In the sentence A pizza ate a cow with gray stripes, the prepositional phrase with gray stripes functions as the noun phrase modifier of the noun cow. The noun phrase a cow with gray stripes functions as the direct object. The verb phrase ate a cow with gray stripes functions as the predicate. The noun […]
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In the sentence Our neighbor painted her fence light blue, the noun phrase her fence functions as the direct object and the noun phrase light blue functions as the object complement. The verb phrase painted her fence light blue functions as the predicate. The noun phrase our neighbor functions as the subject. The noun phrase […]
In the sentence A tall kid ate some apples, the noun phrase a tall kid functions as the subject. The verb phrase ate some apples functions as the predicate. The noun phrase some apples functions as the direct object. The adjective and adjective phrase tall functions as a noun phrase modifier of the noun kid. […]