Section 5: Syntax and Phrases

Now let’s move on to the second, longer VP.

brought with him the Norman dialect of French, which became the dialect of the ruling class.

We’ll move WITH HIM over to the right, in the adverbial space, so we can see how the MV relates to the other constituents.

6VP

We then see the same pattern as in the previous VP: MV + NP2

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