phrase structure
Noun
Meaning
the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
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Bare phrase structure, label-less structures, and specifier-less syntax: Is Minimalism becoming a dependency grammar?
In this regard, theoretical syntax abandoned phrase structure rules long ago, although their importance for computational linguistics seems to remain intact.
In the constituency tree each phrase is marked by a phrasal node (NP, PP, VP); and there are eight phrases identified by phrase structure analysis in the example sentence.
For more complex sentences, with many steps interpretation dependent on syntax and phrase structure is substantially impaired.
He argued vehemently against the binary division of the clause into subject and predicate that is associated with the grammars of his day (S → NP VP) and which remains at the core of most phrase structure grammars.
The dependency tree on the right could not, in contrast, be generated by phrase structure rules (at least not as they are commonly interpreted).