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[Murphy] decided that he should buy a dog.
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subject
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Murphy [decided] that he should buy a dog.
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verb
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Murphy decided [that he should buy a dog].
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noun clause: direct object
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[Whatever you choose] will be fine.
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noun clause: subject
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Whatever you choose [will] be fine.
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helping verb
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Whatever you choose will [be] fine.
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linking verb
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Whatever you choose will be [fine].
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predicate adjective
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[Whoever stole my wallet] should go to jail.
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noun clause: subject
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Whoever stole my wallet [should] go to jail.
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helping verb
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Whoever stole my wallet should [go] to jail.
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verb
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Whoever stole my wallet should go [to jail].
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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The [perfect] time to ask your mom for the car is when she is really tired.
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adjective
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The perfect [time] to ask your mom for the car is when she is really tired.
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subject
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The perfect time [to ask your mom] for the car is when she is really tired.
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infinitive phrase: adjective
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The perfect time to ask your mom [for the car] is when she is really tired.
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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The perfect time to ask your mom for the car [is] when she is really tired.
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linking verb
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The perfect time to ask your mom for the car is [when she is really tired].
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noun clause: predicate noun
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[Betsy] does not know how she solved the algebraic equations.
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subject
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Betsy [does] not know how she solved the algebraic equations.
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helping verb
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Betsy does [not] know how she solved the algebraic equations.
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adverb
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Betsy does not [know] how she solved the algebraic equations.
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verb
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Betsy does not know [how she solved the algebraic equations].
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noun clause: direct object
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The [man] on the corner gave whoever passed him a high-five.
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subject
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The man [on the corner] gave whoever passed him a high-five.
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prepositional phrase: adjective
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The man on the corner [gave] whoever passed him a high-five.
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verb
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The man on the corner gave [whoever passed him] a high-five.
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noun clause: indirect object
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The man on the corner gave whoever passed him a [high-five].
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direct object
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The [jury] determined that he was guilty.
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subject
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The jury [determined] that he was guilty.
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verb
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The jury determined [that he was guilty].
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noun clause: direct object
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The [funniest] part was when he tripped and spilled coffee on his boss's lap.
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adjective
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The funniest [part] was when he tripped and spilled coffee on his boss's lap.
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subject
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The funniest part [was] when he tripped and spilled coffee on his boss's lap.
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linking verb
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The funniest part was [when he tripped and spilled coffee on his boss's lap].
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noun clause: predicate noun
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The funniest part was when he tripped and spilled coffee [on his boss's lap].
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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The [delivery] person would not explain why he repeatedly left our packages in the rain.
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adjective
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The delivery [person] would not explain why he repeatedly left our packages in the rain.
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subject
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The delivery person [would] not explain why he repeatedly left our packages in the rain.
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helping verb
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The delivery person would [not] explain why he repeatedly left our packages in the rain.
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adverb
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The delivery person would not [explain] why he repeatedly left our packages in the rain.
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verb
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The delivery person would not explain [why he repeatedly left our packages in the rain].
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noun clause: direct object
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The delivery person would not explain why he repeatedly left our packages [in the rain].
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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[Bonny] told us that she was sick.
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subject
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Bonny [told] us that she was sick.
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verb
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Bonny told [us] that she was sick.
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indirect object
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Bonny told us [that she was sick].
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noun clause: direct object
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The [game] is unfair, so whichever door you choose will be the wrong one.
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subject
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The game [is] unfair, so whichever door you choose will be the wrong one.
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linking verb
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The game is [unfair], so whichever door you choose will be the wrong one.
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predicate adjective
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The game is unfair, [so] whichever door you choose will be the wrong one.
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conjunction
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The game is unfair, so [whichever door you choose] will be the wrong one.
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noun clause: subject
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The game is unfair, so whichever door you choose [will] be the wrong one.
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linking verb
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The game is unfair, so whichever door you choose will [be] the wrong one.
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linking verb
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The game is unfair, so whichever door you choose will be the [wrong] one.
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adjective
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The game is rigged, so whichever door you choose will be the wrong [one].
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predicate noun
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[Holly] will ship the quilts to wherever the soldiers are stationed.
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subject
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Holly [will] ship the quilts to wherever the soldiers are stationed.
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helping verb
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Holly will [ship] the quilts to wherever the soldiers are stationed.
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verb
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Holly will ship the [quilts] to wherever the soldiers are stationed.
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direct object
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Holly will ship the quilts [to wherever the soldiers are stationed].
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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Holly will ship the quilts to [wherever the soldiers are stationed].
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noun clause: object of a preposition
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[Caleb] wondered who first started clapping.
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subject
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Caleb [wondered] who first started clapping.
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verb
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Caleb wondered [who first started clapping].
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noun clause direct object
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[Keith], wearing whatever he could find in the trunk of his car, began the long trek through the snow.
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subject
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Keith, [wearing whatever he could find in the trunk of his car], began the long trek through the snow.
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participial phrase: adjective
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Keith, wearing [whatever he could find in the trunk of his car], began the long trek through the snow.
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noun clause: object of a participle
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Keith, wearing whatever he could find in the trunk of his car, [began] the long trek through the snow.
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verb
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Keith, wearing whatever he could find in the trunk of his car, began the [long] trek through the snow.
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adjective
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Keith, wearing whatever he could find in the trunk of his car, began the long [trek] through the snow.
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direct object
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Keith, wearing whatever he could find in the trunk of his car, began the long trek [through the snow].
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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[Skiing whatever resort has the best snow] is a luxury of the super rich.
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gerund phrase: subject
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Skiing [whatever resort has the best snow] is a luxury of the super rich.
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noun clause: object of a gerund
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Skiing whatever resort has the best snow [is] a luxury of the super rich.
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linking verb
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Skiing whatever resort has the best snow is a [luxury] of the super rich.
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predicate noun
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Skiing whatever resort has the best snow is a luxury [of the super rich].
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prepositional phrase: adjective
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The [suspect] would not reveal where he had stayed.
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subject
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The suspect [would] not reveal where he had stayed.
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helping verb
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The suspect would [not] reveal where he had stayed.
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adverb
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The suspect would not [reveal] where he had stayed.
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verb
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The suspect would not reveal [where he had stayed].
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direct object
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[Lance] baked whoever earned a perfect score an oversized chocolate chip cookie.
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subject
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Lance [baked] whoever earned a perfect score an oversized chocolate chip cookie.
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verb
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Lance baked [whoever earned a perfect score] an oversized chocolate chip cookie.
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noun clause: indirect object
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Lance baked whoever earned a perfect score an [oversized] chocolate chip cookie.
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adjective
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Lance baked whoever earned a perfect score an oversized [chocolate chip] cookie.
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adjective
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Lance baked whoever earned a perfect score an oversized chocolate chip [cookie].
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direct object
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[What you keep saying] does not make any sense.
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noun clause: subject
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What you keep saying [does] not make any sense.
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helping verb
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What you keep saying does [not] make any sense.
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adverb
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What you keep saying does not [make] any sense.
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verb
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What you keep saying does not make [any] sense.
