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TUGAS 10 : Verb Phrases & Tenses

Verb Phrases & Tenses ·          In traditional grammar, a verb phrase (often abbreviated as VP) is a word group that includes a main verb and its auxiliaries (helping verbs). Also called a verbal phrase. ·          In generative grammar, a verb phrase is a complete predicate: that is, a lexical verb and all the words governed by that verb except a subject.Examples and Observations Verb Phrases  can be identified by substitution procedures. Consider the sentence Lou cried, where cried constitutes the VP. Among many others, the following strings can substitute for cried in the slot Lou . They thus fit the frame and are VPs (the verb in each VP is italicized): ·          Lou fell. ·          Lou lost the race, ·          Lou won a prize for his efforts in the tournament. Example : ·          I was cooking my dinner when you called. ·          Yes, Stephanie does remember your pet hamsters. You can find most phrases in the predicate of the sentence. Howev
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TUGAS 9 : Subject, Verb, Complement & Modifier

Subject, Verb, Complement & Modifier A normal sentence consists of at least one subject and one predicate. The predicate is the part of the sentence that has the main verb, and tells what the subject did, has done, is doing, or describes the subject. Predicate may also contain a complement and a modifier. Modifier itself may contain a direct object in form of noun phrase, noun clause, or prepositional phrase. A Normal Sentence A Simple Sentence Subject Verb Complement Subject Verb Object Modifier Noun, Noun Phrase, Noun Clause, Adjective or Prepositional Phrase Modifier of time or modifier of place A. Subject The subject is the cause, agent, person or thing doing the action. It usually takes form as a noun phrase with a head noun, a determiner and possibly some modifiers. It may also take form as a phrase or a clause. The characteristics of a s
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