Connecting two nodes in tree rectangular

Question

I want to draw a tree like this:

The closest I could get to this was the following code:

\documentclass{minimal}

\usepackage{tikz-qtree}

\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}
\tikzset{level 1+/.style={level distance=2\baselineskip}}
\Tree[.IP NP
       [.VP [.\node(v){V}; [ \node(v1){}; ] ]
            NP 
            [.PP [.\node(p){P}; \node(p1){}; ]
                 NP ] 
       ]
]
\draw (v) -- (v1) -- (p1) -- (p);
\end{tikzpicture}


\end{document}

But this involves empty auxiliary nodes and the lines have some space in the middle. Is there a simpler way to do this? Are there options to \drawthat can do this?

Answer 1

You can use the orthogonal intersection node and a little manual shift.

\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz-qtree}

\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}
\tikzset{level 1+/.style={level distance=2\baselineskip}}
\Tree[.IP NP
       [.VP [.\node(v){V};]
            NP 
            [.PP [.\node(p){P};]
                 NP ] 
       ]
]
\draw (v) |-  ([yshift=-5mm]v |- p) -| (p);
\end{tikzpicture}


\end{document}