Alia has chosen to give a speech on freud’s psychoanalytic theory of personality. her presentation is next week and, while she has already done a great deal of research, she is having difficulty understanding some of freud’s concepts. she knows that she needs more information, but she also needs to make sure she is using high-quality, highly knowledgeable sources. what would be the most effective way for alia to acquire the information she needs in this situation?

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).

the answer would be yes because the basket is full.