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Drawing Noun Phrase Trees

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an advanced level grammar course for EFL university students with practice exercises and answer key

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Drawing noun phrase trees

Draw trees to show the structure of the noun phrases underlined in the following sentences; show embedded modifiers as well as first-level modifiers. Use abbreviations (if needed, your own abbreviations) for the nodes of the tree. The first diagram is done for you. (The heads of noun phrases are underlined.)

1 The new policy has been introduced as a direct result of British Airways holiday bookings.

2 Mr Wood's own experience in the restaurant business spans 20 years.

3 When I came to Scotland the small Jewish grocery shops in the Gorbals district of Glasgow were my main link with home.

4 'Enfant terrible,' muttered the man sitting on the right of Andrew.

5 The effect of water stress on the relation shown in Fig. 2.10 is to reduce the efficiency of conversion.