External syntagmatic classification of nouns

External syntagmatic classification refers to the contexts within Noun Phrases and Sentences in which a noun can occur.

Task:

Discuss the external syntagmatic classification of the nouns in the following examples:

NP specifier context - comment on the syntagmatic semantic relations involved in the following expressions:

1. There was very few butter in the fridge.
2. There were very few butter in the fridge.
3. We had few peas and little butter.
4. We had much peas and few butter.

NP modifier context - comment on the syntagmatic semantic relations involved in the following expressions:

1. Picasso's picture.
2. Mary's picture.
3. John's picture of Mary.
4. Mary's picture by John.

Sentence context - comment on the syntagmatic semantic relations involved in the following expressions:

1. The agent hit the patient with an instrument in the corridor after lunch.
2. The corridor hit an instrument in the lunch after agent.