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Tkacka15 Posted 7 years ago
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That this is a very important meeting is beyond doubt.


That this is a very important meeting - a subject (declarative content clause);

is beyond doubt - predicate (a verb phrase);

is - predicator (linking verb);

beyond doubt - complement (preposition phrase);

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That this is a very important meeting

That - marker of the content clause (subordinator);

this - subject (fused determiner-head);

is a very important meeting - predicate (verb phrase)

is - predicator (linking verb);

a very important meeting - complement (noun phrase).


Is my parsing correct?

  

Top answer

That this is a very important meeting is beyond doubt . Yes, you have it all right! All you need to learn now is how to draw tree diagrams.

  • That this is a very important meeting is beyond doubt .
  • Yes, you have it all right!
  • All you need to learn now is how to draw tree diagrams.
  • Incidentally, it would more natural to use the extraposed construction (though the analysis is different): It is beyond doubt that this is a very important meeting.
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That this is a very important meeting is beyond doubt.

Yes, you have it all right! All you need to learn now is how to draw tree diagrams.


Incidentally, it would more natural to use the extraposed construction (though the analysis is different):

It is beyond doubt that this is a very important meeting.




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