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Hela Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

parsing 31/01

0Dear friends,02br
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00Would you please have a look at the parsing below. I'm just picking up sentences and trying to analyse them for future exams.02br
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01b00 02b00is one00 00of the00 best00 00known and most00 00loved00 children00’s adventure stories.02br
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00PARTS OF SPEECH:02br
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00treasure = descriptive adj. (attributive position)02br
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00island = noun02br
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00is = copular verb02br
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00one = impersonal pronoun (is there anything else to add?)02br
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00of = preposition02br
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00the = definite article02br
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00best + most = superlative adj02br
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00known + loved = adjectives 02br
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00and = coordinating conjunction02br
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00children = adj02br
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00's = genetive case (?) / possessive .... ?02br
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00adventure = adj02br
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00stories = noun02br
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00FUNCTION:02br
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00treasure island = subject02br
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00is = verb02br
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00one of the best .... stories = subject complement.02br
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00What are your comments, please?02br
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00All the best,02br
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00Hela 0-
  

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02br 02br 01i 00Treasure Island02i 00 is the name of the island and a book title, both of which qualify as proper nouns. 02br 02br 00Nor would I categorize 01i 00children02i 00 as an adjective. 0-

— Mister Micawber

  • 02br 02br 01i 00Treasure Island02i 00 is the name of the island and a book title, both of which qualify as proper nouns.
  • 02br 02br 00Nor would I categorize 01i 00children02i 00 as an adjective.
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0I'm not the best parser, Hela, but a couple of points bother me.02br
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01i00Treasure Island02i00 is the name of the island and a book title, both of which qualify as proper nouns. So I wouldn't categorize 01i00treasure02i00 as an adjective.02br
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00Nor would I categorize 01i00children02i0
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0"Treasure Island" is one of the best known and most loved children’s adventure stories.02br
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00PARTS OF SPEECH:02br
001 "Treasure Island"=proper noun (phrase), 2 is= copular verb, 3 of=preposition, 4 one=pronoun, 5 the=definite article, 6 best=adverb, 7 known=attributive adjective (past participle), 8 and=coordinative conjunction 9 most=adverb, 10 loved=a
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0Thanks Mr Micawber and Paco.02br
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00I understand that "treasure island" is a proper noun; but if we consider "adventure stories" as a compound noun (i.e. noun + noun), what about "radio volume"? Some time ago I analysed "radio" as an adjective and you agreed with me. Would you please explain the difference to me?02br
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00When are "best", "most" etc
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0I missed the 01i00radio volume02i00 discussion, Hela, but I would have said that both 01i00radio volume 02i00and01i00 adventure storie02i00s are cases of nouns used as adjectives.02br
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00Your 01i00best02i00 and 01i00most02i00 are adverbs here (and sorry I di
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0Dear Mr Micawber, I hope you're still online.02br
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001) In "He would not turn the radio volume down" I analysed "radio" here as an adjective but should I have said "01u00radio02u00 is a noun used as an adjective"? But wouldn't it be wrong to analyse it simply as a noun?02br
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002) Your example concerning the use of "best" as
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0Back online for a few moments. Must have dinner sometime, you know-- and another student due at 8:30.02br
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00As I say, I'm not an expert parser, but I suppose there are different parsing styles. For completeness, I like the '01i00noun used as an adjective02i00' style: it expresses both form and function. It tells more. But perhaps I am a rogue
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0Hello to Mr Micawber and other visitors,02br
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01b001)02b00 For whoever is a specialist in parsing I'd like to know if in the following sentences "radio" and "adventure" should be analysed as 01b00a)02b00 adjectives, 01b00b)02b00 nouns or 01b00c)02b00 nouns used as adjectives.02br
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0 Hello Hela02br
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00I'm sorry I was off-line for a bit. Here in Japan it is now evening and I just finished dinner. So I am a bit drunken and not sure I can understand your question correctly. 02br
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00As for the "radio" and "adventure", Mr.Micawber is quite correct that they are 01i00lexically02i00 nouns but function 01i
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0She is not a famous bridge player. She is unknown. There are many unknown bridge players. She is the best one of them.0-
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0Hi Paco, in my country it's 12:21 am. But even if you're a bit drunken please stay on line (it would be nice though if you reviewed your answers when are much sober in the morning 05000) [01font00is my tense agreement correct ??02font00?] and tell me how can I know when are "best / most" adjectives or adverbs? It'll be nice if I could have an
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