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Zkyevolved Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Disecting this Adjectival Group
Hello, I need some help looking at this adjectival group.I really appreciate the help.
That drink tastes worse in a paper cup.
[That drink] [tastes] [worse [in a paper cup.]]
That Drink = Nominal Group, Function = Subject. It's comprised of a Determiner and a Head Noun (That & Drink)
Tastes = Verbal Group, Head Verb
Now here is where I get into some trouble. I can see this part in two ways.
1) worse in a paper cup = an adjectival group, whose head is 'worse' and within it there is a prepositional group whose function is (either) a complement or a qualifier (can someone please double check that for me??? Thanks
I can't decide 
). ALL this adjectival group has the function of a Subject Complement (complementing that drink).
2) Worse = adjectivalG and head. and seperately there is in a paper cup, which is a prepositional group, and it has the function as an adjunct (as it tells you where) or as a complement.
That drink tastes [worse] [in a paper cup.]
I personally believe that 1 is correct.
Any thoughts? Thanks again to everyone
That drink tastes worse in a paper cup.
[That drink] [tastes] [worse [in a paper cup.]]
That Drink = Nominal Group, Function = Subject. It's comprised of a Determiner and a Head Noun (That & Drink)
Tastes = Verbal Group, Head Verb
Now here is where I get into some trouble. I can see this part in two ways.
1) worse in a paper cup = an adjectival group, whose head is 'worse' and within it there is a prepositional group whose function is (either) a complement or a qualifier (can someone please double check that for me??? Thanks
I can't decide ). ALL this adjectival group has the function of a Subject Complement (complementing that drink).2) Worse = adjectivalG and head. and seperately there is in a paper cup, which is a prepositional group, and it has the function as an adjunct (as it tells you where) or as a complement.
That drink tastes [worse] [in a paper cup.]
I personally believe that 1 is correct.
Any thoughts? Thanks again to everyone
Top answer
"In a paper cup" is an adverbial phrase modifying "worse" (I think).
- "In a paper cup" is an adverbial phrase modifying "worse" (I think).
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"In a paper cup" is an adverbial phrase modifying "worse" (I think).
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"in a paper cup" is adverbial. "worse in a paper cup" is not a constituent.
[That drink] [ [tastes] [worse] ] [in a paper cup](ADV)
Compare:
I enrolled the children in Active Kids Daycare.
[They] [ [seem] [ happy ] ] [there]
My best friend lost all his money in the stock market.
[He] [ [was] [rich] ] [before that]
CJ
[That drink] [ [tastes] [worse] ] [in a paper cup](ADV)
Compare:
I enrolled the children in Active Kids Daycare.
[They] [ [seem] [ happy ] ] [there]
My best friend lost all his money in the stock market.
[He] [ [was] [rich] ] [before that]
CJ
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I'm sorry, but how can it be an Adverb? Wouldn't it be a Prepositional Phrase, and since it acts as an adverb, it would be an adjunct as it tells "where". Well, in my class we do things like this:
What it is/What its function is. Example:
NomG/Direct Object.
In this case, what would that prepositional group be?
PrepG/Adjunct. This to me would be the most logical.
I'v
What it is/What its function is. Example:
NomG/Direct Object.
In this case, what would that prepositional group be?
PrepG/Adjunct. This to me would be the most logical.
I'v
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