The amount of tattling has suddenly increased in the school age group at the daycare facility where you work. staff and children find this very annoying. your job is it to find out what's causing and reinforcing the tattling. which theory should you review for some ? a. humanisticb. psychodynamicc. cognitived. behavioral (i thought it was cognitive but was wrong)

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).

it is believed to be alfred, lord himself