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adjective
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What you keep saying does not make any [sense].
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direct object
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[Jennifer] did not know who had attended the party, but she did give us the original guest list.
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subject
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Jennifer [did] not know who had attended the party, but she did give us the original guest list.
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helping verb
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Jennifer did [not] know who had attended the party, but she did give us the original guest list.
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adverb
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Jennifer did not [know] who had attended the party, but she did give us the original guest list.
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verb
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Jennifer did not know [who had attended the party], but she did give us the original guest list.
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direct object
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Jennifer did not know who had attended the party, [but] she did give us the original guest list.
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conjunction
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Jennifer did not know who had attended the party, but [she] did give us the original guest list.
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subject
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Jennifer did not know who had attended the party, but she [did] give us the original guest list.
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helping verb
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Jennifer did not know who had attended the party, but she did [give] us the original guest list.
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verb
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Jennifer did not know who had attended the party, but she did give [us] the original guest list.
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indirect object
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Jennifer did not know who had attended the party, but she did give us the [original] guest list.
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adjective
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Jennifer did not know who had attended the party, but she did give us the original [guest] list.
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adjective
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Jennifer did not know who had attended the party, but she did give us the original guest [list].
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direct object
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[Joanna] never explained why she wrote the letter to her mother.
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subject
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Joanna [never] explained why she wrote the letter to her mother.
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adverb
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Joanna never [explained] why she wrote the letter to her mother.
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verb
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Joanna never explained [why she wrote the letter to her mother].
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noun clause: direct object
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The [conference] at the Holiday Inn in Bakersfield focused on how charitable organizations can leverage digital media to attract more donations.
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subject
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The conference [at the Holiday Inn] in Bakersfield focused on how charitable organizations can leverage digital media to attract more donations.
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prepositional phrase: adjective
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The conference at the Holiday Inn [in Bakersfield] focused on how charitable organizations can leverage digital media to attract more donations.
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prepositional phrase: adjective
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The conference at the Holiday Inn in Bakersfield [focused] on how charitable organizations can leverage digital media to attract more donations.
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verb
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The conference at the Holiday Inn in Bakersfield focused [on how charitable organizations can leverage digital media to attract more donations].
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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The conference at the Holiday Inn in Bakersfield focused on [how charitable organizations can leverage digital media to attract more donations].
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noun clause: object of a preposition
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The conference at the Holiday Inn in Bakersfield focused on how charitable organizations can leverage digital media [to attract more donations].
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infinitive phrase: adverb
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[When Monkey Monkey, Rita's favorite animal band, expects to release its next album] continues to change almost daily.
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noun clause: subject
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When Monkey Monkey, [Rita's favorite animal band], expects to release its next album continues to change almost daily.
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appositive phrase
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When Monkey Monkey, Rita's favorite animal band, expects to release its next album [continues] to change almost daily.
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verb
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When Monkey Monkey, Rita's favorite animal band, expects to release its next album continues [to change almost daily].
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infinitive phrase: direct object
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When Monkey Monkey, Rita's favorite animal band, expects to release its next album continues to change [almost] daily.
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adverb
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When Monkey Monkey, Rita's favorite animal band, expects to release its next album continues to change almost [daily].
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adverb
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[Where the pirates hid their booty] remains a secret; however, we expect to discover it very soon.
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noun clause: subject
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Where the pirates hid their booty [remains] a secret; however, we expect to discover it very soon.
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linking verb
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Where the pirates hid their booty remains a [secret]; however, we expect to discover it very soon.
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predicate noun
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Where the pirates hid their booty remains a secret; [however], we expect to discover it very soon.
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conjunctive adverb
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Where the pirates hid their booty remains a secret; however, [we] expect to discover it very soon.
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subject
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Where the pirates hid their booty remains a secret; however, we [expect] to discover it very soon.
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verb
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Where the pirates hid their booty remains a secret; however, we expect [to discover it very soon].
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infinitive phrase: direct object
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Where the pirates hid their booty remains a secret; however, we expect to discover it [very] soon.
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adverb
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Where the pirates hid their booty remains a secret; however, we expect to discover it very [soon].
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adverb
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The [news], that our team had lost, spread quickly among the fans gathered at the airport.
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subject
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The news, [that our team had lost], spread quickly among the fans gathered at the airport.
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noun clause: appositive
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The news, that our team had lost, [spread] quickly among the fans gathered at the airport.
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verb
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The news, that our team had lost, spread [quickly] among the fans gathered at the airport.
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adverb
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The news, that our team had lost, spread quickly [among the fans] gathered at the airport.
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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The news, that our team had lost, spread quickly among the fans [gathered] at the airport.
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verb
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The news, that our team had lost, spread quickly among the fans gathered [at the airport].
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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[That we should continue on our current path] has become a point of contention.
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noun clause: subject
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That we should continue on our current path [has] become a point of contention.
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helping verb
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That we should continue on our current path has [become] a point of contention.
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linking verb
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That we should continue on our current path has become a [point] of contention.
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predicate noun
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That we should continue on our current path has become a point [of contention].
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prepositional phrase: adjective
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[Apparently], Monique believes that she is the queen of a small island nation in the Pacific Ocean.
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adverb
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Apparently, [Monique] believes that she is the queen of a small island nation in the Pacific Ocean.
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subject
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Apparently, Monique [believes] that she is the queen of a small island nation in the Pacific Ocean.
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verb
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Apparently, Monique believes [that she is the queen of a small island nation in the Pacific Ocean].
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noun clause: direct object
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Apparently, Monique believes that she is the queen [of a small island nation] in the Pacific Ocean.
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prepositional phrase: adjective
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Apparently, Monique believes that she is the queen of a small island nation [in the Pacific Ocean].
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prepositional phrase: adjective
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The [child] wearing the flamboyant purple and yellow scarf said that she wanted hot chocolate.
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subject
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The child [wearing the flamboyant purple and yellow scarf] said that she wanted hot chocolate.
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participial phrase
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The child wearing the flamboyant purple and yellow scarf [said] that she wanted hot chocolate.
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verb
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The child wearing the flamboyant purple and yellow scarf said [that she wanted hot chocolate].
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noun clause: direct object
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[Whatever you posted on your wall] angered a lot of people.
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noun clause: subject
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Whatever you posted on your wall [angered] a lot of people.
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verb
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Whatever you posted on your wall angered a [lot] of people.
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direct object
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Whatever you posted on your wall angered a lot [of people].
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prepositional phrase: adjective
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[Emma] remembers how you helped her, and she expects to repay your kindness.
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subject
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Emma [remembers] how you helped her, and she expects to repay your kindness.
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verb
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Emma remembers [how you helped her], and she expects to repay your kindness.
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noun clause: direct object
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Emma remembers how you helped her, [and] she expects to repay your kindness.
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conjunction
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Emma remembers how you helped her, and [she] expects to repay your kindness.
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subject
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Emma remembers how you helped her, and she [expects] to repay your kindness.
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verb
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Emma remembers how you helped her, and she expects [to repay your kindness].
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infinitive phrase: direct object
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[I] believe that you are responsible, and you will be in big trouble.
