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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Parse this Sentence? Make me laugh.
How do you parse the sentence "He made me laugh?"
He is the subject
"Made me laugh" is the verb phrase.
"Me" is the object.
What is "laugh"?
He is the subject
"Made me laugh" is the verb phrase.
"Me" is the object.
What is "laugh"?
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Anonymous What is "laugh"? You can call it a (non-finite) complement clause. You can also call "me laugh" a (non-finite) complement clause.
- Anonymous What is "laugh"?
- You can call it a (non-finite) complement clause.
- You can also call "me laugh" a (non-finite) complement clause.
- "make" is a causative verb.
- It is found in the catenative grammatical pattern Verb + Noun-Phrase + Verb-Phrase.
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AnonymousWhat is "laugh"?You can call it a (non-finite) complement clause. You can also call "me laugh" a (non-finite) complement clause.
"make" is a causative verb. It is found in the catenative grammatical pattern Verb + Noun-Phrase + Verb-Phrase.
There is lack of agreement about how to analyze this construction.
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