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The [feckless] child slept deeply.
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adjective
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The feckless [child] slept deeply.
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subject
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The feckless child [slept] deeply.
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verb
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The feckless child slept [deeply].
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adverb
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[Shawna] sneezed again.
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subject
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Shawna [sneezed] again.
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verb
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Shawna sneezed [again].
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adverb
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[Courageous] Theseus fought valiantly.
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adjective
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Courageous [Theseus] fought valiantly.
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subject
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Courageous Theseus [fought] valiantly.
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verb
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Courageous Theseus fought [valiantly].
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adverb
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The [assertive] student answered.
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adjective
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The assertive [student] answered.
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subject
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The assertive student [answered].
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verb
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[Unexpectedly], the embankment crumbled.
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adverb
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Unexpectedly, the [embankment] crumbled.
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subject
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Unexpectedly, the embankment [crumbled].
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verb
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The [pot] boiled.
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subject
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The pot [boiled].
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verb
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The [old], brown, rickety chair broke.
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adjective
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The old, [brown], rickety chair broke.
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adjective
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The old, brown, [rickety] chair broke.
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adjective
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The old, brown, rickety [chair] broke.
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subject
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The old, brown, rickety chair [broke].
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verb
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[She] suddenly rose and walked out.
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subject
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She [suddenly] rose and walked out.
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adverb
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She suddenly [rose] and walked out.
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verb
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She suddenly rose [and] walked out.
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conjunction
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She suddenly rose and [walked] out.
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verb
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She suddenly rose and walked [out].
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adverb
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[Forcefully] and quite surprisingly, Moira and the older man objected.
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adverb
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Forcefully [and] quite surprisingly, Moira and the older man objected.
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conjunction
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Forcefully and [quite] surprisingly, Moira and the older man objected.
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adverb
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Forcefully and quite [surprisingly], Moira and the older man objected.
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adverb
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Forcefully and quite surprisingly, [Moira] and the older man objected.
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subject
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Forcefully and quite surprisingly, Moira [and] the older man objected.
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conjunction
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Forcefully and quite surprisingly, Moira and the [older] man objected.
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adjective
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Forcefully and quite surprisingly, Moira and the older [man] objected.
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subject
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Forcefully and quite surprisingly, Moira and the older man [objected].
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verb
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The [nervous] child perspired and sneezed.
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adjective
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The nervous [child] perspired and sneezed.
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subject
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The nervous child [perspired] and sneezed.
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verb
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The nervous child perspired [and] sneezed.
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conjunction
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The nervous child perspired and [sneezed].
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verb
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[Andreas Kloden] crashed but still finished.
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subject
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Andreas Kloden [crashed] but still finished.
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verb
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Andreas Kloden crashed [but] still finished.
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conjunction
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Andreas Kloden crashed but [still] finished.
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adverb
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Andreas Kloden crashed but still [finished].
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verb
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[My] lucky streak finally ended.
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adjective
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My [lucky] streak finally ended.
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adjective
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My lucky [streak] finally ended.
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subject
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My lucky streak [finally] ended.
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adverb
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My lucky streak finally [ended].
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verb
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[Dennis] and Samantha are dancing.
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subject
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Dennis [and] Samantha are dancing.
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conjunction
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Dennis and [Samantha] are dancing.
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subject
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Dennis and Samantha [are] dancing.
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helping verb
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Dennis and Samantha are [dancing].
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verb
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[You] are always talking.
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subject
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You [are] always talking.
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helping verb
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You are [always] talking.
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adverb
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You are always [talking].
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verb
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[We] will visit.
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subject
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We [will] visit.
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helping verb
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We will [visit].
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verb
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The [noisy] owls are hooting.
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adjective
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The noisy [owls] are hooting.
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subject
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The noisy owls [are] hooting.
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helping verb
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The noisy owls are [hooting].
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verb
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The [gelatin] will congeal.
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subject
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The gelatin [will] congeal.
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helping verb
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The gelatin will [congeal].
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verb
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The [rusty] belt and the cracked bracket will likely fail.
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adjective
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The rusty [belt] and the cracked bracket will likely fail.
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subject
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The rusty belt [and] the cracked bracket will likely fail.
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conjunction
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The rusty belt and the [cracked] bracket will likely fail.
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adjective
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The rusty belt and the cracked [bracket] will likely fail.
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subject
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The rusty belt and the cracked bracket [will] likely fail.
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helping verb
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The rusty belt and the cracked bracket will [likely] fail.
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adverb
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The rusty belt and the cracked bracket will likely [fail].
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verb
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[Brooke's] flower has wilted.
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adjective
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Brooke's [flower] has wilted.
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subject
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Brooke's flower [has] wilted.
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helping verb
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Brooke's flower has [wilted].
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verb
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The [rebel's] movement will eventually falter.
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adjective
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The rebel's [movement] will eventually falter.
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subject
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The rebel's movement [will] eventually falter.
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helping verb
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The rebel's movement will [eventually] falter.
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adverb
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The rebel's movement will eventually [falter].
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verb
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[Go] away!
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verb
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Go [away]!
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adverb
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The [whole] world is twinkling.
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adjective
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The whole [world] is twinkling.
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subject
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The whole world [is] twinkling.
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helping verb
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The whole world is [twinkling].
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verb
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[George] has been dancing alone.
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subject
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George [has] been dancing alone.
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helping verb
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George has [been] dancing alone.
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helping verb
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George has been [dancing] alone.
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verb
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George has been dancing [alone].
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adverb
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The [water] is running.
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subject
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The water [is] running.
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helping verb
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The water is [running].
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verb
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[My] shriveled, black heart is breaking.
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adjective
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My [shriveled], black heart is breaking.
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adjective
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My shriveled, [black] heart is breaking.
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adjective
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My shriveled, black [heart] is breaking.
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subject
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My shriveled, black heart [is] breaking.
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helping verb
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My shriveled, black heart is [breaking].
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verb
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The [purposefully] hurtful lie has spread.
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adverb
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The purposefully [hurtful] lie has spread.
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adjective
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The purposefully hurtful [lie] has spread.
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subject
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The purposefully hurtful lie [has] spread.
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helping verb
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The purposefully hurtful lie has [spread].
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verb
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The [tree's] fruit will grow and ripen.
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adjective
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The tree's [fruit] will grow and ripen.
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subject
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The tree's fruit [will] grow and ripen.
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linking verb
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The tree's fruit will [grow] and ripen.
