In Nouns^x, Direct objects^x, Definite articles^x

3a) A cat ate the small animal. 3b) A cat is a small animal. The syntactic analyses of the two sentences are differents. In the sentence 3a) we have (s, v, do) while, in the second sentence 3b) we have (s, v (copular), sP). In 3a) “a cat “is noun phrase (a is determiner...

1a) We painted the red door. 1b) We painted the door red. 1a) We painted the red door. "We" is NP consists of the head noun "we" which is pronoun functioning as subject. Painted is VP consisted of the head verb "painted" and it is past simple...

Hello Believer I think Paco is using the phrase "verbal noun" in the sense "noun derived from a verb". Thus "rescue" and "notification" qualify as "verbal nouns", because the first derives from the verb "rescue", and the second from the verb "notify". (I hope I'm not misrepresenting Paco.) ...

Briefly (and reasonably accurately), the direct object receives the action of the verb, while the indirect object receives the benefit of the action: I bought my wife a new can opener . I - - Subject bought -- Verb my wife -- Indirect object: I didn't buy my wife, I bought a can opener, but...

Hello everyone, I like to do sentence analyses, so if you could sometimes send us some exercises on the matter they will be very welcome. A/ Here is MY analysis: 1) She is so pretty a girl. a) parts of speech: she = nominative personal pronoun is = fintie verb so = adverb of...

Hello, Nobody replied to my previous post, but I hope someone will for this one 1) The representative told the press a lie out of fear of retribution. Parts of speech: The = definite article Representative = noun Told = ditransitive verb Press = noun A = indefinite article Lie =...