What changed Oskars grandfathers decision to stop writing to his son after 9/11

"He spends years writing to his unborn child, a child who can be either Thomas Jr. (Oskar's Dad) or the baby that Anna was pregnant with when she died in the bombing. But Grandpa only sends one letter, a letter that Thomas marks up in red pen. Grandpa only meets his son once, when he came to Europe posing as a journalist. Neither admitted to the other who he was. He returns to New York shortly before Thomas Jr. dies in 9/11."

Explanation:

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).

if i was falling raindrop:

1. land safely (pretty sure that’s a tough one)

2. wished that time slowed down

3. a beautiful ending