Syntax or Phrase Structure: A simple context-free grammar

• S --> NP VP

• NP --> AT NNS |

AT NN |

NP PP

• VP --> VP PP |

VBD |

VBD NP

• P --> IN NP

• AT --> the

• NNS --> children |

students |

mountains

• VBD --> slept |

ate |

saw

• IN --> in |

of

• NN --> cake

The Grammar

The Lexicon

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