so called "garden path" sentences are named for the expression "lead up the garden path," meaning to mislead. In garden path sentences, the correct parse is not the first one that comes to mind when you start the sentence.

Use the CFG G below to construct a chart parse for the garden path sentence:

the young man the boat

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The correct interpretation is that the crew of the boat are all in the prime of life, using man as a verb meaning to staff. But having just read the young man, it is natural to assume that the subject of the sentence is one particular young male.

G = {

S NP VP

NP N | Art N | Art Adj N

N young | man | boat

Art the

Adj young

VP V | V NP

V man

}