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subject
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I [believe] that you are responsible, and you will be in big trouble.
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verb
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I believe [that you are responsible], and you will be in big trouble.
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noun clause: direct object
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I believe that you are responsible, [and] you will be in big trouble.
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conjunction
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I believe that you are responsible, and [you] will be in big trouble.
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subject
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I believe that you are responsible, and you [will] be in big trouble.
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helping verb
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I believe that you are responsible, and you will [be] in big trouble.
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verb
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I believe that you are responsible, and you will be [in big trouble].
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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[After driving all night], Libby wondered why her husband was always in a hurry.
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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After [driving all night], Libby wondered why her husband was always in a hurry.
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gerund phrase: object of a preposition
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After driving all night, [Libby] wondered why her husband was always in a hurry.
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subject
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After driving all night, Libby [wondered] why her husband was always in a hurry.
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verb
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After driving all night, Libby wondered [why her husband was always in a hurry].
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noun clause: direct object
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After driving all night, Libby wondered why her husband was [always] in a hurry.
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adverb
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After driving all night, Libby wondered why her husband was always [in a hurry].
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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[To thank whoever anonymously donated the car], Emma posted a message on the organization's website.
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infinitive phrase: adverb
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To thank [whoever anonymously donated the car], Emma posted a message on the organization's website.
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noun clause: object of an infinitive
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To thank whoever [anonymously] donated the car, Emma posted a message on the organization's website.
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adverb
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To thank whoever anonymously donated the car, [Emma] posted a message on the organization's website.
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subject
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To thank whoever anonymously donated the car, Emma [posted] a message on the organization's website.
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verb
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To thank whoever anonymously donated the car, Emma posted a [message] on the organization's website.
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direct object
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To thank whoever anonymously donated the car, Emma posted a message [on the organization's website].
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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[Give] the ball to whoever wants it.
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verb
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Give the [ball] to whoever wants it.
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direct object
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Give the ball [to whoever wants it].
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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Give the ball to [whoever wants it].
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noun clause: object of a preposition
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[Despite a rough start], who you have become is decent and honorable.
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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Despite a rough start, [who you have become] is decent and honorable.
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noun clause: subject
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Despite a rough start, who you have become [is] decent and honorable.
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linking verb
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Despite a rough start, who you have become is [decent] and honorable.
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predicate adjective
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Despite a rough start, who you have become is decent [and] honorable.
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conjunction
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Despite a rough start, who you have become is decent and [honorable].
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predicate adjective
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The [location] of the reunion is where we first met ten years ago.
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subject
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The location [of the reunion] is where we first met ten years ago.
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prepositional phrase: adjective
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The location of the reunion [is] where we first met ten years ago.
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linking verb
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The location of the reunion is [where we first met ten years ago].
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noun clause: predicate noun
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The location of the reunion is where we [first] met ten years ago.
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adverb
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The location of the reunion is where we first met [ten] years ago.
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adjective
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The location of the reunion is where we first met ten years [ago].
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adverb
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The [imaginative] child made her dolls whomever she desired.
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adjective
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The imaginative [child] made her dolls whomever she desired.
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subject
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The imaginative child [made] her dolls whomever she desired.
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verb
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The imaginative child made [her] dolls whomever she desired.
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adjective
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The imaginative child made her [dolls] whomever she desired.
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direct object
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The imaginative child made her dolls [whomever she desired].
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noun clause: object complement: noun
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[How the game ended] is still under dispute, but nobody is happy about it.
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noun clause: subject
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How the game ended [is] still under dispute, but nobody is happy about it.
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verb
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How the game ended is [still] under dispute, but nobody is happy about it.
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adverb
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How the game ended is still [under dispute], but nobody is happy about it.
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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How the game ended is still under dispute, [but] nobody is happy about it.
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conjunction
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How the game ended is still under dispute, but [nobody] is happy about it.
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subject
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How the game ended is still under dispute, but nobody [is] happy about it.
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linking verb
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How the game ended is still under dispute, but nobody is [happy] about it.
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predicate adjective
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How the game ended is still under dispute, but nobody is happy [about it].
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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[The rain ended], we returned to what we had been doing.
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absolute phrase
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The rain ended, [we] returned to what we had been doing.
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subject
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The rain ended, we [returned] to what we had been doing.
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verb
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The rain ended, we returned [to what we had been doing].
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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The rain ended, we returned to [what we had been doing].
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noun clause: object of a preposition
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[Having witnessed the crime as a child], Martin researched it exhaustively as an adult; unfortunately, he never discovered why the culprits attacked.
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participial phrase: adjective
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Having witnessed the crime [as a child], Martin researched it exhaustively as an adult; unfortunately, he never discovered why the culprits attacked.
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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Having witnessed the crime as a child, [Martin] researched it exhaustively as an adult; unfortunately, he never discovered why the culprits attacked.
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subject
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Having witnessed the crime as a child, Martin [researched] it exhaustively as an adult; unfortunately, he never discovered why the culprits attacked.
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verb
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Having witnessed the crime as a child, Martin researched [it] exhaustively as an adult; unfortunately, he never discovered why the culprits attacked.
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direct object
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Having witnessed the crime as a child, Martin researched it [exhaustively] as an adult; unfortunately, he never discovered why the culprits attacked.
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adverb
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Having witnessed the crime as a child, Martin researched it exhaustively [as an adult]; unfortunately, he never discovered why the culprits attacked.
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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Having witnessed the crime as a child, Martin researched it exhaustively as an adult; [unfortunately], he never discovered why the culprits attacked.
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conjunctive adverb
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Having witnessed the crime as a child, Martin researched it exhaustively as an adult; unfortunately, [he] never discovered why the culprits attacked.
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subject
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Having witnessed the crime as a child, Martin researched it exhaustively as an adult; unfortunately, he [never] discovered why the culprits attacked.
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adverb
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Having witnessed the crime as a child, Martin researched it exhaustively as an adult; unfortunately, he never [discovered] why the culprits attacked.
|
verb
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Having witnessed the crime as a child, Martin researched it exhaustively as an adult; unfortunately, he never discovered [why the culprits attacked].
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noun clause: direct object
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[She] does not know who stole your watch; however, she will sell you a new one.
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subject
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She [does] not know who stole your watch; however, she will sell you a new one.
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helping verb
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She does [not] know who stole your watch; however, she will sell you a new one.
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adverb
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She does not [know] who stole your watch; however, she will sell you a new one.
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verb
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She does not know [who stole your watch]; however, she will sell you a new one.
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noun clause: direct object
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She does not know who stole your watch; [however], she will sell you a new one.
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conjunctive adverb
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She does not know who stole your watch; however, [she] will sell you a new one.
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subject
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She does not know who stole your watch; however, she [will] sell you a new one.
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helping verb
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She does not know who stole your watch; however, she will [sell] you a new one.
|
verb
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She does not know who stole your watch; however, she will sell [you] a new one.
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indirect object
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She does not know who stole your watch; however, she will sell you a [new] one.
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adjective
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She does not know who stole your watch; however, she will sell you a new [one].