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verb
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The tree's fruit will grow [and] ripen.
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conjunction
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The tree's fruit will grow and [ripen].
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verb
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[Her] resolve softens.
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adjective
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Her [resolve] softens.
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subject
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Her resolve [softens].
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verb
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[Ralphie] scored a goal.
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subject
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Ralphie [scored] a goal.
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verb
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Ralphie scored a [goal].
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direct object
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[She] hastily named her new kitten.
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subject
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She [hastily] named her new kitten.
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adverb
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She hastily [named] her new kitten.
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verb
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She hastily named [her] new kitten.
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adjective
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She hastily named her [new] kitten.
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adjective
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She hastily named her new [kitten].
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direct object
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[Unfortunately], we left the show too early.
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adverb
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Unfortunately, [we] left the show too early.
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subject
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Unfortunately, we [left] the show too early.
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verb
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Unfortunately, we left the [show] too early.
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direct object
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Unfortunately, we left the show [too] early.
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adverb
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Unfortunately, we left the show too [early].
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adjective
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[I] planted a vegetable garden.
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subject
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I [planted] a vegetable garden.
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verb
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I planted a [vegetable] garden.
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adjective
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I planted a vegetable [garden].
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direct object
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[Alternatively], we can order Horchata.
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adverb
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Alternatively, [we] can order Horchata.
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subject
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Alternatively, we [can] order Horchata.
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helping verb
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Alternatively, we can [order] Horchata.
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verb
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Alternatively, we can order [Horchata].
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direct object
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[Lillian] has a thought.
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subject
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Lillian [has] a thought.
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verb
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Lillian has a [thought].
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direct object
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[We] ran sixteen laps and did twenty wind sprints.
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subject
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We [ran] sixteen laps and did twenty wind sprints.
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verb
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We ran [sixteen] laps and did twenty wind sprints.
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adjective
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We ran sixteen [laps] and did twenty wind sprints.
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direct object
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We ran sixteen laps [and] did twenty wind sprints.
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conjunction
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We ran sixteen laps and [did] twenty wind sprints.
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verb
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We ran sixteen laps and did [twenty] wind sprints.
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adjective
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We ran sixteen laps and did twenty [wind] sprints.
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adjective
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We ran sixteen laps and did twenty wind [sprints].
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direct object
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[Earlier], he carefully built several birdhouses.
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adverb
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Earlier, [he] carefully built several birdhouses.
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subject
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Earlier, he [carefully] built several birdhouses.
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adverb
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Earlier, he carefully [built] several birdhouses.
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verb
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Earlier, he carefully built [several] birdhouses.
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adjective
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Earlier, he carefully built several [birdhouses].
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direct object
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The [young] police officer stopped our caravan.
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adjective
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The young [police officer] stopped our caravan.
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subject
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The young police officer [stopped] our caravan.
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verb
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The young police officer stopped [our] caravan.
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adjective
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The young police officer stopped our [caravan].
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direct object
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[She] has told many stories.
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subject
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She [has] told many stories.
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helping verb
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She has [told] many stories.
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verb
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She has told [many] stories.
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adjective
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She has told many [stories].
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direct object
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[Marge] and Homer are having a Halloween party.
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subject
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Marge [and] Homer are having a Halloween party.
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conjunction
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Marge and [Homer] are having a Halloween party.
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subject
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Marge and Homer [are] having a Halloween party.
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helping verb
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Marge and Homer are [having] a Halloween party.
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verb
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Marge and Homer are having a [Halloween] party.
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adjective
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Marge and Homer are having a Halloween [party].
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direct object
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[Stephanie] mercilessly swatted the fly.
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subject
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Stephanie [mercilessly] swatted the fly.
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adverb
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Stephanie mercilessly [swatted] the fly.
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verb
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Stephanie mercilessly swatted the [fly].
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direct object
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The [neighbor's] dogs ate our steaks.
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adjective
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The neighbor's [dogs] ate our steaks.
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subject
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The neighbor's dogs [ate] our steaks.
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verb
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The neighbor's dogs ate [our] steaks.
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adjective
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The neighbor's dogs ate our [steaks].
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direct object
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The [fallen] tree crushed the car and trapped the family.
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adjective
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The fallen [tree] crushed the car and trapped the family.
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subject
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The fallen tree [crushed] the car and trapped the family.
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verb
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The fallen tree crushed the [car] and trapped the family.
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direct object
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The fallen tree crushed the car [and] trapped the family.
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conjunction
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The fallen tree crushed the car and [trapped] the family.
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verb
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The fallen tree crushed the car and trapped the [family].
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direct object
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[I] bought a veggie wrap and a lemonade.
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subject
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I [bought] a veggie wrap and a lemonade.
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verb
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I bought a [veggie] wrap and a lemonade.
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adjective
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I bought a veggie [wrap] and a lemonade.
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direct object
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I bought a veggie wrap [and] a lemonade.
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conjunction
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I bought a veggie wrap and a [lemonade].
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direct object
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[Eat] your food!
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verb
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Eat [your] food!
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adjective
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Eat your [food]!
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direct object
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The [kids] and the dog wanted a break.
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subject
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The kids [and] the dog wanted a break.
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conjunction
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The kids and the [dog] wanted a break.
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subject
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The kids and the dog [wanted] a break.
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verb
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The kids and the dog wanted a [break].
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direct object
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[Your] friends will borrow a tent.
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adjective
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Your [friends] will borrow a tent.
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subject
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Your friends [will] borrow a tent.
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helping verb
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Your friends will [borrow] a tent.
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verb
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Your friends will borrow a [tent].
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direct object
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The [bank] needed more outdoor ATMs.
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subject
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The bank [needed] more outdoor ATMs.
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verb
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The bank needed [more] outdoor ATMs.
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adjective
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The bank needed more [outdoor] ATMs.
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adjective
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The bank needed more outdoor [ATMs].
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direct object
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The [monkey] did not peel the banana.
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subject
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The monkey [did] not peel the banana.
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helping verb
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The monkey did [not] peel the banana.
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adverb
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The monkey did not [peel] the banana.
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verb
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The monkey did not peel the [banana].
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direct object
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[She] will always love her corn.
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subject
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She [will] always love her corn.
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helping verb
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She will [always] love her corn.
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adverb
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She will always [love] her corn.
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verb
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She will always love [her] corn.
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adjective
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She will always love her [corn].
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direct object
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The [principal], the engineer, and the custodian tour the campus weekly.
