In the sentence Reading the books was exciting, the verb phrase reading the books functions as the subject. A verb in the form of a present participle that performs a nominal function is a gerund. The noun phrase the books functions as the direct object of the verb reading. The adjective phrase exciting functions as […]
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 […]
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 My mom has bought my sister a gift, the verb phrase has bought my sister a gift. The noun phrase my sister functions as the indirect object. The noun phrase a gift functions as the direct object. The predicate also contains the present perfect verb phrase has bought. The noun phrase my […]
In the sentence Those students are looking at the sculpture, the noun phrase those students functions as the subject. The verb phrase are looking at the sculpture functions as the predicate. The noun phrase some apples functions as the prepositional complement. The prepositional phrase at the sculpture functions as the verb phrase complement. The predicate […]
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. […]