Learning Grammar #2 - More Parts Trees and Sentence Analyses

  1. I read them in the morning.
    [read [I] [them] [in [morning [the]]]]
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“In the morning” is a prepositional phrase that functions as an adverb, modifying “read”.

  1. I read them in the afternoon.
    [read [I] [them] [in [afternoon [the]]]]

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  1. I read them at night.
    [read [I] [them] [at [night]]]
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“At night” is a prepositional phrase that modifies the verb “read”.

  1. I even read them when I go camping.
    [when [read [I] [them] [even]] [go [I] [camping]]]
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“Even” is an adverb that modifies “read”.
“When” is a subordinating conjunction. It says they read when they camp, not that they camp when they read.

  1. Comic books are great to read.
    [are [books [Comic]] [great [“to read”]]]
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“To read” is an adjective that modifies “great”. It qualifies what is “great” about the “books”.
“Comic” is an adjective that modifies “books”.