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subject
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The principal, the [engineer], and the custodian tour the campus weekly.
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subject
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The principal, the engineer, [and] the custodian tour the campus weekly.
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conjunction
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The principal, the engineer, and the [custodian] tour the campus weekly.
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subject
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The principal, the engineer, and the custodian [tour] the campus weekly.
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verb
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The principal, the engineer, and the custodian tour the [campus] weekly.
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direct object
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The principal, the engineer, and the custodian tour the campus [weekly].
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adverb
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A [black] raven tormented him forever.
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adjective
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A black [raven] tormented him forever.
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subject
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A black raven [tormented] him forever.
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verb
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A black raven tormented [him] forever.
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direct object
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A black raven tormented him [forever].
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adverb
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[He] has not yet broken our spirits.
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subject
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He [has] not yet broken our spirits.
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helping verb
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He has [not] yet broken our spirits.
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adverb
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He has not [yet] broken our spirits.
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adverb
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He has not yet [broken] our spirits.
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verb
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He has not yet broken [our] spirits.
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adjective
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He has not yet broken our [spirits].
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direct object
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The [shimmering] moon seduced the night.
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adjective
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The shimmering [moon] seduced the night.
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subject
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The shimmering moon [seduced] the night.
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verb
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The shimmering moon seduced the [night].
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direct object
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[Your] alien friends accidentally destroyed the sun.
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adjective
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Your [alien] friends accidentally destroyed the sun.
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adjective
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Your alien [friends] accidentally destroyed the sun.
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subject
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Your alien friends [accidentally] destroyed the sun.
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adverb
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Your alien friends accidentally [destroyed] the sun.
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verb
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Your alien friends accidentally destroyed the [sun].
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direct object
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[My] reliable dentist easily extracted my aching tooth and replaced it.
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adjective
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My [reliable] dentist easily extracted my aching tooth and replaced it.
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adjective
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My reliable [dentist] easily extracted my aching tooth and replaced it.
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subject
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My reliable dentist [easily] extracted my aching tooth and replaced it.
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adverb
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My reliable dentist easily [extracted] my aching tooth and replaced it.
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verb
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My reliable dentist easily extracted [my] aching tooth and replaced it.
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adjective
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My reliable dentist easily extracted my [aching] tooth and replaced it.
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adjective
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My reliable dentist easily extracted my aching [tooth] and replaced it.
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direct object
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My reliable dentist easily extracted my aching tooth [and] replaced it.
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conjunction
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My reliable dentist easily extracted my aching tooth and [replaced] it.
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verb
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My reliable dentist easily extracted my aching tooth and replaced [it].
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direct object
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[His] family has devoured the watermelon.
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adjective
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His [family] has devoured the watermelon.
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subject
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His family [has] devoured the watermelon.
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helping verb
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His family has [devoured] the watermelon.
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verb
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His family has devoured the [watermelon].
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direct object
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[Efficiently] and professionally, the workers paved the driveway.
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adverb
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Efficiently [and] professionally, the workers paved the driveway.
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conjunction
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Efficiently and [professionally], the workers paved the driveway.
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adverb
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Efficiently and professionally, the [workers] paved the driveway.
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subject
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Efficiently and professionally, the workers [paved] the driveway.
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verb
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Efficiently and professionally, the workers paved the [driveway].
|
direct object
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[He] bought Jenny's house.
|
subject
|
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He [bought] Jenny's house.
|
verb
|
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He bought [Jenny's] house.
|
adjective
|
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He bought Jenny's [house].
|
direct object
|
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[Our] new cat brought me a mouse.
|
adjective
|
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Our [new] cat brought me a mouse.
|
adjective
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Our new [cat] brought me a mouse.
|
subject
|
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Our new cat [brought] me a mouse.
|
verb
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Our new cat brought [me] a mouse.
|
indirect object
|
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Our new cat brought me a [mouse].
|
direct object
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[Joanne] painted Arthur a picture.
|
subject
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Joanne [painted] Arthur a picture.
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verb
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Joanne painted [Arthur] a picture.
|
indirect object
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Joanne painted Arthur a [picture].
|
direct object
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[Surprisingly], he made his wife a delicious dinner.
|
adverb
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Surprisingly, [he] made his wife a delicious dinner.
|
subject
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Surprisingly, he [made] his wife a delicious dinner.
|
verb
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Surprisingly, he made [his] wife a delicious dinner.
|
adjective
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Surprisingly, he made his [wife] a delicious dinner.
|
indirect object
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Surprisingly, he made his wife a [delicious] dinner.
|
adjective
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Surprisingly, he made his wife a delicious [dinner].
|
direct object
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The [school] awarded Moira and Michael scholarships.
|
subject
|
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The school [awarded] Moira and Michael scholarships.
|
verb
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The school awarded [Moira] and Michael scholarships.
|
indirect object
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The school awarded Moira [and] Michael scholarships.
|
conjunction
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The school awarded Moira and [Michael] scholarships.
|
indirect object
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The school awarded Moira and Michael [scholarships].
|
direct object
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[Later], you will owe me a favor.
|
adverb
|
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Later, [you] will owe me a favor.
|
subject
|
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Later, you [will] owe me a favor.
|
helping verb
|
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Later, you will [owe] me a favor.
|
verb
|
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Later, you will owe [me] a favor.
|
indirect object
|
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Later, you will owe me a [favor].
|
direct object
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[Selflessly], she offered her son her kidney.
|
adverb
|
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Selflessly, [she] offered her son her kidney.
|
subject
|
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Selflessly, she [offered] her son her kidney.
|
verb
|
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Selflessly, she offered [her] son her kidney.
|
adjective
|
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|
Selflessly, she offered her [son] her kidney.
|
indirect object
|
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|
Selflessly, she offered her son [her] kidney.
|
adjective
|
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|
Selflessly, she offered her son her [kidney].
|
direct object
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[Todd] and Susan showed Ellen and Roger their potato gun.
|
subject
|
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Todd [and] Susan showed Ellen and Roger their potato gun.
|
conjunction
|
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Todd and [Susan] showed Ellen and Roger their potato gun.
|
subject
|
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Todd and Susan [showed] Ellen and Roger their potato gun.
|
verb
|
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Todd and Susan showed [Ellen] and Roger their potato gun.
|
indirect object
|
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|
Todd and Susan showed Ellen [and] Roger their potato gun.
|
conjunction
|
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|
Todd and Susan showed Ellen and [Roger] their potato gun.