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direct object
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The [man] that is standing by the door gives me the creeps.
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subject
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The man [that is standing by the door] gives me the creeps.
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adjective clause
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The man that is standing [by the door] gives me the creeps.
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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The man that is standing by the door [gives] me the creeps.
|
verb
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The man that is standing by the door gives [me] the creeps.
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indirect object
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The man that is standing by the door gives me the [creeps].
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direct object
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[Alex], whom I have known since kindergarten, bought a new house with red shutters.
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subject
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Alex, [whom I have known since kindergarten], bought a new house with red shutters.
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adjective clause
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Alex, whom I have known [since kindergarten], bought a new house with red shutters.
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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Alex, whom I have known since kindergarten, [bought] a new house with red shutters.
|
verb
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Alex, whom I have known since kindergarten, bought a [new] house with red shutters.
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adjective
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Alex, whom I have known since kindergarten, bought a new [house] with red shutters.
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direct object
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Alex, whom I have known since kindergarten, bought a new house [with red shutters].
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prepositional phrase: adjective
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Alex, whom I have known since kindergarten, bought a new house with [red] shutters.
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adjective
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The [store] on Fourth Avenue is selling shoes that have recycled bicycle tubes for soles.
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subject
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The store [on Fourth Avenue] is selling shoes that have recycled bicycle tubes for soles.
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prepositional phrase: adjective
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The store on Fourth Avenue [is] selling shoes that have recycled bicycle tubes for soles.
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helping verb
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The store on Fourth Avenue is [selling] shoes that have recycled bicycle tubes for soles.
|
verb
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The store on Fourth Avenue is selling [shoes] that have recycled bicycle tubes for soles.
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direct object
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The store on Fourth Avenue is selling shoes [that have recycled bicycle tubes for soles].
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adjective clause
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The store on Fourth Avenue is selling shoes that have [recycled] bicycle tubes for soles.
|
adjective
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The store on Fourth Avenue is selling shoes that have recycled [bicycle] tubes for soles.
|
adjective
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The store on Fourth Avenue is selling shoes that have recycled bicycle tubes [for soles].
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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The [choice] that you have made stinks.
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subject
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The choice [that you have made] stinks.
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adjective clause
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The choice that you have made [stinks].
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verb
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[Mr. Carlson] promised the student who brought in the most cans for the food drive a ton of extra credit.
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subject
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Mr. Carlson [promised] the student who brought in the most cans for the food drive a ton of extra credit.
|
verb
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Mr. Carlson promised the [student] who brought in the most cans for the food drive a ton of extra credit.
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indirect object
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Mr. Carlson promised the student [who brought in the most cans for the food drive] a ton of extra credit.
|
adjective clause
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Mr. Carlson promised the student who brought [in the most cans] for the food drive a ton of extra credit.
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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Mr. Carlson promised the student who brought in the most cans [for the food drive] a ton of extra credit.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
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Mr. Carlson promised the student who brought in the most cans for the food drive a [ton] of extra credit.
|
direct object
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Mr. Carlson promised the student who brought in the most cans for the food drive a ton [of extra credit].
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prepositional phrase: adjective
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[Melanie] has become a person whom I admire very much.
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subject
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Melanie [has] become a person whom I admire very much.
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helping verb
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Melanie has [become] a person whom I admire very much.
|
linking verb
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Melanie has become a [person] whom I admire very much.
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predicate noun
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Melanie has become a person [whom I admire very much].
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adjective clause
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Melanie has become a person whom I admire [very] much.
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adverb
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Melanie has become a person whom I admire very [much].
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adverb
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The [student] who left the apple on my desk is considerate.
|
subject
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The student [who left the apple on my desk] is considerate.
|
adjective clause
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The student who left the apple [on my desk] is considerate.
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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The student who left the apple on my desk [is] considerate.
|
linking verb
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The student who left the apple on my desk is [considerate].
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predicate adjective
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The [moment] when you first defended yourself inspired me.
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subject
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The moment [when you first defended yourself] inspired me.
|
adjective clause
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The moment when you first defended yourself [inspired] me.
|
verb
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The moment when you first defended yourself inspired [me].
|
direct object
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The [article] that you wrote for the paper made my cause a joke.
|
subject
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The article [that you wrote for the paper] made my cause a joke.
|
adjective clause
|
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The article that you wrote [for the paper] made my cause a joke.
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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The article that you wrote for the paper [made] my cause a joke.
|
verb
|
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The article that you wrote for the paper made [my] cause a joke.
|
adjective
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The article that you wrote for the paper made my [cause] a joke.
|
direct object
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The article that you wrote for the paper made my cause a [joke].
|
object complement: noun
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[Forest], whose most notable talent is his ability to solve a Rubik's Cube behind his back, remains one of my favorite college buddies.
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subject
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Forest, [whose most notable talent is his ability to solve a Rubik's Cube behind his back], remains one of my favorite college buddies.
|
adjective clause
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Forest, whose [most] notable talent is his ability to solve a Rubik's Cube behind his back, remains one of my favorite college buddies.
|
adverb
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Forest, whose most [notable] talent is his ability to solve a Rubik's Cube behind his back, remains one of my favorite college buddies.
|
adjective
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Forest, whose most notable talent is [his] ability to solve a Rubik's Cube behind his back, remains one of my favorite college buddies.
|
adjective
|
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Forest, whose most notable talent is his ability [to solve a Rubik's Cube] behind his back, remains one of my favorite college buddies.
|
infinitive phrase: adjective
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Forest, whose most notable talent is his ability to solve a Rubik's Cube [behind his back], remains one of my favorite college buddies.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
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Forest, whose most notable talent is his ability to solve a Rubik's Cube behind his back, [remains] one of my favorite college buddies.
|
linking verb
|
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|
Forest, whose most notable talent is his ability to solve a Rubik's Cube behind his back, remains [one] of my favorite college buddies.
|
predicate noun
|
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Forest, whose most notable talent is his ability to solve a Rubik's Cube behind his back, remains one [of my favorite college buddies].
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
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Forest, whose most notable talent is his ability to solve a Rubik's Cube behind his back, remains one of [my] favorite college buddies.
|
adjective
|
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Forest, whose most notable talent is his ability to solve a Rubik's Cube behind his back, remains one of my [favorite] college buddies.
|
adjective
|
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Forest, whose most notable talent is his ability to solve a Rubik's Cube behind his back, remains one of my favorite [college] buddies.
|
adjective
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[Bridget] is a woman whom you should not cross.
|
subject
|
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Bridget [is] a woman whom you should not cross.
|
linking verb
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Bridget is a [woman] whom you should not cross.
|
predicate noun
|
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Bridget is a woman [whom you should not cross].
|
adjective clause
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Bridget is a woman whom you should [not] cross.
|
adverb
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The [restaurant] where you took me on our first date reopened.
|
subject
|
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The restaurant [where you took me on our first date] reopened.
|
adjective clause
|
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The restaurant where you took me [on our first date] reopened.
|
prepositional phrase
|
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The restaurant where you took me on our first date [reopened].
