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<h2 style="background-color:#ffcc99;color:#191970">2. Syntactic functions</h2>
<h2 style="background-color:#ffcc99;color:#191970">2. Grammatical functions</h2>
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<p style="font-size:16px">Indicate each <abbr title="Subject"><b>Subj</b></abbr>,<abbr title="Predicate"><b>Pred</b> </abbr>, <abbr title="Indirect Object"><b>IObj</b></abbr>, <abbr title="Direct Object"><b>DObj</b></abbr>, <abbr title="Predicative Complement"><b>PC</b></abbr>, <abbr title="Prepositional Complement"><b>PrepCompl</b></abbr>, <abbr title="Complement"><b>Compl</b></abbr> <abbr title="Modifier(Adjunct)"><b>Mod</b></abbr> in the following clauses.</p>
<p style="font-size:16px">Indicate each <abbr title="Subject"><b>Subj</b></abbr>,<abbr title="Predicate"><b>Pred</b> </abbr>, <abbr title="Indirect Object"><b>IObj</b></abbr>, <abbr title="Direct Object"><b>DObj</b></abbr>, <abbr title="Predicative Complement"><b>PC</b></abbr>, <abbr title="Prepositional Complement"><b>PrepCompl</b></abbr>, <abbr title="Complement"><b>Compl</b></abbr> <abbr title="Modifier"><b>Mod</b></abbr> in the following clauses.</p>


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1. We { Subj _4 } sent { Pred _4 } an email { DObj _4} to the queen { PrepCompl } at Christmas { Mod _4 }.  
1. We { Subj _4 } sent { Pred _4 } an email { DObj _4} to the queen { PrepCompl _9 } at Christmas { Mod _4 }.  
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2. The men { S _1 } are { P _1 } barefoot { PC _2}, most of them { S _1 } wearing { P _1 } long robes { Od _2 }, some with large stains.  
2. The kids { Subj _4 } ran { Pred _4 } to the gate { PrepCompl _9 } last week { Mod _4 }.
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3. As voices { S _1 } holler { P _1 } at them { C _1 } in the darkness { Mod _3 } to move { P _1 } quickly { A _1 }, they { S _1 } hurry { P _1 } across the debris-littered floor { C _1 } past the gun-wielding soldiers { A _1 }.
3. John { Subj _4 } threw { Pred _4 } the ball { DObj _4} aggressively { Mod _4 }.
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4. The new video showing scenes from the raid near Hawija { S _1 }, in northern Kirkuk province { Mod _3 }, was { Aux _3 } released { P _1 } by the Kurdistan Regional Government { C _1 }.  
4. John { Subj _4 } completed { Pred _4 } his meal { DObj _4} in five seconds { Mod _4 }.  
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5. A U.S. military official { S _1 } confirmed { P _1 } its source and authenticity { Od _2 } to CNN { C _1 }.
5. The soldiers { Subj _4 } usher { Pred _4 } the cowering men { DObj _4} through darkened rooms { PrepCompl _9 }.
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6. It { S _1 } was { Aux _3 } filmed { P _1 } from the helmet camera of one of the Kurdish soldiers { Mod _3 }, whose gun { S _1 } can { Aux _3 } be { Aux _3 } seen { P _1 } pointing { P _1 } at a barred window { C _1 } through which a glow { S _1 } is { Aux _3 } emanating { P _1 }, possibly from a fire.
6. Paris { Subj _4 } is { Pred _4 } a lovely city { PC _2 }.
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7. In another scene { Mod _3 }, four men wearing robes and with their hands on their heads { S _1 } -- presumably hostages { A _1 } -- are { Aux _3 } ushered { P _1 } through a doorway { C _1 } and then searched { P _1 }.
7. Lilly { Subj _4 } dances { Pred _4 } every day { Mod _4 } at the sport's center { Mod _4 }.
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8. The person wearing the body camera { S _1 } empties { P _1 } the freed men's shirt pockets { Od _2 } and pats { P _1 }them { Od _2 } down { C _1 } before hurriedly moving { P _1 } the men { Od _2 } farther down the hallway { C _1 }.
8. Fido { Subj _4 } told { Pred _4 } the students { DObj _4 } about the exam { PrepCompl _9 }.
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9. "Hold { P _1 } that guy { Od _2 } there { Mod _3 }," says { P _1 } one voice with an American accent { S _1 }. "We { S _1 } got { P _1 } more { Od _2 } coming { P _1 }."
9. Lilly { Subj _4 } told { Pred _4 } Fido { IObj _4 } the secret { DObj _4 }.
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10. Thirty troops from Delta Force on an "advise and assist role" { S _1 } participated { P _1 } in the raid { C _1 } when Kurdish commandos { S _1 } were { Aux _3 } overwhelmed { P _1 } after entering { P _1 } the walled compound { Od _2 } on their own { A _1 }, a U.S. official with direct knowledge of details of the operation { S _1 } told { P _1 } CNN { Od _2 } last week { A _1 }.
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Revision as of 12:31, 15 November 2018

1. Arguments or Modifiers

Is the underlined word an argument or an modifier

1 1. The kids suddenly ran to the gate.

Argument
Modifier

2 2. I wonder whether I will see him again.

Argument
Modifier

3 3. She will send me the scripts later.

Argument
Modifier

4 4. They were running to the station.

Argument
Modifier


2. Grammatical functions

Indicate each Subj,Pred , IObj, DObj, PC, PrepCompl, Compl Mod in the following clauses.

1. We

sent

an email

to the queen

at Christmas

.

2. The kids

ran

to the gate

last week

.

3. John

threw

the ball

aggressively

.

4. John

completed

his meal

in five seconds

.

5. The soldiers

usher

the cowering men

through darkened rooms

.

6. Paris

is

a lovely city

.

7. Lilly

dances

every day

at the sport's center

.

8. Fido

told

the students

about the exam

.

9. Lilly

told

Fido

the secret

.



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