|
indirect object
|
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|
Todd and Susan showed Ellen and Roger [their] potato gun.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Todd and Susan showed Ellen and Roger their [potato] gun.
|
adjective
|
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|
Todd and Susan showed Ellen and Roger their potato [gun].
|
direct object
|
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[He] will never give you a ring.
|
subject
|
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He [will] never give you a ring.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
He will [never] give you a ring.
|
adverb
|
|
|
He will never [give] you a ring.
|
verb
|
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|
He will never give [you] a ring.
|
indirect object
|
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|
He will never give you a [ring].
|
direct object
|
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|
[She] wrote Fred a long, meandering, tearful letter.
|
subject
|
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She [wrote] Fred a long, meandering, tearful letter.
|
verb
|
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She wrote [Fred] a long, meandering, tearful letter.
|
indirect object
|
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|
She wrote Fred a [long], meandering, tearful letter.
|
adjective
|
|
|
She wrote Fred a long, [meandering], tearful letter.
|
adjective
|
|
|
She wrote Fred a long, meandering, [tearful] letter.
|
adjective
|
|
|
She wrote Fred a long, meandering, tearful [letter].
|
direct object
|
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|
The [universe] showed Misty the way.
|
subject
|
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The universe [showed] Misty the way.
|
verb
|
|
|
The universe showed [Misty] the way.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
The universe showed Misty the [way].
|
direct object
|
|
|
The [sweet] ocean currents will assuredly bring you his bottle and message.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The sweet [ocean] currents will assuredly bring you his bottle and message.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The sweet ocean [currents] will assuredly bring you his bottle and message.
|
subject
|
|
|
The sweet ocean currents [will] assuredly bring you his bottle and message.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
The sweet ocean currents will [assuredly] bring you his bottle and message.
|
adverb
|
|
|
The sweet ocean currents will assuredly [bring] you his bottle and message.
|
verb
|
|
|
The sweet ocean currents will assuredly bring [you] his bottle and message.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
The sweet ocean currents will assuredly bring you [his] bottle and message.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The sweet ocean currents will assuredly bring you his [bottle] and message.
|
direct object
|
|
|
The sweet ocean currents will assuredly bring you his bottle [and] message.
|
conjunction
|
|
|
The sweet ocean currents will assuredly bring you his bottle and [message].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[We] finally found Jerry a new home.
|
subject
|
|
|
We [finally] found Jerry a new home.
|
adverb
|
|
|
We finally [found] Jerry a new home.
|
verb
|
|
|
We finally found [Jerry] a new home.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
We finally found Jerry a [new] home.
|
adjective
|
|
|
We finally found Jerry a new [home].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[Seven] prophets made the people a promise.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Seven [prophets] made the people a promise.
|
subject
|
|
|
Seven prophets [made] the people a promise.
|
verb
|
|
|
Seven prophets made the [people] a promise.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
Seven prophets made the people a [promise].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[Nancy] bought her kids a goldfish.
|
subject
|
|
|
Nancy [bought] her kids a goldfish.
|
verb
|
|
|
Nancy bought [her] kids a goldfish.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Nancy bought her [kids] a goldfish.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
Nancy bought her kids a [goldfish].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[We] sculpted and painted the teachers a special gift.
|
subject
|
|
|
We [sculpted] and painted the teachers a special gift.
|
verb
|
|
|
We sculpted [and] painted the teachers a special gift.
|
conjunction
|
|
|
We sculpted and [painted] the teachers a special gift.
|
verb
|
|
|
We sculpted and painted the [teachers] a special gift.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
We sculpted and painted the teachers a [special] gift.
|
adjective
|
|
|
We sculpted and painted the teachers a special [gift].
|
direct object
|
|
|
The [spoiled] sour cream gave Bella a tummy ache.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The spoiled [sour cream] gave Bella a tummy ache.
|
subject
|
|
|
The spoiled sour cream [gave] Bella a tummy ache.
|
verb
|
|
|
The spoiled sour cream gave [Bella] a tummy ache.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
The spoiled sour cream gave Bella a [tummy] ache.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The spoiled sour cream gave Bella a tummy [ache].
|
direct object
|
|
|
The [third] baseman must throw the first baseman the ball.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The third [baseman] must throw the first baseman the ball.
|
subject
|
|
|
The third baseman [must] throw the first baseman the ball.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
The third baseman must [throw] the first baseman the ball.
|
verb
|
|
|
The third baseman must throw the [first] baseman the ball.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The third baseman must throw the first [baseman] the ball.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
The third baseman must throw the first baseman the [ball].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[Woody] offered Buzz a definitively negative prediction.
|
subject
|
|
|
Woody [offered] Buzz a definitively negative prediction.
|
verb
|
|
|
Woody offered [Buzz] a definitively negative prediction.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
Woody offered Buzz a [definitively] negative prediction.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Woody offered Buzz a definitively [negative] prediction.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Woody offered Buzz a definitively negative [prediction].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[You] should bake him a cake.
|
subject
|
|
|
You [should] bake him a cake.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
You should [bake] him a cake.
|
verb
|
|
|
You should bake [him] a cake.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
You should bake him a [cake].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[Give] me your number.
|
verb
|
|
|
Give [me] your number.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
Give me [your] number.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Give me your [number].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[Sam] knitted her favorite teacher a beanie cap.
|
subject
|
|
|
Sam [knitted] her favorite teacher a beanie cap.
|
verb
|
|
|
Sam knitted [her] favorite teacher a beanie cap.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Sam knitted her [favorite] teacher a beanie cap.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Sam knitted her favorite [teacher] a beanie cap.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
Sam knitted her favorite teacher a [beanie] cap.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Sam knitted her favorite teacher a beanie [cap].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[Seth] and Sam wrote Abby a beautiful song.
|
subject
|
|
|
Seth [and] Sam wrote Abby a beautiful song.
|
conjunction
|
|
|
Seth and [Sam] wrote Abby a beautiful song.
|
subject
|
|
|
Seth and Sam [wrote] Abby a beautiful song.
|
verb
|
|
|
Seth and Sam wrote [Abby] a beautiful song.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
Seth and Sam wrote Abby a [beautiful] song.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Seth and Sam wrote Abby a beautiful [song].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[Brooke] will absolutely catch us a fish.
|
subject
|
|
|
Brooke [will] absolutely catch us a fish.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
Brooke will [absolutely] catch us a fish.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Brooke will absolutely [catch] us a fish.
