Learning Grammar #2 - More Parts Trees and Sentence Analyses

Short story sentences:

  1. She is young.
    [is [She] [young]]
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  2. Her shoes are old.
    [are [shoes [Her]] [old]]
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  3. She wears them to work.
    [wears [She] [them] [to [work]]]
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  4. She goes to work five days a week.
    [goes [She] [to [work]] [days [five] [week [a]]]]
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Notes/references:
• “a” looks like its synonymous to “per” in this sentence and appears to function as a preposition
• “to work” is a prepositional phrase
• “five” appears to be functioning as a determiner in this sentence, modifying “days”

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• Says number words can be determiners.

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May be relevant:
Appositives and Appositive Phrases—How to Use Them | Grammarly.

  1. She loves her work.
    [loves [She] [work [her]]]
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  2. She is a waitress.
    [is [She] [waitress [a]]]

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  1. She works at a restaurant.
    [works [She] [at [restaurant [a]]]]

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  1. The restaurant is near her home.
    [is [restaurant [The]] [near [home [her]]]]
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  2. She walks to the restaurant.
    [walks [She] [to [restaurant [the]]]]
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  3. She stands up all day long.
    [stands [She] [up] [day [all] [long]]]

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• “all day long” is an idiom, that appears to function primarily as a modifier
• “up” is an adverb that modifies “stands”
https://wordtype.org/of/all%20day

  1. She is young and strong.
    [is [She] [and [young] [strong]]]
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  2. But her shoes are not.
    [But [“(previous sentence)”] [are [shoes [her]] [not]]]
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  3. They are old.
    [are [They] [old]]
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  4. She saw an ad in the paper.
    [saw [She] [ad [an]] [in [paper [the]]]]

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  1. All shoes were on sale at the shoe store.
    [were [shoes [All]] [on [sale]] [at [store [the] [shoe]]]]

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  1. She walked into the store.
    [walked [She] [into [store [the]]]]

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  1. She looked around.
    [looked [She] [around]]

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• “around” is an adverb that modifies “looked”

  1. She saw some black shoes.
    [saw [She] [shoes [some] [black]]]
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  2. They looked good.
    [looked [They] [good]]
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  3. She tried them on.
    [tried [She] [them] [on]]
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• Based on the definitions that I found “on” has to be either a preposition or an adverb. “On” doesn’t look like a preposition here so it seems that it has to be an adverb. As an adverb, “on” cannot modify “them”, so it must be modifying “tried”.

  1. They were very comfortable.
    [were [They] [comfortable [very]]]
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• “comfortable” is the subject complement
• “very” is an adverb that modifies “comfortable”

  1. They felt good.
    [felt [They] [good]]

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  1. They were only $25.
    [were [They] [$25 [only]]]
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• “$25” is the subject complement
• “only” is an adverb that modifies “$25”

  1. She paid cash.
    [paid [She] [cash]]
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    • “cash” is an adverb that modifies “paid”. It tells you’re the type of payment.

  2. She wore them home.
    [wore [She] [them] [home]]
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  3. She felt good.
    [felt [She] [good]]
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  4. She was ready for work the next day.
    [was [She] [ready [for [work [day [next [the]]]]]]]
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Notes/references:

Maybe “the next day” is technically short for “on the next day”

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