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Adverbials(continued)
She opened the door to let the cat out.
Does the adverbial "to let the cat out" modify "opened" or "opened the door"?
He lives in London.
Does "in London modify "lives" or "He lives"?
They left at noon.
Does "at noon" modify "left" or "They left"?
It crawled slowly up my arm.
Does "slowly" modify crawled" or "It crawled"
What is the class does "up my arm" belong to and what does it modify?
THANKS
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Does the adverbial "to let the cat out" modify "opened" or "opened the door"?
He lives in London.
Does "in London modify "lives" or "He lives"?
They left at noon.
Does "at noon" modify "left" or "They left"?
It crawled slowly up my arm.
Does "slowly" modify crawled" or "It crawled"
What is the class does "up my arm" belong to and what does it modify?
THANKS
PS, this forum is the best i've found, thanks guys
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Hello Guest Can I use 'be an adjunct to' instead of 'modify'? Then I would analyze your sentences the way this; (1) {She} { [opened the door] [to the cat out] } "to let the cat out" is the adjunct to "opened the door". (2) {He} { [lives] [in London] } "in London" is the adjunct to "lives" (3) {They} { [at noon] } "at noon" is the adjunct to "live" (4) {It} { [ (crawled slowly) (up)] [my arm] } "up" is the adjunct to "crawled slowly" and "slowly" is the adjunct to "crawled" "my arm" is the object of the verbal phrase "crawled slowly up" paco
- Hello Guest Can I use 'be an adjunct to' instead of 'modify'?
- Then I would analyze your sentences the way this; (1) {She} { [opened the door] [to the cat out] } "to let the cat out" is the adjunct to "opened the door".
- (2) {He} { [lives] [in London] } "in London" is the adjunct to "lives" (3) {They} { [at noon] } "at noon" is the adjunct to "live" (4) {It} { [ (crawled slowly) (up)] [my arm] } "up" is the adjunct to "crawled slowly" and "slowly" is the adjunct to "crawled" "my arm" is the object of the verbal phrase "crawled slowly up" paco
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Hello Guest
Can I use 'be an adjunct to' instead of 'modify'?
Then I would analyze your sentences the way this;
(1) {She} { [opened the door] [to the cat out] }
"to let the cat out" is the adjunct to "opened the door".
(2) {He} { [lives] [in London] }
"in London" is the adjunct to "lives"
(3) {They} { [at noon] }
Can I use 'be an adjunct to' instead of 'modify'?
Then I would analyze your sentences the way this;
(1) {She} { [opened the door] [to the cat out] }
"to let the cat out" is the adjunct to "opened the door".
(2) {He} { [lives] [in London] }
"in London" is the adjunct to "lives"
(3) {They} { [at noon] }
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Interesting work, Paco. In (4) I think 'up my arm' is rather a prepositional phrase modifying 'crawled' (as does 'slowly'). Your takes on the others are fine, to my mind.
Adverbials tend to get formally referenced to one part of the sentence, Guest, though a logical case may be made in many cases for wider application. (1) is a good example.
Adverbials tend to get formally referenced to one part of the sentence, Guest, though a logical case may be made in many cases for wider application. (1) is a good example.
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Mr M
Thank you for pointing my mistake. I made a stupid mistake as usual (^^).
Yes, "crawl" is an intansitive verb. So the diagrammiing should be:
(4) {It} { [ (crawled) (slowly)] [up my arm] }
"up my arm" is the adjunct to "crawled slowly" and "slowly" is the adjunct to "crawled"
paco
Thank you for pointing my mistake. I made a stupid mistake as usual (^^).
Yes, "crawl" is an intansitive verb. So the diagrammiing should be:
(4) {It} { [ (crawled) (slowly)] [up my arm] }
"up my arm" is the adjunct to "crawled slowly" and "slowly" is the adjunct to "crawled"
paco
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