|
verb
|
|
|
Brooke will absolutely catch [us] a fish.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
Brooke will absolutely catch us a [fish].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[My] father has already picked Dani a ripe strawberry.
|
adjective
|
|
|
My [father] has already picked Dani a ripe strawberry.
|
subject
|
|
|
My father [has] already picked Dani a ripe strawberry.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
My father has [already] picked Dani a ripe strawberry.
|
adverb
|
|
|
My father has already [picked] Dani a ripe strawberry.
|
verb
|
|
|
My father has already picked [Dani] a ripe strawberry.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
My father has already picked Dani a [ripe] strawberry.
|
adjective
|
|
|
My father has already picked Dani a ripe [strawberry].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[They] must have sold the terrorists our military secrets.
|
subject
|
|
|
They [must] have sold the terrorists our military secrets.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
They must [have] sold the terrorists our military secrets.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
They must have [sold] the terrorists our military secrets.
|
verb
|
|
|
They must have sold the [terrorists] our military secrets.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
They must have sold the terrorists [our] military secrets.
|
adjective
|
|
|
They must have sold the terrorists our [military] secrets.
|
adjective
|
|
|
They must have sold the terrorists our military [secrets].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[You] should fix Elizabeth a drink.
|
subject
|
|
|
You [should] fix Elizabeth a drink.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
You should [fix] Elizabeth a drink.
|
verb
|
|
|
You should fix [Elizabeth] a drink.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
You should fix Elizabeth a [drink].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[First], the teacher will tell the class a cautionary tale.
|
adverb
|
|
|
First, the [teacher] will tell the class a cautionary tale.
|
subject
|
|
|
First, the teacher [will] tell the class a cautionary tale.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
First, the teacher will [tell] the class a cautionary tale.
|
verb
|
|
|
First, the teacher will tell the [class] a cautionary tale.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
First, the teacher will tell the class a [cautionary] tale.
|
adjective
|
|
|
First, the teacher will tell the class a cautionary [tale].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[Misty] gave him the ice cream but his sister the spoon.
|
subject
|
|
|
Misty [gave] him the ice cream but his sister the spoon.
|
verb
|
|
|
Misty gave [him] the ice cream but his sister the spoon.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
Misty gave him the [ice cream] but his sister the spoon.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Misty gave him the ice cream [but] his sister the spoon.
|
conjunction
|
|
|
Misty gave him the ice cream but [his] sister the spoon.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Misty gave him the ice cream but his [sister] the spoon.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
Misty gave him the ice cream but his sister the [spoon].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[Our] teacher is unusually tall.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Our [teacher] is unusually tall.
|
subject
|
|
|
Our teacher [is] unusually tall.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
Our teacher is [unusually] tall.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Our teacher is unusually [tall].
|
predicate adjective
|
|
|
[My] family is always late.
|
adjective
|
|
|
My [family] is always late.
|
subject
|
|
|
My family [is] always late.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
My family is [always] late.
|
adverb
|
|
|
My family is always [late].
|
predicate adjective
|
|
|
[Your] girlfriend is becoming bitter.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Your [girlfriend] is becoming bitter.
|
subject
|
|
|
Your girlfriend [is] becoming bitter.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
Your girlfriend is [becoming] bitter.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
Your girlfriend is becoming [bitter].
|
predicate adjective
|
|
|
The [father] remained calm.
|
subject
|
|
|
The father [remained] calm.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
The father remained [calm].
|
predicate adjective
|
|
|
[Murphy] was thoughtful and considerate.
|
subject
|
|
|
Murphy [was] thoughtful and considerate.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
Murphy was [thoughtful] and considerate.
|
predicate adjective
|
|
|
Murphy was thoughtful [and] considerate.
|
conjunction
|
|
|
Murphy was thoughtful and [considerate].
|
predicate adjective
|
|
|
The [crowd] grew silent.
|
subject
|
|
|
The crowd [grew] silent.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
The crowd grew [silent].
|
predicate adjective
|
|
|
[You] look beautiful.
|
subject
|
|
|
You [look] beautiful.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
You look [beautiful].
|
predicate adjective
|
|
|
The [cafeteria's] chicken sandwich tastes delicious.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The cafeteria's [chicken] sandwich tastes delicious.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The cafeteria's chicken [sandwich] tastes delicious.
|
subject
|
|
|
The cafeteria's chicken sandwich [tastes] delicious.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
The cafeteria's chicken sandwich tastes [delicious].
|
predicate adjective
|
|
|
The [tables] were smooth.
|
subject
|
|
|
The tables [were] smooth.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
The tables were [smooth].
|
predicate adjective
|
|
|
[Your] dinner and presentation will be amazing.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Your [dinner] and presentation will be amazing.
|
subject
|
|
|
Your dinner [and] presentation will be amazing.
|
conjunction
|
|
|
Your dinner and [presentation] will be amazing.
|
subject
|
|
|
Your dinner and presentation [will] be amazing.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
Your dinner and presentation will [be] amazing.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
Your dinner and presentation will be [amazing].
|
predicate adjective
|
|
|
The [flowers] should be fragrant now.
|
subject
|
|
|
The flowers [should] be fragrant now.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
The flowers should [be] fragrant now.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
The flowers should be [fragrant] now.
|
predicate adjective
|
|
|
The flowers should be fragrant [now].
|
adverb
|
|
|
[Things] quickly turned bad.
|
subject
|
|
|
Things [quickly] turned bad.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Things quickly [turned] bad.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
Things quickly turned [bad].
|
predicate adjective
|
|
|
[My] physics teacher and my math teacher seem nice.
|
adjective
|
|
|
My [physics] teacher and my math teacher seem nice.
|
adjective
|
|
|
My physics [teacher] and my math teacher seem nice.
|
subject
|
|
|
My physics teacher [and] my math teacher seem nice.
|
conjunction
|
|
|
My physics teacher and [my] math teacher seem nice.
|
adjective
|
|
|
My physics teacher and my [math] teacher seem nice.
|
adjective
|
|
|
My physics teacher and my math [teacher] seem nice.
|
subject
|
|
|
My physics teacher and my math teacher [seem] nice.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
My physics teacher and my math teacher seem [nice].
|
predicate adjective
|
|
|
[Her] shorts were definitely too short.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Her [shorts] were definitely too short.
|
subject
|
|
|
Her shorts [were] definitely too short.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
Her shorts were [definitely] too short.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Her shorts were definitely [too] short.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Her shorts were definitely too [short].
