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Adonica86 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

A challenging analysis, please help

We`ve tried to solve this task in my grammar group, but we just don`t get the patterns. The phrases are ok, but if anybody could give a correct answer to the syntactic constituents, it would be much appreciated.

"She picked listlessly through the vegetables"

OK, we get this:

She: Subject

picked: verb

but we thought about two options for the rest:

listlessly through : Adverbial

the vegetables: d.O

OR

listlessly through the vegetables : Adverbial

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Top answer

Adonica86 "She picked listlessly through the vegetables" SHE (subject) PICKED THROUGH (verb, interrupted by LISTLESSLY, adverb) THE VEGETABLES (object). So PICKED LISTLESSLY THROUGH is a verb, PICKED THROUGH, interrupted by an adverb, LISTLESSLY.

— KrisBlueNZ

  • Adonica86 "She picked listlessly through the vegetables" SHE (subject) PICKED THROUGH (verb, interrupted by LISTLESSLY, adverb) THE VEGETABLES (object).
  • So PICKED LISTLESSLY THROUGH is a verb, PICKED THROUGH, interrupted by an adverb, LISTLESSLY.
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Adonica86"She picked listlessly through the vegetables"
SHE (subject) PICKED THROUGH (verb, interrupted by LISTLESSLY, adverb) THE VEGETABLES (object).
So PICKED LISTLESSLY THROUGH is a verb, PICKED THROUGH, interrupted by an adverb, LISTLESSLY.
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THANX, you are very kind!

So is it a phrasal verb then?
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