Will give brainlest read the excerpt. the trees are in their autumn beauty, the woodland paths are dry, under the october twilight the water mirrors a still sky; upon the brimming water among the stones are nine-and-fifty swans. during what time of year does “the wild swans at coole” by william butler yeats take place? summer winter spring autumn

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).

caliban is prospero's slave in the shakespear's play "the tempest"