hela
Senior Member
- Joined
- Apr 12, 2004
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Arabic
- Home Country
- Tunisia
- Current Location
- Tunisia
Hello everyone,
I have some doubts about the analysis of the following 4 sentences. Would you help me sort them out, please ?
Function :
1) "I went to the cinema with them."
I = subject
went = verb
to the cinema = adverbial of place
with them = adverbial of manner / accompaniment ???
2) "she was out of her mind with grief"
she = subject
was = verb
out of her mind = complement of the subject
with grief = adverbial of manner ?
Form & Function :
3) "He was anxious about his departure."
He = noun phrase = subject
was = verb
- anxious = adjective phrase = subject complement
- about his departure = prepositional phrase = adverbial (?) of ???
OR
- anxious about his departure = adjective phrase = subject complement ?
4) "Humans can be fairly ridiculous animals."
Humans = noun phrase = subject
can be = verb
fairly ridiculous animals = adjecive phrase or noun phrase ? = subject complement.
Thank you very much for your help.
Hela
I have some doubts about the analysis of the following 4 sentences. Would you help me sort them out, please ?
Function :
1) "I went to the cinema with them."
I = subject
went = verb
to the cinema = adverbial of place
with them = adverbial of manner / accompaniment ???
2) "she was out of her mind with grief"
she = subject
was = verb
out of her mind = complement of the subject
with grief = adverbial of manner ?
Form & Function :
3) "He was anxious about his departure."
He = noun phrase = subject
was = verb
- anxious = adjective phrase = subject complement
- about his departure = prepositional phrase = adverbial (?) of ???
OR
- anxious about his departure = adjective phrase = subject complement ?
4) "Humans can be fairly ridiculous animals."
Humans = noun phrase = subject
can be = verb
fairly ridiculous animals = adjecive phrase or noun phrase ? = subject complement.
Thank you very much for your help.
Hela