1 point Upson believes that if he were to find his cousin on the battlefield fighting
as an enemy soldier, *
they would intentionally shoot and miss each other
his cousin would try to kill him
they would greet each other eagerly
his cousin would choose family over ideals

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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).