Parse cut to the chase
I don't get whether the phrase 'cut to the chase' is V+O+A construction or V+A formation grammatically.
Verb+Object+Adverbial
Cut / oneself / to the chase
Verb+Adverbial
Cut / to the chase
Could anyone provide me with the answer of which parsing is cogent?
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Cut to the chase . Clearly it's an idiomatic expression (a verbal idiom) roughly meaning "come to the point". Parsing it is straightforward: it's an imperative clause consisting of verb ( cut ) +PP ( to the chase ).
- Cut to the chase .
- Clearly it's an idiomatic expression (a verbal idiom) roughly meaning "come to the point".
- Parsing it is straightforward: it's an imperative clause consisting of verb ( cut ) +PP ( to the chase ).
- The head of the PP is to , which has the NP the chase as its object.
- The whole PP functions as complement of the verb cut .
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Cut to the chase.
Clearly it's an idiomatic expression (a verbal idiom) roughly meaning "come to the point".
Parsing it is straightforward: it's an imperative clause consisting of verb (cut) +PP (to the chase). The head of the PP is to, which has the NP the chase as its object. The whole PP functions as complement of the verb cut.
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