British left waffles on Falkland Islands. I think the ambiguity is also lexical, right? Is left a verb and the noun is waffles or is is left being meant to meant to mean British(the political) left and waffles is verb. Like is the sentence talking about British people leaving brekafast food waffles on the Falklands or did The Left-aligned poltical forces unsure about the Falklands.
A head word projects its own phrase. So a noun > noun phrase, verb > verb phrase, etc. In the sentence, "The boat sank" we have a noun (boat) projecting a noun phrase (the boat) and a verb (sank) projecting a verb phrase (sank). You can have one word that is also its own phrase.
One if my favorite actual ambiguous headlines was "Red Tape Holds Up New Bridge." It has both structural and semantic ambiguity.
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thank you for your implicit explanation .
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British left waffles on Falkland Islands.
I think the ambiguity is also lexical, right? Is left a verb and the noun is waffles or is is left being meant to meant to mean British(the political) left and waffles is verb. Like is the sentence talking about British people leaving brekafast food waffles on the Falklands or did The Left-aligned poltical forces unsure about the Falklands.
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Why is the "furry cat" listed as an N? Doesn't it consist of a further NP?
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I'm a little bit confused on how you parse the word sank, it is only a word, a verb, but how did it come up as a verb phrase (VP)?
A head word projects its own phrase. So a noun > noun phrase, verb > verb phrase, etc. In the sentence, "The boat sank" we have a noun (boat) projecting a noun phrase (the boat) and a verb (sank) projecting a verb phrase (sank). You can have one word that is also its own phrase.