Noun phrases
"The key themes of Thornberry’s speech at the Institute for Government setting out her vision of a Labour foreign policy will inevitably draw parallels with the ethical foreign policy set out by Robin Cook as the first foreign secretary of Tony Blair’s 1997 government."
(The Guardian.)
Are phrases left and right from the verb phrase "will inevitably draw" noun phrases in which "setting out her vision of a Labour foreign policy" is a non-finite relative clause modifying "Thornberry’s speech" and "set out by Robin Cook as the first foreign secretary of Tony Blair’s 1997 government" a non-finite passive clause modifying "the ethical foreign policy"?
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Yes. The two non-finite subordinate clauses are modifiers in NP structure, the latter being passive. , which sets out her vision the ethical foreign policy that was set out by Robin Cook
- Yes.
- The two non-finite subordinate clauses are modifiers in NP structure, the latter being passive.
- , which sets out her vision the ethical foreign policy that was set out by Robin Cook
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Yes. The two non-finite subordinate clauses are modifiers in NP structure, the latter being passive.
They have similar meanings to the relative clauses:
the key themes of Thornberry’s speech ..., which sets out her vision
the ethical foreign policy that was set out by Robin Cook
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