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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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How to parse 'Mobile phone use causes drivers to take their mind off driving.'?
Dear learned friends
Please advise or suggest a sensible way to analyse the following sentence:
'Mobile phone use causes drivers to take their mind off driving.'
To me, it looks like:
'mobile phone use': subject in the form of a noun phrase
'causes': main verb
'drivers': object
'to take their mind off driving': is it an ''object complement' in the form of an 'infinitive phrase' , modifying the object 'driver' , or it is an ' adverbial' completing the meaning of the verb 'causes'?
Any comments will be much appreciated.
Donna
Please advise or suggest a sensible way to analyse the following sentence:
'Mobile phone use causes drivers to take their mind off driving.'
To me, it looks like:
'mobile phone use': subject in the form of a noun phrase
'causes': main verb
'drivers': object
'to take their mind off driving': is it an ''object complement' in the form of an 'infinitive phrase' , modifying the object 'driver' , or it is an ' adverbial' completing the meaning of the verb 'causes'?
Any comments will be much appreciated.
Donna
Top answer
I'd go like this: Mobile phone use is a subject group. I think it's further divisible into the subject proper ( use ) and the attribute ( mobile phone ), the latter being a noun phrase. causes is a simple verbal predicate.
- I'd go like this: Mobile phone use is a subject group.
- I think it's further divisible into the subject proper ( use ) and the attribute ( mobile phone ), the latter being a noun phrase.
- causes is a simple verbal predicate.
- drivers to take their mind is a complex object with the infinitive.
- e.
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I'd go like this:
Mobile phone use is a subject group. I think it's further divisible into the subject proper (use) and the attribute (mobile phone), the latter being a noun phrase.
causes is a simple verbal predicate.
drivers to take their mind is a complex object with the infinitive.
A complex object is a sentence part consi
Mobile phone use is a subject group. I think it's further divisible into the subject proper (use) and the attribute (mobile phone), the latter being a noun phrase.
causes is a simple verbal predicate.
drivers to take their mind is a complex object with the infinitive.
A complex object is a sentence part consi
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