British left waffles on Falkland Islands. I think the ambiguity is also lexical, right? Is left a verb and the noun is waffles or is is left being meant to meant to mean British(the political) left and waffles is verb. Like is the sentence talking about British people leaving brekafast food waffles on the Falklands or did The Left-aligned poltical forces unsure about the Falklands.
A head word projects its own phrase. So a noun > noun phrase, verb > verb phrase, etc. In the sentence, "The boat sank" we have a noun (boat) projecting a noun phrase (the boat) and a verb (sank) projecting a verb phrase (sank). You can have one word that is also its own phrase.
One if my favorite actual ambiguous headlines was "Red Tape Holds Up New Bridge." It has both structural and semantic ambiguity.
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British left waffles on Falkland Islands.
I think the ambiguity is also lexical, right? Is left a verb and the noun is waffles or is is left being meant to meant to mean British(the political) left and waffles is verb. Like is the sentence talking about British people leaving brekafast food waffles on the Falklands or did The Left-aligned poltical forces unsure about the Falklands.
I'm a little bit confused on how you parse the word sank, it is only a word, a verb, but how did it come up as a verb phrase (VP)?
A head word projects its own phrase. So a noun > noun phrase, verb > verb phrase, etc. In the sentence, "The boat sank" we have a noun (boat) projecting a noun phrase (the boat) and a verb (sank) projecting a verb phrase (sank). You can have one word that is also its own phrase.
Why is the "furry cat" listed as an N? Doesn't it consist of a further NP?
Excellent, lucid explanation.
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