Example x-bar tree with movement

qtree_example.tex

% Example x-bar tree with movement
% Alex Dodge, alexdodge@gmail.com

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{qtree,tree-dvips}

% Macros for styling the leaf nodes and traces
\newcommand{\word}[2]{#1\\#2}
\newcommand{\trace}[1]{\emph{t$_{#1}$}}

\begin{document}

% Tree (qtree)
% http://www.ling.upenn.edu/advice/latex/qtree/qtreenotes.pdf
\Tree
[.CP
	[.\node{topic}{DP} [.D\1
		\word{D}{die}
		[.NP [.N\1 \word{N}{Kinder} ] ]
	] ]
	[.C\1
		\word{C}{\node{haben}{haben}}
		[.TP
			[.T\1
				[.VP
					[.V\1
						[.VP
							\word{DP}{ \node{ttopic}{ \trace{topic} } }
							[.V\1
								[.DP [.D\1
									\word{D}{diesen}
									[.NP [.N\1 \word{N}{Film} ] ]
								] ]
								\word{V}{gesehen}
							]
						]
						\word{V}{\node{thaben1}{ \trace{} }}
					]
				]
				\word{T}{\node{thaben2}{ \trace{} }}
			]
		]
	]
]

% Movement (tree-dvips)
% http://www.essex.ac.uk/linguistics/external/clmt/latex4ling/trees/tree-dvips/index.pdf
\anodecurve[r]{thaben1}[b]{thaben2}{20px}
\anodecurve[tr]{thaben2}[tr]{haben}{150px}
\nodeoval{thaben1}
\nodeoval{thaben2}
{\makedash{4pt}
	\anodecurve[l]{ttopic}[bl]{topic}{100px}
	\nodeoval{ttopic}
}

\end{document}