 A complement or an adjunct test
I am asked if a PP is a complement or an adjunct. I am not a native speaker. Would anyone help me to check if the following sentences are acceptable to native speakers?
The original sentence is
He drew pictures of his bag on a piece of paper with lines.
To my understanding, technically this sentence has two meanings. Am I right? We are asked if "with lines" is a complement or an adjunct.
To test if "with lines" is the complement or adjunct of the VP,
I insert "carefully" before "with lines". Then if the following sentence acceptable to native speakers?
"He drew pictures of his bag on a piece of paper carefully with lines."
To test if "with lines" is the complement or adjunct of the NP, I insert "partially". Then if the following sentence acceptable to native speakers?
""He drew pictures of his bag on a piece of paper partially with lines."
Thank you very much if you'd like to help out. |