The unlooked for
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/mikhailgorbachev, the former Soviet leader whose reforms led to the unlooked for break-up of his own country, and to the demise of communism across central and eastern Europe, has died in Moscow aged 91.
From The Guardian.
Is "the unlooked for break-up of his own country" a noun phrase where "the unlooked for" is the head and "break-up of his own country" complement in the NP?
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anonymous Is "the unlooked for break-up of his own country" a noun phrase where "the unlooked for" is the head and "break-up of his own country" complement in the NP? No. "break-up" is the head of the NP.
- anonymous Is "the unlooked for break-up of his own country" a noun phrase where "the unlooked for" is the head and "break-up of his own country" complement in the NP?
- No.
- "break-up" is the head of the NP.
- "unlooked-for" (thus) is a modifier.
- "of his own country" is a complement.
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anonymousIs "the unlooked for break-up of his own country" a noun phrase where "the unlooked for" is the head and "break-up of his own country" complement in the NP?
No. "break-up" is the head of the NP.
"unlooked-for" (thus) is a modifier.
"of his own country" is a complement.
(An unlooked-for break-up is a break-up which is not desired.)
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