For my written homework, which is to be handed in before October 15th, one of the tasks is to analyse a sentence in terms of type of sentence, type of clause, clausal pattern, phrases, function within phrases and form class of words.
The sentence is as follows:
He found his secretary a reliable typist
I've managed to figure out that it's a simple sentence and that it consists of one main clause. I also think I've figured out the clausal pattern: S, P, dO and oC (correct me if I'm wrong!)
The problem lies in the next area: phrases.
The first constituent [he] is a noun phrase, [found] is a verb phrase, [his secretary] must be a noun phrase, but what about the next one? Is [a reliable typist] an adjective phrase, or is it simply a noun phrase too, like the others?
Moving into the function within phrases area, is the word typist the head of that phrase? And reliable the premodifier?
I know how to deal with many simple, compound and complex sentences, but I found this one a bit hard actually.
Thanks in advance for all help!
Regards from Norway