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A-over-A principle adjectives adverb analysis appear apply believe the claim Bill blintzes Bob cooked boxed NP Chomsky chopping rules circled NP clitics CNPC command Complex NP Constraint conditions box conjoined Conjunction Reduction constraints of Chapter constructions containing correct deep structure derived discussed elements embedded English example exclude explained extraposed Extraposition from NP fact feature-changing rules Finnish formulated George Lakoff girl head noun Indefinite John Lakoff and Ross languages last-cyclic mailed tomorrow Mary modify morpheme moved notion noun phrases NP NP NP VP NP's operation output condition Particle Movement phrase marker pied piping possible preposition present problem pronoun proposed question quonset hut Relative Clause Formation relativized reordering transformations restriction rule of Extraposition rule of Relative rules of pronominalization S-pruning seems sentences strong structural index structure underlying syntactic taller term that-clauses theory of grammar transformational grammar ungrammatical upward bounded variables verb VP NP