 Re: Can you produce two tree diagrams from one sentence? If so how does that work
Visiting friends can be boring.
I-Friends who visit [others] can be boring
Visiting friends can be boring.
Visiting friends = Subject
Can be= Verb Phrase
Boring= Complement
Visiting friends = Noun Phrase
Friends= Head noun,,,,,,, visiting = pre-modifier
II-For one to visit friends can be boring. (i.e. visiting itself is boring)
Visiting friends = Subject
Visiting friends = Noun clause
Visiting = Verb (Subject deleted)
Friends = Object
Can be = Verb phrase
Boring = Complement |