Perplexing sentences

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1. The dress was so wonderfully designed that I couldn't take my eyes off it. 2. I was so interested in the book that I read it again.  The underlined part in the first sentence consists of an adverb + a verb . What do we call this structure? The underlined part in the second sentence consists of an adjective + a preposition + noun  . What do we call this structure?

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1. The dress was so wonderfully designed that I couldn't take my eyes off it.
2. I was so interested in the book that I read it again.
The underlined part in the first sentence consists of an adverb + a verb . What do we call this structure?
The underlined part in the second sentence consists of an adjective + a preposition + noun . What do we call this structure?

wonderfully designed is an adjective phrase. wonderfully modifies designed, which is called the head of the phrase. ('head' is a way of saying 'the main or most important word in the phrase'.)

This is like the structure brown sugar, a noun phrase in which brown modifies sugar, and sugar is the head.

interested in the book is also an adjective phrase. Here in the book is a complement to the adjective interested, which is the head of the phrase.

(interested typically takes a preposition phrase with in.)

This is like the structure the education of children, a noun phrase in which of children is a complement of the education, which is the head of the noun phrase.

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