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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Freud tried to make sex the explanation for everything.
Freud - a subject;
tried to make - a predicator (where "tried" is the head of the verb phrase and "to make" its complement);
sex - a direct object;
the explanation for everything - the object complement (in which "the explanation" is the head of the noun phrase "the explanation for everything" and "for everything" (prepositional phrase) its complement.
Is my parsing acceptable?
Freud - a subject;
tried to make - a predicator (where "tried" is the head of the verb phrase and "to make" its complement);
sex - a direct object;
the explanation for everything - the object complement (in which "the explanation" is the head of the noun phrase "the explanation for everything" and "for everything" (prepositional phrase) its complement.
Is my parsing acceptable?
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Anonymous "tried" is the head of the verb phrase I'm not sure that is the right terminology, but I understand your view. Anonymous Is my parsing acceptable? Yes.
- Anonymous "tried" is the head of the verb phrase I'm not sure that is the right terminology, but I understand your view.
- Anonymous Is my parsing acceptable?
- Yes.
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Anonymous"tried" is the head of the verb phraseI'm not sure that is the right terminology, but I understand your view.
AnonymousIs my parsing acceptable?Yes.
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