phrase marker

or phrase-mark·er

noun Linguistics.

(in generative grammar) a representation of the constituent structure of a sentence, using a tree diagram or labeled bracketing.

Origin of phrase marker

First recorded in 1960–65

Words nearby phrase marker

phragmoplast, phrasal, phrasal verb, phrase, phrase book, phrase marker, phrase structure, phrase structure tree, phrase-structure grammar, phrase-structure rule, phrasemaker

British Dictionary definitions for phrase marker

phrase marker

noun

linguistics a representation, esp one in the form of a tree diagram, of the constituent structure of a sentence