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“was sitting on a bench before the door.”

-Finite or non-finite: It is finite because the verb is conjugated in a past tense.

-Stative or dynamic: It is a dynamic verb

-According to verb complementation: Intensive (or copular) – Intransitive – Transitive – Ditransitive – Complex ditransitive (or bogus ditransitive):  It is intransitive because you have a PP functioning as an Adverbial Adjunct.

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Sentence:  "you will find her in the old hovel."

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Sentence:  "you will find her in the old hovel."

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Constituency test 1:

In the old hovel, you´ll find her - (movement)

She will be found in the old hovel - (movement)

Constituency test 2:

You will find her there -  (replacement)

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subject

the fisherman went out every day with his hook and line to catch fish,”

head of NP: fisherman

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"she wants to be king."

Main verb: wants

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"little"

adjective: little (head)

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"possibly "

adverb: possibly (head)

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"on the hook"

Preposition: on (head)

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¨The cottage¨

Determiner: the

Head: cottage (noun)

Is it definite or indefinite? It is a definite noun phrase because it refers to a particular thing - the cottage- and we have the definite determiner “the”.

Head? Cottage is the head of the noun phrase.

Internal structure (determiners, pre-modifiers, complements, post-modifiers) determiner: the

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“the flounder”

Determiner: the

Head: flounder (noun)

Is it definite or indefinite? It is a definite noun phrase because it refers to a specific animal and we have the definite determiner “the”.

Head? Flounder is the head of the noun phrase

Internal structure (determiners, pre-modifiers, complements, post-modifiers): determiner (the)

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"the cottage is good enough;”

-Finite or non-finite: It is finite because the verb is conjugated in the present tense - verb to be-

-Stative or dynamic: It is a stative verb because it does not describe movement.

-According to verb complementation: Intensive (or copular) – Intransitive – Transitive – Ditransitive – Complex ditransitive (or bogus ditransitive): It is copular because the verb TO BE is the copulative verb.

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"the flounder gave us the cottage;”

-Finite or non-finite: It is finite because the verb is conjugated in the past tense.

-Stative or dynamic: It is a dynamic verb.

-According to verb complementation: Intensive (or copular) – Intransitive – Transitive – Ditransitive – Complex ditransitive (or bogus ditransitive): It is ditransitive because we can see an indirect object (us) and a direct object (the cottage).

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“a little cottage”

Determiner: a

premodifier: little (adjective)

Head: cottage (noun)

Is it definite or indefinite? It is an indefinite noun phrase because it does not refer to a specific thing and also we have the non defining determiner “a”.

Head? Cottage is the head of the noun phrase

Internal structure (determiners, pre-modifiers, complements, post-modifiers) determiner: a ; premodifier: little

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in this smelling hovel - In-type preposition - AREA

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on the hook - On-type preposition - LINE

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at her - Preposition AT - to indicate the target

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Sentence / Main clause:

Is the sentence simple, complex or compound? Why? The sentence is complex because it has an independent clause and one dependent clause.

Is the main clause in the sentence transitive, intransitive, ditransitive, copular, bogus ditransitive? The main clause is copular because the verb TO BE is the copulative verb.

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Is it embedded or subordinate? subordinate as it is introduced by WHEN as subordinator, and can be omitted.

Finite or non-finite? Finite - verb in past tense

Function? (S, DO, A, etc) - Adjunct (Perspective: time)

Type of subordinate clause? (Transitive, intransitive, etc.) Intransitive clause: come (intransitive verb)

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Sentence / Main clause:

Is the sentence simple, complex or compound? Why? The sentence is simple because it has an independent clause and a finite verb.

Is the main clause in the sentence transitive, intransitive, ditransitive, copular, bogus ditransitive? The main clause in the sentence is transitive because it needs a direct object.

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Sentence / Main clause:

Is the sentence simple, complex or compound? Why? The sentence is compound because it has two clauses linked by the conjunction AND.

Is the main clause in the sentence transitive, intransitive, ditransitive, copular, bogus ditransitive? The two main clauses in the sentence are transitive because their verbs are followed by a direct object.