In Noun phrases^x, Direct objects^x, Past tenses^x

Do you want a syntactical analysis or corrections to these sentences? Here is some syntax: Down the hillside (prepositional phrase, adverbial) were rolling (main verb phrase) the stones . (noun phrase, subject) In this part (prepositional phrase, adverbial) of the garden (prepositional phrase,...

Hello Not to be rude with you, rvw, I'd be inclined to think to the contrary. Shouldn't we take the noun phrase 'fringe benefits not French benefits' as a whole as an direct object..?? Because when we change similar sentence to the past tense and paraphrase, We ate ten apples, but we...

Hello K.O. That looks good - here's a little more detail: Clause 1 We - subject were spared - passive voice , past tense the storm's fury - noun phrase, object (the storm's - possessive; fury - direct object) Clause 2 but - coordinating conjunction now - adverb are...