Tema Subtema
Revision and development of basic concepts *Form and function
*Phrase structure
*Structural ambiguity
Verb as head of VP *Auxiliaries, copulas, predicates
*Tense, aspect, voice, and mood
*Grammatical relations
*Semantic relations
The English VP: Main patterns *Copular verbs
*Intransitive verbs
*Transitive verbs
*Sentence structures
*Negation
*VP modification
*Multi-word verbs