ACTIVITY 1: CHUNKING
INTO CONSTITUENTS

(partly adapted from exercises
2.1 and 2.2 in Thompson 2014: 26-27)

The following clauses 10 have been divided into constituents by means of
slashes (//). Choose the best chunking among the two given in the options. Use
semantic criteria rather than merely syntactic ones to make your choice.

1) Elizabeth was the last sovereign of the house of Tudor.

Question

ACTIVITY 1: CHUNKING
INTO CONSTITUENTS

(partly adapted from exercises
2.1 and 2.2 in Thompson 2014: 26-27)

The following clauses 10 have been divided into constituents by means of
slashes (//). Choose the best chunking among the two given in the options. Use
semantic criteria rather than merely syntactic ones to make your choice.

1) Elizabeth was the last sovereign of the house of Tudor.

Accepted Answer

//Elizabeth // was // the last sovereign of the house of Tudor. //

Answer

//Elizabeth // was // the last sovereign // of the house of Tudor. //

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