|
predicate adjective
|
|
|
[Levi] has been and will be supportive.
|
subject
|
|
|
Levi [has] been and will be supportive.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
Levi has [been] and will be supportive.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
Levi has been [and] will be supportive.
|
conjunction
|
|
|
Levi has been and [will] be supportive.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
Levi has been and will [be] supportive.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
Levi has been and will be [supportive].
|
predicate adjective
|
|
|
[Often], Professor Huckleberry is late.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Often, [Professor Huckleberry] is late.
|
subject
|
|
|
Often, Professor Huckleberry [is] late.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
Often, Professor Huckleberry is [late].
|
predicate adjective
|
|
|
[Those] comments were forthright but stupid.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Those [comments] were forthright but stupid.
|
subject
|
|
|
Those comments [were] forthright but stupid.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
Those comments were [forthright] but stupid.
|
predicate adjective
|
|
|
Those comments were forthright [but] stupid.
|
conjunction
|
|
|
Those comments were forthright but [stupid].
|
predicate adjective
|
|
|
[Many] Tucson days are sunny.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Many [Tucson] days are sunny.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Many Tucson [days] are sunny.
|
subject
|
|
|
Many Tucson days [are] sunny.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
Many Tucson days are [sunny].
|
adjective
|
|
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[Our] plans should not be too complex.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Our [plans] should not be too complex.
|
subject
|
|
|
Our plans [should] not be too complex.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
Our plans should [not] be too complex.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Our plans should not [be] too complex.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
Our plans should not be [too] complex.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Our plans should not be too [complex].
|
predicate adjective
|
|
|
[His] heroes have often been corrupt.
|
adjective
|
|
|
His [heroes] have often been corrupt.
|
subject
|
|
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His heroes [have] often been corrupt.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
His heroes have [often] been corrupt.
|
adverb
|
|
|
His heroes have often [been] corrupt.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
His heroes have often been [corrupt].
|
predicate adjective
|
|
|
[You] are becoming your mother.
|
subject
|
|
|
You [are] becoming your mother.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
You are [becoming] your mother.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
You are becoming [your] mother.
|
adjective
|
|
|
You are becoming your [mother].
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
[My] father has always been a cowboy.
|
adjective
|
|
|
My [father] has always been a cowboy.
|
subject
|
|
|
My father [has] always been a cowboy.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
My father has [always] been a cowboy.
|
adverb
|
|
|
My father has always [been] a cowboy.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
My father has always been a [cowboy].
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
[Sydney's] disability can be a nuisance.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Sydney's [disability] can be a nuisance.
|
subject
|
|
|
Sydney's disability [can] be a nuisance.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
Sydney's disability can [be] a nuisance.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
Sydney's disability can be a [nuisance].
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
[They] were rebels and criminals.
|
subject
|
|
|
They [were] rebels and criminals.
|
linking verbs
|
|
|
They were [rebels] and criminals.
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
They were rebels [and] criminals.
|
conjunction
|
|
|
They were rebels and [criminals].
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
The [senior] project has become a school tradition.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The senior [project] has become a school tradition.
|
subject
|
|
|
The senior project [has] become a school tradition.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
The senior project has [become] a school tradition.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
The senior project has become a [school] tradition.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The senior project has become a school [tradition].
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
[That] green tree is a palo verde.
|
adjective
|
|
|
That [green] tree is a palo verde.
|
adjective
|
|
|
That green [tree] is a palo verde.
|
subject
|
|
|
That green tree [is] a palo verde.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
That green tree is a [palo verde].
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
[We] are the enemy.
|
subject
|
|
|
We [are] the enemy.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
We are the [enemy].
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
The [children's] safety will remain our primary goal.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The children's [safety] will remain our primary goal.
|
subject
|
|
|
The children's safety [will] remain our primary goal.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
The children's safety will [remain] our primary goal.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
The children's safety will remain [our] primary goal.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The children's safety will remain our [primary] goal.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The children's safety will remain our primary [goal].
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
[Billy's] tree fort became his Shangri-la.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Billy's [tree] fort became his Shangri-la.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Billy's tree [fort] became his Shangri-la.
|
subject
|
|
|
Billy's tree fort [became] his Shangri-la.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
Billy's tree fort became [his] Shangri-la.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Billy's tree fort became his [Shangri-la].
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
[Sophie] is our cat.
|
subject
|
|
|
Sophie [is] our cat.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
Sophie is [our] cat.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Sophie is our [cat].
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
[Her] sarcasm was always her coping mechanism.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Her [sarcasm] was always her coping mechanism.
|
subject
|
|
|
Her sarcasm [was] always her coping mechanism.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
Her sarcasm was [always] her coping mechanism.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Her sarcasm was always [her] coping mechanism.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Her sarcasm was always her [coping] mechanism.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Her sarcasm was always her coping [mechanism].
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
[Wilhelmina] and Gertrude are our friends and our saviors.
|
subject
|
|
|
Wilhelmina [and] Gertrude are our friends and our saviors.
|
conjunction
|
|
|
Wilhelmina and [Gertrude] are our friends and our saviors.
|
subject
|
|
|
Wilhelmina and Gertrude [are] our friends and our saviors.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
Wilhelmina and Gertrude are [our] friends and our saviors.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Wilhelmina and Gertrude are our [friends] and our saviors.
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
Wilhelmina and Gertrude are our friends [and] our saviors.
|
conjunction
|
|
|
Wilhelmina and Gertrude are our friends and [our] saviors.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Wilhelmina and Gertrude are our friends and our [saviors].
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
[This] is becoming a recurring problem.
|
subject
|
|
|
This [is] becoming a recurring problem.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
This is [becoming] a recurring problem.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
This is becoming a [recurring] problem.
|
adjective
|
|
|
This is becoming a recurring [problem].
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
[He] probably will be a good father.
|
subject
|
|
|
He [probably] will be a good father.
|
adverb
|
|
|
He probably [will] be a good father.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
He probably will [be] a good father.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
He probably will be a [good] father.
|
adjective
|
|
|
He probably will be a good [father].
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
The [senator] has been a consistent ally.
|
subject
|
|
|
The senator [has] been a consistent ally.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
The senator has [been] a consistent ally.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
The senator has been a [consistent] ally.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The senator has been a consistent [ally].
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
[Her] argument was an obvious success.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Her [argument] was an obvious success.
|
subject
|
|
|
Her argument [was] an obvious success.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
Her argument was an [obvious] success.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Her argument was an obvious [success].