|
verb
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The [court's] decision, which I have not been able to forget, was wrong, and I can support my position.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The court's [decision], which I have not been able to forget, was wrong, and I can support my position.
|
subject
|
|
|
The court's decision, [which I have not been able to forget], was wrong, and I can support my position.
|
adjective clause
|
|
|
The court's decision, which I have [not] been able to forget, was wrong, and I can support my position.
|
adverb
|
|
|
The court's decision, which I have not been able [to forget], was wrong, and I can support my position.
|
infinitive phrase: adverb
|
|
|
The court's decision, which I have not been able to forget, [was] wrong, and I can support my position.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
The court's decision, which I have not been able to forget, was [wrong], and I can support my position.
|
predicate adjective
|
|
|
The court's decision, which I have not been able to forget, was wrong, [and] I can support my position.
|
conjunction
|
|
|
The court's decision, which I have not been able to forget, was wrong, and [I] can support my position.
|
subject
|
|
|
The court's decision, which I have not been able to forget, was wrong, and I [can] support my position.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
The court's decision, which I have not been able to forget, was wrong, and I can [support] my position.
|
verb
|
|
|
The court's decision, which I have not been able to forget, was wrong, and I can support [my] position.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The court's decision, which I have not been able to forget, was wrong, and I can support my [position].
|
direct object
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|
|
The [person] who takes your tickets is the conductor; the person who operates the engine is the engineer.
|
subject
|
|
|
The person [who takes your tickets] is the conductor; the person who operates the engine is the engineer.
|
adjective clause
|
|
|
The person who takes [your] tickets is the conductor; the person who operates the engine is the engineer.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The person who takes your tickets [is] the conductor; the person who operates the engine is the engineer.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
The person who takes your tickets is the [conductor]; the person who operates the engine is the engineer.
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
The person who takes your tickets is the conductor; the [person] who operates the engine is the engineer.
|
subject
|
|
|
The person who takes your tickets is the conductor; the person [who operates the engine] is the engineer.
|
adjective clause
|
|
|
The person who takes your tickets is the conductor; the person who operates the engine [is] the engineer.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
The person who takes your tickets is the conductor; the person who operates the engine is the [engineer].
|
predicate noun
|
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|
[Davie] gave your sister the scarf that he knitted with his favorite angora yarn.
|
subject
|
|
|
Davie [gave] your sister the scarf that he knitted with his favorite angora yarn.
|
verb
|
|
|
Davie gave [your] sister the scarf that he knitted with his favorite angora yarn.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Davie gave your [sister] the scarf that he knitted with his favorite angora yarn.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
Davie gave your sister the [scarf] that he knitted with his favorite angora yarn.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Davie gave your sister the scarf [that he knitted with his favorite angora yarn].
|
adjective clause
|
|
|
Davie gave your sister the scarf that he knitted [with his favorite angora yarn].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Davie gave your sister the scarf that he knitted with [his] favorite angora yarn.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Davie gave your sister the scarf that he knitted with his [favorite] angora yarn.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Davie gave your sister the scarf that he knitted with his favorite [angora] yarn.
|
adjective
|
|
|
[We] will select the applicant whose interview is the best.
|
subject
|
|
|
We [will] select the applicant whose interview is the best.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
We will [select] the applicant whose interview is the best.
|
verb
|
|
|
We will select the [applicant] whose interview is the best.
|
direct object
|
|
|
We will select the applicant [whose interview is the best].
|
adjective clause
|
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|
The [grumpy] old sorcerer, who has taunted us for many years, maliciously turned our new gallon of milk sour.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The grumpy [old] sorcerer, who has taunted us for many years, maliciously turned our new gallon of milk sour.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The grumpy old [sorcerer], who has taunted us for many years, maliciously turned our new gallon of milk sour.
|
subject
|
|
|
The grumpy old sorcerer, [who has taunted us for many years], maliciously turned our new gallon of milk sour.
|
adjective clause
|
|
|
The grumpy old sorcerer, who has taunted us [for many years], maliciously turned our new gallon of milk sour.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
The grumpy old sorcerer, who has taunted us for many years, [maliciously] turned our new gallon of milk sour.
|
adverb
|
|
|
The grumpy old sorcerer, who has taunted us for many years, maliciously [turned] our new gallon of milk sour.
|
verb
|
|
|
The grumpy old sorcerer, who has taunted us for many years, maliciously turned [our] new gallon of milk sour.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The grumpy old sorcerer, who has taunted us for many years, maliciously turned our [new] gallon of milk sour.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The grumpy old sorcerer, who has taunted us for many years, maliciously turned our new [gallon] of milk sour.
|
direct object
|
|
|
The grumpy old sorcerer, who has taunted us for many years, maliciously turned our new gallon [of milk] sour.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
The grumpy old sorcerer, who has taunted us for many years, maliciously turned our new gallon of milk [sour].
|
object compliment: adjective
|
|
|
The [oak] tree that you planted in the sixth grade is very tall now.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The oak [tree] that you planted in the sixth grade is very tall now.
|
subject
|
|
|
The oak tree [that you planted] in the sixth grade is very tall now.
|
adjective clause
|
|
|
The oak tree that you planted [in the sixth grade] is very tall now.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
The oak tree that you planted in the [sixth] grade is very tall now.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The oak tree that you planted in the sixth grade [is] very tall now.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
The oak tree that you planted in the sixth grade is [very] tall now.
|
adverb
|
|
|
The oak tree that you planted in the sixth grade is very [tall] now.
|
predicate adjective
|
|
|
The oak tree that you planted in the sixth grade is very tall [now].
|
adverb
|
|
|
The [radio] station where you worked is giving away free concert tickets.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The radio [station] where you worked is giving away free concert tickets.
|
subject
|
|
|
The radio station [where you worked] is giving away free concert tickets.
|
adjective clause
|
|
|
The radio station where you worked [is] giving away free concert tickets.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
The radio station where you worked is [giving] away free concert tickets.
|
verb
|
|
|
The radio station where you worked is giving [away] free concert tickets.
|
adverb
|
|
|
The radio station where you worked is giving away [free] concert tickets.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The radio station where you worked is giving away free [concert] tickets.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The radio station where you worked is giving away free concert [tickets].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[That] puppy that you found in the park just bit me.
|
adjective
|
|
|
That [puppy] that you found in the park just bit me.
|
subject
|
|
|
That puppy [that you found in the park] just bit me.
|
adjective clause
|
|
|
That puppy that you found [in the park] just bit me.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
That puppy that you found in the park [just] bit me.
|
adverb
|
|
|
That puppy that you found in the park just [bit] me.
|
verb
|
|
|
That puppy that you found in the park just bit [me].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[When Olivia started to deliver her speech], everyone listened.
|
adverb clause
|
|
|
When Olivia started [to deliver her speech], everyone listened.
|
infinitive phrase: direct object
|
|
|
When Olivia started to deliver her speech, [everyone] listened.
|
subject
|
|
|
When Olivia started to deliver her speech, everyone [listened].
|
verb
|
|
|
[As the hillside collapsed], our house and our dreams went with it.
