Read the text and then answer the question. This witness describes seeing the Ghost Dance. According to her account, what were the dancers trying to achieve? Remove white settlers from tribal lands Talk to their ancestors Gain assistance for a victory against the US Army.

the sentence does not violate the phrase structure second rule (introduced by noam chomsky) because noun phrases consist of a determiner such as a, the or every, and a noun. in the sentence, the noun phrase the cake includes a determiner (the) and a noun (cake).

on the other hand, the first rule indicates that a sentence encloses a noun phrase, followed by a verb phrase. the example sentence can be analysed as follows:

john (n) + ate (v) + the (det) + cake (n).