How does Richard Lovelace depict war in this excerpt from “To Lucasta, Going to the Wars”?

citizens are given 25 years of life to prove their worth to society; if they fail to do great things

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).

correct answers:

c. they use panels.

d. they include images and words.

e. they contain gutters.