|
adverb clause
|
|
|
As the hillside collapsed, [our] house and our dreams went with it.
|
adjective
|
|
|
As the hillside collapsed, our [house] and our dreams went with it.
|
subject
|
|
|
As the hillside collapsed, our house [and] our dreams went with it.
|
conjunction
|
|
|
As the hillside collapsed, our house and [our] dreams went with it.
|
adjective
|
|
|
As the hillside collapsed, our house and our [dreams] went with it.
|
subject
|
|
|
As the hillside collapsed, our house and our dreams [went] with it.
|
verb
|
|
|
As the hillside collapsed, our house and our dreams went [with it].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[Toby] wanted to go to the movies as soon as he finished his chores.
|
subject
|
|
|
Toby [wanted] to go to the movies as soon as he finished his chores.
|
verb
|
|
|
Toby wanted [to go to the movies] as soon as he finished his chores.
|
infinitive phrase: direct object
|
|
|
Toby wanted to go [to the movies] as soon as he finished his chores.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Toby wanted to go to the movies [as soon as he finished his chores].
|
adverb clause
|
|
|
Toby wanted to go to the movies as soon as he finished [his] chores.
|
adjective
|
|
|
[Mary Margaret], because she always remembered her father's compassion, softened her tone.
|
subject
|
|
|
Mary Margaret, [because she always remembered her father's compassion], softened her tone.
|
adverb clause
|
|
|
Mary Margaret, because she [always] remembered her father's compassion, softened her tone.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Mary Margaret, because she always remembered [her] father's compassion, softened her tone.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Mary Margaret, because she always remembered her [father's] compassion, softened her tone.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Mary Margaret, because she always remembered her father's compassion, [softened] her tone.
|
verb
|
|
|
Mary Margaret, because she always remembered her father's compassion, softened [her] tone.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Mary Margaret, because she always remembered her father's compassion, softened her [tone].
|
direct object
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[Dreams] live wherever children are.
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subject
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Dreams [live] wherever children are.
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verb
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Dreams live [wherever children are].
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adverb clause
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[Katherine] gave us her help as though we deserved it.
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subject
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Katherine [gave] us her help as though we deserved it.
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verb
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Katherine gave [us] her help as though we deserved it.
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indirect object
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Katherine gave us [her] help as though we deserved it.
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adjective
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Katherine gave us her [help] as though we deserved it.
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direct object
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Katherine gave us her help [as though we deserved it].
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adverb clause
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[Since my wife broke her leg], we have not been dancing.
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adverb clause
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Since [my] wife broke her leg, we have not been dancing.
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adjective
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Since my wife broke her leg, [we] have not been dancing.
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subject
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Since my wife broke her leg, we [have] not been dancing.
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helping verb
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Since my wife broke her leg, we have [not] been dancing.
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adverb
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Since my wife broke her leg, we have not [been] dancing.
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helping verb
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Since my wife broke her leg, we have not been [dancing].
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verb
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[As you said], we need to reevaluate our goals and reconsider our path forward.
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adverb clause
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As you said, [we] need to reevaluate our goals and reconsider our path forward.
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subject
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As you said, we [need] to reevaluate our goals and reconsider our path forward.
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verb
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As you said, we need [to reevaluate our goals and reconsider our path forward].
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infinitive phrase: direct object
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As you said, we need to reevaluate [our] goals and reconsider our path forward.
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adjective
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As you said, we need to reevaluate our goals [and] reconsider our path forward.
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conjunction
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As you said, we need to reevaluate our goals and reconsider [our] path forward.
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adjective
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As you said, we need to reevaluate our goals and reconsider our path [forward].
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adjective
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[Before Ms. Alazar became a pediatrician], she spent her summers in Brazil working in small villages.
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adverb clause
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Before Ms. Alazar became a pediatrician, [she] spent her summers in Brazil working in small villages.
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subject
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Before Ms. Alazar became a pediatrician, she [spent] her summers in Brazil working in small villages.
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verb
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Before Ms. Alazar became a pediatrician, she spent [her] summers in Brazil working in small villages.
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adjective
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Before Ms. Alazar became a pediatrician, she spent her [summers] in Brazil working in small villages.
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direct object
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Before Ms. Alazar became a pediatrician, she spent her summers [in Brazil] working in small villages.
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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Before Ms. Alazar became a pediatrician, she spent her summers in Brazil [working in small villages].
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participial phrase: adjective
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Before Ms. Alazar became a pediatrician, she spent her summers in Brazil working in [small] villages.
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adjective
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[When the time is right], strike.
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adverb clause
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When the time is right, [strike].
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verb
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[Mitchell] thinks his girlfriend dreamy even though she has started seeing other people.
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subject
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Mitchell [thinks] his girlfriend dreamy even though she has started seeing other people.
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verb
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Mitchell thinks [his] girlfriend dreamy even though she has started seeing other people.
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adjective
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Mitchell thinks his [girlfriend] dreamy even though she has started seeing other people.
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direct object
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Mitchell thinks his girlfriend [dreamy] even though she has started seeing other people.
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object compliment: adjective
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Mitchell thinks his girlfriend dreamy [even though she has started seeing other people].
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adverb clause
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Mitchell thinks his girlfriend dreamy even though she has started seeing [other] people.
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adjective
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[Having a new puppy] is fun until she viciously destroys your Pillow Pet.
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gerund phrase: subject
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Having a new puppy [is] fun until she viciously destroys your Pillow Pet.
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linking verb
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Having a new puppy is [fun] until she viciously destroys your Pillow Pet.
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predicate adjective
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Having a new puppy is fun [until she viciously destroys your Pillow Pet].
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adverb clause
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Having a new puppy is fun until she [viciously] destroys your Pillow Pet.
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adverb
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Having a new puppy is fun until she viciously destroys [your] Pillow Pet.
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adjective
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[Provided that you include the recipe with the dish], you may make the duke a special meal.
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adverb clause
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Provided that you include the recipe [with the dish], you may make the duke a special meal.
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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Provided that you include the recipe with the dish, [you] may make the duke a special meal.
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subject
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Provided that you include the recipe with the dish, you [may] make the duke a special meal.
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helping verb
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Provided that you include the recipe with the dish, you may [make] the duke a special meal.
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verb
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Provided that you include the recipe with the dish, you may make the [duke] a special meal.
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direct object
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Provided that you include the recipe with the dish, you may make the duke a [special] meal.
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adjective
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Provided that you include the recipe with the dish, you may make the duke a special [meal].
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direct object
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[While we prepare dinner], please set the table and put away your clothes.
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adverb clause
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While we prepare dinner, [please] set the table and put away your clothes.
|
adverb
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While we prepare dinner, please [set] the table and put away your clothes.
|
verb
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While we prepare dinner, please set the [table] and put away your clothes.
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direct object
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While we prepare dinner, please set the table [and] put away your clothes.
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conjunction
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While we prepare dinner, please set the table and [put] away your clothes.
|
verb
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While we prepare dinner, please set the table and put [away] your clothes.
|
adverb
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While we prepare dinner, please set the table and put away [your] clothes.
