Consider the Sentences. The Man Led to the Bench Had a Walking Stick

question 15

Essay

Consider the sentences.
The man led to the bench had a walking stick.
The man sat on the bench had a walking stick.
How does the constraint-based approach account for the parsing of these garden path sentences? Based on this approach, how would it affect your reading of the sentences to know that the man had dementia?

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