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. 結(jié)構(gòu)歧義 NP V NP P NP [[the ] det[cow]N]Np [attacked]V [[the ]det[man]N ]Np [with]P [[the]det[gun]N]NP NP PP P VP [[attacked ]V V NP [[the]det [man]N]Np [[with]P [[the ] det [gun]N]Np ]PP ]VP NP PP P VP [[attacked ]V V NP [[the]det [man]N [[with]P [[the ] det [gun]N]Np ]PP ]VP ]Np 語跡( trace) Which horse do you want to win? a) You want THAT horse to win? (horse racing) b) You want to win THAT horse? (horse trading) [ Q [you do want to win which horse]] Which horse do you want to win t ? [ Q [ you do want which horse to win]] Which horse do you want t to win? You want to go? You wanna go? “want to = wanna” a. Which horse do you want to win? [歧義 ] b. Which horse do you wanna win? [非歧義 ] *Which horse do you wanna win the race? Which horse do you want t to win the race? 花園小徑句 ? The horse raced past the barn fell. ? The man who hunts ducks out on weekends. ? The cotton clothing is usually made of grows in Mississippi. ? Fat people eat accumulates. 花園小徑句 ? 指那些誤導我們先建立起一個最初的句法結(jié)構(gòu),后來發(fā)現(xiàn)不正確而需要重新進行句法分析的句子。 ? The horse raced past the barn fell. The horse (that was) raced past the barn fell. ? The man who hunts ducks out on weekends. What does the man who hunts do on weekends? He ducks out on weekends. ? The cotton clothing is usually made of grows in Mississippi. Where do they grow the cotton that that clothing is usually made of? They grow it in Mississippi. ? Fat people eat accumulates. The fat that people eat accumulates.