Kamis, 13 Juni 2013

TRANSFORMATIONAL RULES, SURFACE AND DEEP STRUCTURE



ENGLISH SYNTAX                                    NAMA   : NI MADE AYU PURNAMI
                                                            PRODI   : EDUCATION OF ENGLISH
                                                            NPM      : 4098
                                                            SMT       : V          

3. Jim met an old car dealer.
Surface Structure:
a. Jim   met      an            old            car dealer
    S        V     article    adjective     noun phrase

b. Jim   met      an old car dealer
    S        V         Noun phrase

Deep Structure:
  1. Jim met a car dealer that was old.
  2. Jim met a dealer who sold an old car.

Jim met an old car dealer  => Jim met a car dealer that was old.
Transformational rules         :
Change the object “an old car dealer“ into relative clause “a car dealer that was old” to describe that the old is a car dealer.

Jim met an old car dealer  => Jim met a dealer who sold an old car.
Transformational rules         :
Change the object “an old car dealer“ into relative clause “ a car dealer who sold an old car” to describe that the car is old.





4. The police shot the man with pistol.
Surface Structure:
a. The police    shot     the man with pistol
            S            V                    O
                   
b. The police    shot     the man           with pistol
            S            V           O             Prepositional phrase               

Deep Structure:
a. The police shot the man who brought pistol.
b. With pistol, the police shot the man.

The police shot the man with pistol => The police shot the man who brought pistol
Transformational rules         :
Change the phrase “with pistol” into relative clause “who brought pistol” after the object “the man” to describe that the man brought pistol.

The police shot the man with pistol => With pistol, the police shot the man.
Transformational rules         :
Exchange the position of the prepositional phrase “with pistol” from the end of the sentence to the beginning of the sentence.


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