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Jigneshbharati Posted 10 years ago
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(At the beginning of the year)prepositional phrase , (charged and arrested for sedition for allegedly raising anti-India slogans at Jawaharlal Nehru University)past participial phrase, (where he was president of the students union)adverbial clause, (Kanhaiya Kumar stood at the heart of the debate on nationalism that has now come to dominate the national discourse.)main clause
I read the above interview excerpt at Rediff.com. Please could someone check my analysis of the sentences in terms of parts of speech as I am learning to write complex sentences. Sometimes I can not differentiate long phrases from clauses.
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Jignesh
  

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At the beginning of the year- Form: prepositional phrase Function: adverb of time charged and arrested for sedition for allegedly raising anti-India slogans at Jawaharlal Nehru University- Form: past-participial phrase Function: adverb where he was president of the students union- Form: relative clause Function: adjective/noun modifier Kanhaiya Kumar stood at the heart of the debate on nationalism that has now come to dominate the national discourse. I just call this a complex sentence.

— Persian Learner

  • At the beginning of the year- Form: prepositional phrase Function: adverb of time charged and arrested for sedition for allegedly raising anti-India slogans at Jawaharlal Nehru University- Form: past-participial phrase Function: adverb where he was president of the students union- Form: relative clause Function: adjective/noun modifier Kanhaiya Kumar stood at the heart of the debate on nationalism that has now come to dominate the national discourse.
  • I just call this a complex sentence.
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At the beginning of the year- Form: prepositional phrase Function: adverb of time

charged and arrested for sedition for allegedly raising anti-India slogans at Jawaharlal Nehru University- Form: past-participial phrase Function: adverb

where he was president of the students union- Form: relative clause Function: adjective/noun modifier

Kanhaiya Kumar
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that has now come to dominate the national discourse.
is it a phrase or a clause and what does it modify or refere to in ( is "to" and "in" correct here?)the main clause?
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Jignesh
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Jigneshbharatiis it a phrase or a clause
It is a relative clause. "that" is the subject of the clause.
Jigneshbharati( is "to" and "in" correct here?)
Yes. (consecutive prepositions)
Jigneshbharatiand what does it modify or refere to
A relative clause normally follows the noun/noun phrase
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Persian Learnercharged and arrested for sedition for allegedly raising anti-India slogans at Jawaharlal Nehru University- Form: past-participial phrase Function: adverb
This is actually adjectival rather than adverbial.
Persian LearnerA relative clause normally follows the noun/noun phrase it modifies; "nationalism" in your sente
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GPYThe modified noun is "debate"
Is debate going to dominate the national discourse, or nationalism?
GPYdebate on nationalism
This does make sense.
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Persian LearnerIs debate going to dominate the national discourse, or nationalism?
The debate on nationalism has come to dominate the national discourse. The head noun of "debate on nationalism" is "debate", so fundamentally it is the debate that has come to dominate, while "on nationalism" tells us what kind of debate.
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