Noun or Verb Phrase

[Unregistered]

If a teacher requests a brief noun or verb phrase, is this example phrase wrong?
"Yelling scares many children."

[Casiopea]

Let's parse it.

yelling (gerund)
scares (verb)
many (adjective)
children (noun)

yelling (subject)
scares (verb)
many children (object)

yelling (noun phrase)
scares (verb phrase)
many children (noun phrase)

Hope that helps.

[Casiopea]

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