I need help with determining the parts of speech w/ this sentence!!!!

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alaricepent  #581978  Thu, 30 Oct 08 10:45 PM
so what kind of pronoun is "one"?
and is "paid" a transitive/intransitive verb? action or linking?
  
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Avangi  #581985  Thu, 30 Oct 08 11:15 PM
This is terrible.  You're gonna fire me.  I can only find "one" listed as an indefinite pronoun, which means it has no antecedent; but in your sentence it has an antecedent  -  yearbook.

"Paid" is either transitive or intransitive.  In this case it's supposedly transitive, as in "to pay taxes."  That means it takes a direct object.  So what do you pay here?  "for one."  Again, a prepositional phrase is direct object of the verb.  (I don't really like it.)  Who thought up this sentence, anyway??  It's very short, but it packs a lot of trouble.   - A.
  
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alaricepent  #581989  Thu, 30 Oct 08 11:24 PM
Well, it is for AP English! :)
anyway, do you happen to know how to diagram this sentence?
  
AlpheccaStars  #582028  Fri, 31 Oct 08 03:11 AM

alaricepent
so what kind of pronoun is "one"?
 

This link has a really good description of all the uses and forms of the word "one"

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAMMAR/one.htm

Excerpt (applicable in this case)
Sometimes the pronoun one functions as a numerical expression:

Those are lovely scarves. I think I'll buy one.
One is hardly enough.
One is purple, the other green.
The three brothers get along quite well; in fact they adore one another.
One of the senators will lead the group to the front of the capitol.
The yellow car is fast, but I think the blue one will win.
  
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AlpheccaStars  #582041  Fri, 31 Oct 08 03:37 AM
Avangi
"Paid" is either transitive or intransitive.  In this case it's supposedly transitive, as in "to pay taxes."  That means it takes a direct object.  So what do you pay here?  "for one."  Again, a prepositional phrase is direct object of the verb.  (I don't really like it.) 
 

"Pay for" is best described as a phrasal verb. It is transitive, and the direct object is "one".  It is an action verb.

Definition: Phrasal verbs are idiomatic expressions, combining verbs and prepositions to make new verbs whose meaning is often not obvious from the dictionary definitions of the individual words. A phrasal verb is also called verb-particle construction, verb phrase,multi-word verb, or compound verb.

  
AlpheccaStars  #582050  Fri, 31 Oct 08 04:12 AM
There are various diagramming techniques - this link describes one with a nice powerpoint presentation 

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAMMAR/diagrams/diagrams.htm

 This is the best I can do with your sentence and the limitations of diagramming  with text on this site

 (you)   | give      yearbook
--- -- --- -- -- - - -- - --|-- --- --
                  \                a
                   \ to  
                    \
                     \ whoever | paid     one
                      --- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- - --                                          \           
                                            \ for 

  
Avangi  #582064  Fri, 31 Oct 08 05:02 AM
alaricepent
Well, it is for AP English! :)
I have a feeling you and I are going to flunk AP English.

I think A. Stars had good answers for the two previous questions   -  the phrasal verb explanation: "for" is no longer analyzed as a preposition, but as part of a phrasal verb, which is transitive.  ("What kind of a verb is paid?  - tr., intr, or aux. ?")

AND  ("what kind of a pronoun is "one"?)   It's a "numerical expression pronoun."

I'm not sure about diagramming a "phrasal verb."
 
  
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