Chapter4#12_Shah

a.      a lovely pillow –

·        Can stand alone - What did Martha find? 

·        Can be replaced by a pronoun like word.

·        Can move as a unit.

                 It's a constitutent.

b.  light in this room –

·        Cannot stand alone.

·        Cannot be replaced by a pronoun like word.

·        Cannot move as a unit.

·        It’s not a constituent.

c.  if Bonnie has finished packing her books –

·        It can stand alone.

·        It can move as a unit if words are added to it.

·        It’s a constitutent.

d.      in her class –

·        It can stand alone.

·        Replacement by a pronoun – there

·        It can be moved as a unit.

·        It’s a prepositional phrase.

·        It’s a constitutent.

e.      Pete and Max, the bone –

·        Move as a unit - Are Pete and Max fighting over the bone?

·        They can stand alone.

·        They can be replaced by a pronoun-they, it.

·        Both are a constituent.

f.    and to Max-
·        It cannot stand alone.
·        It cannot be replaced by a pronoun.
·        It cannot be moved as a unit.
·        It’s not a constituent.

g.      Pete and –  not a constituent.

     same reasons as (f)