[Grammar] How can I extract " modifier and headword" in sentence?

Hi
How can I extract " modifier and headword" in sentence?
or
How can I extract " the predominant modifier of the headword?
For example:
The pitch velvet. The rough sleep
The crackling headphone. The space silence.

"The pitch velvet", "the rough sleep" and "the space silence" are all unnatural to me.

And none of them are sentences.

emsr2d2 said:

"The pitch velvet", "the rough sleep" and "the space silence" are all unnatural to me.

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Check here
https://asmokescreen.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/this-is-a-poem/

Ahhh, poetry. Almost as pointless as song lyrics in terms of studying grammar.

emsr2d2 said:

Ahhh, poetry. Almost as pointless as song lyrics in terms of studying grammar.

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Umm. Ok, In general, How I can?

Laza18 said:

Umm, [STRIKE]Ok[/STRIKE] OK, in general, how can I? [STRIKE]can?[/STRIKE]

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How can you what?

How can I extract " modifier and headword" in sentences?

Please give us an example of a sentence in which you wish to work out which is the modifier and which is the headword.

Adjectives normally preceed the nouns they are modifying.

SoothingDave said:

Adjectives normally preceed the nouns they are modifying.

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Umm, when I say a red flower. That's mean " red modify flower" Is it right?

It means that "red" modifies the word "flower." "Red" tells us more about the "flower."

Yes. There are very few exceptions.

MikeNewYork said:

Yes. There are very few exceptions.

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Where are there few excepitions?

Here are some examples: (the headword will be underlined)

Attorney General
Mother-in-law
court martial
accounts payable
persons unknown
notary public

Don't concentrate on the exceptions. They are rare.

Laza18 said:

Where are there few excepitions?

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There are very few exceptions to the "rule" that the adjective comes before the word. Red flower. Hot day. Beautiful girl. That is the normal way it is done in English. First the adjective (modifier), then the word being modified.