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adjective
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While we prepare dinner, please set the table and put away your [clothes].
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direct object
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[We] stopped for dessert after Sean took his sister a spare key.
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subject
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We [stopped] for dessert after Sean took his sister a spare key.
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verb
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We stopped [for dessert] after Sean took his sister a spare key.
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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We stopped for dessert [after Sean took his sister a spare key].
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adverb clause
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We stopped for dessert after Sean took [his] sister a spare key.
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adjective
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We stopped for dessert after Sean took his sister a [spare] key.
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adjective
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[Erica] or her sister, the one wearing the red sweater, will drive us to the store on condition that we buy her some gum.
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subject
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Erica [or] her sister, the one wearing the red sweater, will drive us to the store on condition that we buy her some gum.
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conjunction
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Erica or [her] sister, the one wearing the red sweater, will drive us to the store on condition that we buy her some gum.
|
adjective
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Erica or her [sister], the one wearing the red sweater, will drive us to the store on condition that we buy her some gum.
|
subject
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Erica or her sister, [the one wearing the red sweater], will drive us to the store on condition that we buy her some gum.
|
appositive phrase
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Erica or her sister, the one [wearing the red sweater], will drive us to the store on condition that we buy her some gum.
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participial phrase: adjective
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Erica or her sister, the one wearing the red sweater, [will] drive us to the store on condition that we buy her some gum.
|
helping verb
|
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|
Erica or her sister, the one wearing the red sweater, will [drive] us to the store on condition that we buy her some gum.
|
verb
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Erica or her sister, the one wearing the red sweater, will drive [us] to the store on condition that we buy her some gum.
|
direct object
|
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Erica or her sister, the one wearing the red sweater, will drive us [to the store] on condition that we buy her some gum.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
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|
Erica or her sister, the one wearing the red sweater, will drive us to the store [on condition that we buy her some gum].
|
adverb clause
|
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|
Erica or her sister, the one wearing the red sweater, will drive us to the store on condition that we buy [her] some gum.
|
adjective
|
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|
Erica or her sister, the one wearing the red sweater, will drive us to the store on condition that we buy her [some] gum.
|
adjective
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[Although John and Myrtle have been friends for a long time], they have not seen each other in several years.
|
adverb clause
|
|
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Although John [and] Myrtle have been friends for a long time, they have not seen each other in several years.
|
conjunction
|
|
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Although John and Myrtle have been friends [for a long time], they have not seen each other in several years.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
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Although John and Myrtle have been friends for a long time, [they] have not seen each other in several years.
|
subject
|
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Although John and Myrtle have been friends for a long time, they [have] not seen each other in several years.
|
helping verb
|
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Although John and Myrtle have been friends for a long time, they have [not] seen each other in several years.
|
adverb
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Although John and Myrtle have been friends for a long time, they have not [seen] each other in several years.
|
verb
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Although John and Myrtle have been friends for a long time, they have not seen [each] other in several years.
|
adjective
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Although John and Myrtle have been friends for a long time, they have not seen each [other] in several years.
|
direct object
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Although John and Myrtle have been friends for a long time, they have not seen each other [in several years].
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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[Even if Murphy pulls his act together], Misty will not take him back, so he should just move on.
|
adverb clause
|
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Even if Murphy pulls [his] act together, Misty will not take him back, so he should just move on.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Even if Murphy pulls his act [together], Misty will not take him back, so he should just move on.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Even if Murphy pulls his act together, [Misty] will not take him back, so he should just move on.
|
subject
|
|
|
Even if Murphy pulls his act together, Misty [will] not take him back, so he should just move on.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
Even if Murphy pulls his act together, Misty will [not] take him back, so he should just move on.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Even if Murphy pulls his act together, Misty will not [take] him back, so he should just move on.
|
verb
|
|
|
Even if Murphy pulls his act together, Misty will not take [him] back, so he should just move on.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Even if Murphy pulls his act together, Misty will not take him [back], so he should just move on.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Even if Murphy pulls his act together, Misty will not take him back, [so] he should just move on.
|
conjunction
|
|
|
Even if Murphy pulls his act together, Misty will not take him back, so [he] should just move on.
|
subject
|
|
|
Even if Murphy pulls his act together, Misty will not take him back, so he [should] just move on.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
Even if Murphy pulls his act together, Misty will not take him back, so he should [just] move on.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Even if Murphy pulls his act together, Misty will not take him back, so he should just [move] on.
|
verb
|
|
|
Even if Murphy pulls his act together, Misty will not take him back, so he should just move [on].
|
adverb
|
|
|
[Michelle] is faster than her brother is.
|
subject
|
|
|
Michelle [is] faster than her brother is.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
Michelle is [faster] than her brother is.
|
predicate adjective
|
|
|
Michelle is faster [than her brother is].
|
adverb clause
|
|
|
Michelle is faster than [her] brother is.
|
adjective
|
|
|
[While Rick slept], Kim took his car to reupholster the seats.
|
adverb clause
|
|
|
While Rick slept, [Kim] took his car to reupholster the seats.
|
subject
|
|
|
While Rick slept, Kim [took] his car to reupholster the seats.
|
verb
|
|
|
While Rick slept, Kim took [his] car to reupholster the seats.
|
adjective
|
|
|
While Rick slept, Kim took his [car] to reupholster the seats.
|
direct object
|
|
|
While Rick slept, Kim took his car [to reupholster the seats].
|
infinitive phrase: adverb
|
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|
[My] friend, whom you met at the diner, has decided that he would like to see you again.
|
adjective
|
|
|
My [friend], whom you met at the diner, has decided that he would like to see you again.
|
subject
|
|
|
My friend, [whom you met at the diner], has decided that he would like to see you again.
|
adjective clause
|
|
|
My friend, whom you met [at the diner], has decided that he would like to see you again.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
My friend, whom you met at the diner, [has] decided that he would like to see you again.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
My friend, whom you met at the diner, has [decided] that he would like to see you again.
|
verb
|
|
|
My friend, whom you met at the diner, has decided [that he would like to see you again].
|
noun clause: direct object
|
|
|
My friend, whom you met at the diner, has decided that he would like [to see you again].
|
infinitive phrase: direct object
|
|
|
My friend, whom you met at the diner, has decided that he would like to see you [again].
|
adverb
|
|
|
[After I visited my mom in the hospital], I drove to the store where she works to pick up her paycheck.
|
adverb clause
|
|
|
After I visited my mom [in the hospital], I drove to the store where she works to pick up her paycheck.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
After I visited my mom in the hospital, [I] drove to the store where she works to pick up her paycheck.
|
subject
|
|
|
After I visited my mom in the hospital, I [drove] to the store where she works to pick up her paycheck.
|
verb
|
|
|
After I visited my mom in the hospital, I drove [to the store] where she works to pick up her paycheck.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
After I visited my mom in the hospital, I drove to the store [where she works] to pick up her paycheck.
|
adjective clause
|
|
|
After I visited my mom in the hospital, I drove to the store where she works [to pick up her paycheck].
|
infinitive phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[Since you admitted that you took the Popsicle sticks], I have decided to show some mercy.
|
adverb clause
|
|
|
Since you admitted [that you took the Popsicle sticks], I have decided to show some mercy.
|
noun clause: direct object
|
|
|
Since you admitted that you took the Popsicle sticks, [I] have decided to show some mercy.
|
subject
|
|
|
Since you admitted that you took the Popsicle sticks, I [have] decided to show some mercy.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
Since you admitted that you took the Popsicle sticks, I have [decided] to show some mercy.
|
verb
|
|
|
Since you admitted that you took the Popsicle sticks, I have decided [to show some mercy].
|
infinitive phrase: direct object
|
|
|
Since you admitted that you took the Popsicle sticks, I have decided to show [some] mercy.
|
adjective
|
|
|
[Wherever he hid the money] is a hiding place that we will never find.
|
noun clause: subject
|
|
|
Wherever he hid the money [is] a hiding place that we will never find.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
Wherever he hid the money is a [hiding] place that we will never find.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Wherever he hid the money is a hiding [place] that we will never find.
