Dear Alan,
Here are the last 2 sentences for today:
1) The Indus was only a glinting trickle far below.
how many sentence elements does this sentence have?
Three ? =
a) The Indus = subject
b) was = copular verb
c) only a glinting trickle far below = adverbial of place?
(form?)
More ? = ?
2) There was no sign of the path, and no other trail looked at all convincing.
2 clauses:
1/ There was no sign of the path
a) There = ?
b) was = copular verb
c) no sigh of the path = ? (noun phrase?)
2/ and no other trail looked at all convincing
a) and = (form = coordinating conjunction) function ?
b) no other trail = subject
c) looked = copular verb
d) at all = adverbial ? (of what?) (form = adverb phrase?)
e) convincing = subject complement (form = adjectival (or adjective?) phrase?)
Best regards,
Hela
sentence analysis 5
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Re: sentence analysis 5
1) The Indus was only a glinting trickle far below.
how many sentence elements does this sentence have?
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There is no fixed answer to this question: the number of sentence elements depends entirely on the depth of the analysis.
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2) There was no sign of the path, and no other trail looked at all convincing.
2 clauses:
1/ There was no sign of the path
a) There = PREPOSED ADVERBIAL COMPLEMENT (sometimes termed an 'existential pronoun')
b) was = copular verb
c) no sign of the path = noun phrase
*******
Yes, but note that postposed subject NP 'no sign of the path' consists of
non sign - NP
of the path - prepositional phrase
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2/ and no other trail looked at all convincing
a) and = CONJUNCTION (CLAUSE-COORDINATOR)
b) no other trail = subject
c) looked = copular verb
d) at all = ADVERBIAL, MODIFYING 'CONVINCING'
e) convincing = PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVE, COMPLEMENTING 'LOOKED'
(My additions/ corrections in capitals)
how many sentence elements does this sentence have?
********
There is no fixed answer to this question: the number of sentence elements depends entirely on the depth of the analysis.
**********
2) There was no sign of the path, and no other trail looked at all convincing.
2 clauses:
1/ There was no sign of the path
a) There = PREPOSED ADVERBIAL COMPLEMENT (sometimes termed an 'existential pronoun')
b) was = copular verb
c) no sign of the path = noun phrase
*******
Yes, but note that postposed subject NP 'no sign of the path' consists of
non sign - NP
of the path - prepositional phrase
*********
2/ and no other trail looked at all convincing
a) and = CONJUNCTION (CLAUSE-COORDINATOR)
b) no other trail = subject
c) looked = copular verb
d) at all = ADVERBIAL, MODIFYING 'CONVINCING'
e) convincing = PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVE, COMPLEMENTING 'LOOKED'
(My additions/ corrections in capitals)