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
The [team's] lackadaisical attitude is the coach's greatest concern and his first priority.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The team's [lackadaisical] attitude is the coach's greatest concern and his first priority.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The team's lackadaisical [attitude] is the coach's greatest concern and his first priority.
|
subject
|
|
|
The team's lackadaisical attitude [is] the coach's greatest concern and his first priority.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
The team's lackadaisical attitude is the [coach's] greatest concern and his first priority.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The team's lackadaisical attitude is the coach's [greatest] concern and his first priority.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The team's lackadaisical attitude is the coach's greatest [concern] and his first priority.
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
The team's lackadaisical attitude is the coach's greatest concern [and] his first priority.
|
conjunction
|
|
|
The team's lackadaisical attitude is the coach's greatest concern and [his] first priority.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The team's lackadaisical attitude is the coach's greatest concern and his [first] priority.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The team's lackadaisical attitude is the coach's greatest concern and his first [priority].
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
The [exonerated] defendant remained a police officer.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The exonerated [defendant] remained a police officer.
|
subject
|
|
|
The exonerated defendant [remained] a police officer.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
The exonerated defendant remained a [police officer].
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
[Children] are our greatest resource.
|
subject
|
|
|
Children [are] our greatest resource.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
Children are [our] greatest resource.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Children are our [greatest] resource.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Children are our greatest [resource].
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
[Bananas] are becoming our biggest export.
|
subject
|
|
|
Bananas [are] becoming our biggest export.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
Bananas are [becoming] our biggest export.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
Bananas are becoming [our] biggest export.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Bananas are becoming our [biggest] export.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Bananas are becoming our biggest [export].
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
[Ripe], juicy strawberries remain our preferred treat.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Ripe, [juicy] strawberries remain our preferred treat.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Ripe, juicy [strawberries] remain our preferred treat.
|
subject
|
|
|
Ripe, juicy strawberries [remain] our preferred treat.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
Ripe, juicy strawberries remain [our] preferred treat.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Ripe, juicy strawberries remain our [preferred] treat.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Ripe, juicy strawberries remain our preferred [treat].
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
[His] fruit pies will become our absolutely favorite desserts.
|
adjective
|
|
|
His [fruit] pies will become our absolutely favorite desserts.
|
adjective
|
|
|
His fruit [pies] will become our absolutely favorite desserts.
|
subject
|
|
|
His fruit pies [will] become our absolutely favorite desserts.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
His fruit pies will [become] our absolutely favorite desserts.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
His fruit pies will become [our] absolutely favorite desserts.
|
adjective
|
|
|
His fruit pies will become our [absolutely] favorite desserts.
|
adverb
|
|
|
His fruit pies will become our absolutely [favorite] desserts.
|
adjective
|
|
|
His fruit pies will become our absolutely favorite [desserts].
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
[We] considered the decision unfair.
|
subject
|
|
|
We [considered] the decision unfair.
|
verb
|
|
|
We considered the [decision] unfair.
|
direct object
|
|
|
We considered the decision [unfair].
|
object complement: adjective
|
|
|
[Misty] and Murphy painted their new shed yellow.
|
subject
|
|
|
Misty [and] Murphy painted their new shed yellow.
|
conjunction
|
|
|
Misty and [Murphy] painted their new shed yellow.
|
subject
|
|
|
Misty and Murphy [painted] their new shed yellow.
|
verb
|
|
|
Misty and Murphy painted [their] new shed yellow.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Misty and Murphy painted their [new] shed yellow.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Misty and Murphy painted their new [shed] yellow.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Misty and Murphy painted their new shed [yellow].
|
object complement: adjective
|
|
|
[Mrs. Adams] thought our choice wise.
|
subject
|
|
|
Mrs. Adams [thought] our choice wise.
|
verb
|
|
|
Mrs. Adams thought [our] choice wise.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Mrs. Adams thought our [choice] wise.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Mrs. Adams thought our choice [wise].
|
object complement: adjective
|
|
|
The [long] vacation left the Walters rested and rejuvenated.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The long [vacation] left the Walters rested and rejuvenated.
|
subject
|
|
|
The long vacation [left] the Walters rested and rejuvenated.
|
verb
|
|
|
The long vacation left the [Walters] rested and rejuvenated.
|
direct object
|
|
|
The long vacation left the Walters [rested] and rejuvenated.
|
object complement: adjective
|
|
|
The long vacation left the Walters rested [and] rejuvenated.
|
conjunction
|
|
|
The long vacation left the Walters rested and [rejuvenated.
|
object complement: adjective
|
|
|
The [class] elected Donny student representative.
|
subject
|
|
|
The class [elected] Donny student representative.
|
verb
|
|
|
The class elected [Donny] student representative.
|
direct object
|
|
|
The class elected Donny [student] representative.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The class elected Donny student [representative].
|
object complement: noun
|
|
|
[She] made the birthday cake delicious.
|
subject
|
|
|
She [made] the birthday cake delicious.
|
verb
|
|
|
She made the [birthday] cake delicious.
|
adjective
|
|
|
She made the birthday [cake] delicious.
|
direct object
|
|
|
She made the birthday cake [delicious].
|
object complement: adjective
|
|
|
The [conscientious] jury found the defendant not guilty.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The conscientious [jury] found the defendant not guilty.
|
subject
|
|
|
The conscientious jury [found] the defendant not guilty.
|
verb
|
|
|
The conscientious jury found the [defendant] not guilty.
|
direct object
|
|
|
The conscientious jury found the defendant [not] guilty.
|
adverb
|
|
|
The conscientious jury found the defendant not [guilty].
|
object complement: adjective
|
|
|
The [contractors] made the panic room impenetrable.
|
subject
|
|
|
The contractors [made] the panic room impenetrable.
|
verb
|
|
|
The contractors made the [panic] room impenetrable.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The contractors made the panic [room] impenetrable.
|
direct object
|
|
|
The contractors made the panic room [impenetrable].
|
object complement: adjective
|
|
|
The [governor] will appoint Elizabeth the senator's successor.
|
subject
|
|
|
The governor [will] appoint Elizabeth the senator's successor.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
The governor will [appoint] Elizabeth the senator's successor.
|
verb
|
|
|
The governor will appoint [Elizabeth] the senator's successor.
|
direct object
|
|
|
The governor will appoint Elizabeth the [senator's] successor.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The governor will appoint Elizabeth the senator's [successor].