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
Wherever he hid the money is a hiding place [that we will never find].
|
adjective clause
|
|
|
Wherever he hid the money is a hiding place that we will [never] find.
|
adverb
|
|
|
The [woman] wearing the purple scarf is the type of person who knows everything, so do not ask her a question unless you want a ten-minute response.
|
subject
|
|
|
The woman [wearing the purple scarf] is the type of person who knows everything, so do not ask her a question unless you want a ten-minute response.
|
participial phrase: adjective
|
|
|
The woman wearing the purple scarf [is] the type of person who knows everything, so do not ask her a question unless you want a ten-minute response.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
The woman wearing the purple scarf is the [type] of person who knows everything, so do not ask her a question unless you want a ten-minute response.
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
The woman wearing the purple scarf is the type [of person] who knows everything, so do not ask her a question unless you want a ten-minute response.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
The woman wearing the purple scarf is the type of person [who knows everything], so do not ask her a question unless you want a ten-minute response.
|
adjective clause
|
|
|
The woman wearing the purple scarf is the type of person who knows everything, [so] do not ask her a question unless you want a ten-minute response.
|
conjunction
|
|
|
The woman wearing the purple scarf is the type of person who knows everything, so [do] not ask her a question unless you want a ten-minute response.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
The woman wearing the purple scarf is the type of person who knows everything, so do [not] ask her a question unless you want a ten-minute response.
|
adverb
|
|
|
The woman wearing the purple scarf is the type of person who knows everything, so do not [ask] her a question unless you want a ten-minute response.
|
verb
|
|
|
The woman wearing the purple scarf is the type of person who knows everything, so do not ask [her] a question unless you want a ten-minute response.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
The woman wearing the purple scarf is the type of person who knows everything, so do not ask her a [question] unless you want a ten-minute response.
|
direct object
|
|
|
The woman wearing the purple scarf is the type of person who knows everything, so do not ask her a question [unless you want a ten-minute response].
|
adverb clause
|
|
|
The woman wearing the purple scarf is the type of person who knows everything, so do not ask her a question unless you want a [ten-minute] response.
|
adjective
|
|
|
[Until I met Jacob], I did not believe that werewolves existed.
|
adverb clause
|
|
|
Until I met Jacob, [I] did not believe that werewolves existed.
|
subject
|
|
|
Until I met Jacob, I [did] not believe that werewolves existed.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
Until I met Jacob, I did [not] believe that werewolves existed.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Until I met Jacob, I did not [believe] that werewolves existed.
|
verb
|
|
|
Until I met Jacob, I did not believe [that werewolves existed].
|
noun clause: direct object
|
|
|
[Murphy's] opinion of Misty changed after she told him that she still thought about him.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Murphy's [opinion] of Misty changed after she told him that she still thought about him.
|
subject
|
|
|
Murphy's opinion [of Misty] changed after she told him that she still thought about him.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
Murphy's opinion of Misty [changed] after she told him that she still thought about him.
|
verb
|
|
|
Murphy's opinion of Misty changed [after she told him that she still thought about him].
|
adverb clause
|
|
|
Murphy's opinion of Misty changed after she told him [that she still thought about him].
|
noun clause: direct object
|
|
|
Murphy's opinion of Misty changed after she told him that she still thought [about him].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[So that you may become a better student], I have become a certified hypnotist specializing in memory enhancement.
|
adverb clause
|
|
|
So that you may become a [better] student, I have become a certified hypnotist specializing in memory enhancement.
|
adjective
|
|
|
So that you may become a better student, [I] have become a certified hypnotist specializing in memory enhancement.
|
subject
|
|
|
So that you may become a better student, I [have] become a certified hypnotist specializing in memory enhancement.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
So that you may become a better student, I have [become] a certified hypnotist specializing in memory enhancement.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
So that you may become a better student, I have become a [certified] hypnotist specializing in memory enhancement.
|
adjective
|
|
|
So that you may become a better student, I have become a certified [hypnotist] specializing in memory enhancement.
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
So that you may become a better student, I have become a certified hypnotist [specializing in memory enhancement].
|
participial phrase: adjective
|
|
|
So that you may become a better student, I have become a certified hypnotist specializing [in memory enhancement].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[Artoo] told Luke that he was going to be serviced, but Threepio ratted him out before he could meet up with R4-P44.
|
subject
|
|
|
Artoo [told] Luke that he was going to be serviced, but Threepio ratted him out before he could meet up with R4-P44.
|
verb
|
|
|
Artoo told [Luke] that he was going to be serviced, but Threepio ratted him out before he could meet up with R4-P44.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
Artoo told Luke [that he was going to be serviced], but Threepio ratted him out before he could meet up with R4-P44.
|
noun clause: direct object
|
|
|
Artoo told Luke that he was going [to be serviced], but Threepio ratted him out before he could meet up with R4-P44.
|
infinitive phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Artoo told Luke that he was going to be serviced, [but] Threepio ratted him out before he could meet up with R4-P44.
|
conjunction
|
|
|
Artoo told Luke that he was going to be serviced, but [Threepio] ratted him out before he could meet up with R4-P44.
|
subject
|
|
|
Artoo told Luke that he was going to be serviced, but Threepio [ratted] him out before he could meet up with R4-P44.
|
verb
|
|
|
Artoo told Luke that he was going to be serviced, but Threepio ratted [him] out before he could meet up with R4-P44.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Artoo told Luke that he was going to be serviced, but Threepio ratted him [out] before he could meet up with R4-P44.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Artoo told Luke that he was going to be serviced, but Threepio ratted him out [before he could meet up with R4-P44].
|
adverb clause
|
|
|
Artoo told Luke that he was going to be serviced, but Threepio ratted him out before he could meet up [with R4-P44].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[Whenever Shelley lies], everyone knows because her ears turn red.
|
adverb clause
|
|
|
Whenever Shelley lies, [everyone] knows because her ears turn red.
|
subject
|
|
|
Whenever Shelley lies, everyone [knows] because her ears turn red.
|
verb
|
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Whenever Shelley lies, everyone knows [because her ears turn red].
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