like nouns and adjectives etc., so they cannot functions as heads of phrases. The head of a clause is a verb phrase, which is a part of speech, but a clause has a subject-predicate structure, quite unlike any phrase.
– BillJ
10 hours ago
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Yes: a VP is a phrase whose head is a verb. A PP is a phrase whose head is a preposition. Likewise, an NP is a phrase whose head is a noun, an AdjP a phrase whose head is an adjective, an AdvP a phrase whose head is an adverb, and a DP a phrase whose head is a determinative.
– BillJ
13 hours ago
@BillJ Surely NPs needn't always have canonical noun heads. Instead they could have a pronoun, an infinitive phrase, or a gerund phrase. And the heads of the last two are verbs, no?
– tchrist♦
11 hours ago
@Tran What do you mean by "string" or "in"? If this relates to computational natural language processing, that isn't the way to do it.
– tchrist♦
10 hours ago
@tchrist Pronoun is a subclass of noun, so phrases with a pronoun as head are just as much NPs as those with a common or proper noun as head. In the framework I follow, infinitivals and gerund-participials are non-finite clauses, not parts of speech like nouns and adjectives etc., so they cannot functions as heads of phrases. The head of a clause is a verb phrase, which is a part of speech, but a clause has a subject-predicate structure, quite unlike any phrase.
– BillJ
10 hours ago
Yes: a VP is a phrase whose head is a verb. A PP is a phrase whose head is a preposition. Likewise, an NP is a phrase whose head is a noun, an AdjP a phrase whose head is an adjective, an AdvP a phrase whose head is an adverb, and a DP a phrase whose head is a determinative.
– BillJ
13 hours ago
Yes: a VP is a phrase whose head is a verb. A PP is a phrase whose head is a preposition. Likewise, an NP is a phrase whose head is a noun, an AdjP a phrase whose head is an adjective, an AdvP a phrase whose head is an adverb, and a DP a phrase whose head is a determinative.
– BillJ
13 hours ago
@BillJ Surely NPs needn't always have canonical noun heads. Instead they could have a pronoun, an infinitive phrase, or a gerund phrase. And the heads of the last two are verbs, no?
– tchrist♦
11 hours ago
@BillJ Surely NPs needn't always have canonical noun heads. Instead they could have a pronoun, an infinitive phrase, or a gerund phrase. And the heads of the last two are verbs, no?
– tchrist♦
11 hours ago
@Tran What do you mean by "string" or "in"? If this relates to computational natural language processing, that isn't the way to do it.
– tchrist♦
10 hours ago
@Tran What do you mean by "string" or "in"? If this relates to computational natural language processing, that isn't the way to do it.
– tchrist♦
10 hours ago
@tchrist Pronoun is a subclass of noun, so phrases with a pronoun as head are just as much NPs as those with a common or proper noun as head. In the framework I follow, infinitivals and gerund-participials are non-finite clauses, not parts of speech like nouns and adjectives etc., so they cannot functions as heads of phrases. The head of a clause is a verb phrase, which is a part of speech, but a clause has a subject-predicate structure, quite unlike any phrase.
– BillJ
10 hours ago
@tchrist Pronoun is a subclass of noun, so phrases with a pronoun as head are just as much NPs as those with a common or proper noun as head. In the framework I follow, infinitivals and gerund-participials are non-finite clauses, not parts of speech like nouns and adjectives etc., so they cannot functions as heads of phrases. The head of a clause is a verb phrase, which is a part of speech, but a clause has a subject-predicate structure, quite unlike any phrase.
– BillJ
10 hours ago
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Yes: a VP is a phrase whose head is a verb. A PP is a phrase whose head is a preposition. Likewise, an NP is a phrase whose head is a noun, an AdjP a phrase whose head is an adjective, an AdvP a phrase whose head is an adverb, and a DP a phrase whose head is a determinative.
– BillJ
13 hours ago
@BillJ Surely NPs needn't always have canonical noun heads. Instead they could have a pronoun, an infinitive phrase, or a gerund phrase. And the heads of the last two are verbs, no?
– tchrist♦
11 hours ago
@Tran What do you mean by "string" or "in"? If this relates to computational natural language processing, that isn't the way to do it.
– tchrist♦
10 hours ago
@tchrist Pronoun is a subclass of noun, so phrases with a pronoun as head are just as much NPs as those with a common or proper noun as head. In the framework I follow, infinitivals and gerund-participials are non-finite clauses, not parts of speech like nouns and adjectives etc., so they cannot functions as heads of phrases. The head of a clause is a verb phrase, which is a part of speech, but a clause has a subject-predicate structure, quite unlike any phrase.
– BillJ
10 hours ago