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What are the two 1st immediate constituents of the sentences bellow? Help please!

1- Down the hillside were rolling the stones.
2- In this part of the garden was buried the body of the victim.
3- What is said about her in this book is unbelievable.

Thanks in advance.
  

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Do you want a syntactical analysis or corrections to these sentences? Here is some syntax: Down the hillside (prepositional phrase, adverbial) were rolling (main verb phrase) the stones . (noun phrase, subject) In this part (prepositional phrase, adverbial) of the garden (prepositional phrase, adjectival) was buried (main verb phrase, passive mood, past tense) the body (noun phrase, subject) of the victim .

  • Do you want a syntactical analysis or corrections to these sentences?
  • Here is some syntax: Down the hillside (prepositional phrase, adverbial) were rolling (main verb phrase) the stones .
  • (noun phrase, subject) In this part (prepositional phrase, adverbial) of the garden (prepositional phrase, adjectival) was buried (main verb phrase, passive mood, past tense) the body (noun phrase, subject) of the victim .
  • (predicate adjective) What (subject) is said about (verb phrase, passive mood, present tense), her (direct object of phrasal verb) in this book (prepositional phrase, adverbial).
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Do you want a syntactical analysis or corrections to these sentences? Here is some syntax:

Down the hillside (prepositional phrase, adverbial) were rolling (main verb phrase) the stones. (noun phrase, subject)
In this part (prepositional phrase, adverbial) of the garden (prepositional phrase, adjectival) was buried (main verb phrase, pass
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Thanks AlpheccaStars for your reply,

My question says: What are the two 1st immediate constituents? I tried, but I'm not sure I got them right.

1- (Down the hillside were rolling) (the stones).
2-(In this part of the garden was buried) (the body of the victim).
3- (What is said about her in this book) ( is unbelievable).

Looking forward your correction
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I am no linguist, but I have spoken English for 50-some years without even hearing the term "first immediate constituents." I have no idea what it means.
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Immediate constituent analysis (ICA) is a theory of grammar that use sentences as made up of layers of constituents.

Example: He put the book on the table.

First two immediate constituents are (He = Noun phrase) and (put the book on the table = Verb Phrase)
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It sounds like what we used to call this sentence diagraming.
The primary constituents would be on the "main line", of the diagram, and secondary would be first branches.
If that is the case, the the first constituent would be subject, and the second would be predicate.
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suggestibility1- (Down the hillside were rolling) (the stones).
2-(In this part of the garden was buried) (the body of the victim).
3- (What is said about her in this book) ( is unbelievable).
These look good. I don't see another way of breaking these up into different immediate constituents, unless they want you to straighten out the inversions to r
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I think what you are referring to is Where to put the binary Cut.! If it is so then it should be soemwat like this:-
1- (Down the hillside) / (were rolling the stones).
2-(In this part of the garden) / (was buried the body of the victim).
3- (What is said about her in this book) / ( is unbelievable).

This seems to be my view. i'm a novice,, so ,if there's any mistake plz bea
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suggestibility1- Down the hillside were rolling the stones.
2- In this part of the garden was buried the body of the victim.
3- What is said about her in this book is unbelievable.

Thanks in advance.


Down the hill were rolling the stones

In this part of the garden
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khoffthe term "first immediate constituents." I have no idea what it means.
Formerly, "subject" and "predicate"!

CJ
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1- (Down the hiiside) (were rolling the stones).
2- (In this part of the garden) (was buried the body of the victim).
3- (what is said about her in this book) (is unbelievable).

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