|
object complement: noun
|
|
|
[My] sister and I have always considered our parent's rules strict but fair.
|
adjective
|
|
|
My [sister] and I have always considered our parent's rules strict but fair.
|
subject
|
|
|
My sister [and] I have always considered our parent's rules strict but fair.
|
conjunction
|
|
|
My sister and [I] have always considered our parent's rules strict but fair.
|
subject
|
|
|
My sister and I [have] always considered our parent's rules strict but fair.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
My sister and I have [always] considered our parent's rules strict but fair.
|
adverb
|
|
|
My sister and I have always [considered] our parent's rules strict but fair.
|
verb
|
|
|
My sister and I have always considered [our] parent's rules strict but fair.
|
adjective
|
|
|
My sister and I have always considered our [parent's] rules strict but fair.
|
adjective
|
|
|
My sister and I have always considered our parent's [rules] strict but fair.
|
direct object
|
|
|
My sister and I have always considered our parent's rules [strict] but fair.
|
object complement: adjective
|
|
|
My sister and I have always considered our parent's rules strict [but] fair.
|
conjunction
|
|
|
My sister and I have always considered our parent's rules strict but [fair].
|
object complement: adjective
|
|
|
[We] declared him the winner.
|
subject
|
|
|
We [declared] him the winner.
|
verb
|
|
|
We declared [him] the winner.
|
direct object
|
|
|
We declared him the [winner].
|
object complement: noun
|
|
|
The [sunset] turned the sky a beautiful russet color.
|
subject
|
|
|
The sunset [turned] the sky a beautiful russet color.
|
verb
|
|
|
The sunset turned the [sky] a beautiful russet color.
|
direct
|
|
|
The sunset turned the sky a [beautiful] russet color.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The sunset turned the sky a beautiful [russet] color.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The sunset turned the sky a beautiful russet [color].
|
object complement: noun
|
|
|
The [referee] called the game a draw.
|
subject
|
|
|
The referee [called] the game a draw.
|
verb
|
|
|
The referee called the [game] a draw.
|
direct object
|
|
|
The referee called the game a [draw].
|
object complement: noun
|
|
|
[Juan] named her his greatest influence.
|
subject
|
|
|
Juan [named] her his greatest influence.
|
verb
|
|
|
Juan named [her] his greatest influence.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Juan named her [his] greatest influence.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Juan named her his [greatest] influence.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Juan named her his greatest [influence].
|
object complement: noun
|
|
|
[Ms. Magus] considered Roscoe a literary genius.
|
subject
|
|
|
Ms. Magus [considered] Roscoe a literary genius.
|
verb
|
|
|
Ms. Magus considered [Roscoe] a literary genius.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Ms. Magus considered Roscoe a [literary] genius.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Ms. Magus considered Roscoe a literary [genius].
|
object complement: noun
|
|
|
[He] made his concerns public.
|
subject
|
|
|
He [made] his concerns public.
|
verb
|
|
|
He made [his] concerns public.
|
adjective
|
|
|
He made his [concerns] public.
|
direct object
|
|
|
He made his concerns [public].
|
object complement: adjective
|
|
|
[We] shivered in the cold night air.
|
subject
|
|
|
We [shivered] in the cold night air.
|
verb
|
|
|
We shivered [in the cold night air].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
The [book] about terrorism sold well in the wake of the attacks.
|
subject
|
|
|
The book [about terrorism] sold well in the wake of the attacks.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
The book about terrorism [sold] well in the wake of the attacks.
|
verb
|
|
|
The book about terrorism sold [well] in the wake of the attacks.
|
adverb
|
|
|
The book about terrorism sold well [in the wake] of the attacks.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
The book about terrorism sold well in the wake [of the attacks].
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
[Beside the river], I dozed in the shade.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Beside the river, [I] dozed in the shade.
|
subject
|
|
|
Beside the river, I [dozed] in the shade.
|
verb
|
|
|
Beside the river, I dozed [in the shade].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[She] called from inside the closet.
|
subject
|
|
|
She [called] from inside the closet.
|
verb
|
|
|
She called [from inside the closet].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
She called from [inside the closet].
|
prepositional phrase: object of the preposition
|
|
|
The [house] near the sinkhole collapsed.
|
subject
|
|
|
The house [near the sinkhole] collapsed.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
The house near the sinkhole [collapsed].
|
verb
|
|
|
[She] walked into the stadium to the sound of applause.
|
subject
|
|
|
She [walked] into the stadium to the sound of applause.
|
verb
|
|
|
She walked [into the stadium] to the sound of applause.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
She walked into the stadium [to the sound] of applause.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
She walked into the stadium to the sound [of applause].
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
[Before the movie], they ate at my favorite restaurant in Tucson.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Before the movie, [they] ate at my favorite restaurant in Tucson.
|
subject
|
|
|
Before the movie, they [ate] at my favorite restaurant in Tucson.
|
verb
|
|
|
Before the movie, they ate [at my favorite restaurant] in Tucson.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Before the movie, they ate at my favorite restaurant [in Tucson].
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
[During the game], the fans cheered and wept.
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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During the game, the [fans] cheered and wept.
|
subject
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During the game, the fans [cheered] and wept.
|
verb
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During the game, the fans cheered [and] wept.
|
conjunction
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During the game, the fans cheered and [wept].
|
verb
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The [boy] in the green shirt laughed and laughed.
|
subject
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The boy [in the green shirt] laughed and laughed.
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prepositional phrase: adjective
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The boy in the green shirt [laughed] and [laughed].
|
verb
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The boy in the green shirt laughed [and] laughed.
|
conjunction
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The boy in the green shirt laughed and [laughed].
|
verb
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The [light] above the table flickered throughout dinner.
|
subject
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The light [above the table] flickered throughout dinner.
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prepositional phrase: adjective
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The light above the table [flickered] throughout dinner.
|
verb
|
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The light above the table flickered [throughout dinner].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
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[Your] amendment for a new oversight committee will probably survive.
|
adjective
|
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Your [amendment] for a new oversight committee will probably survive.
|
subject
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Your amendment [for a new oversight committee] will probably survive.
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prepositional phrase: adjective
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Your amendment for a new oversight committee [will] probably survive.
|
helping verb
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Your amendment for a new oversight committee will [probably] survive.
|
adverb
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Your amendment for a new oversight committee will probably [survive].
|
verb
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The [taxi] waited until midnight.
|
subject
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The taxi [waited] until midnight.
|
verb
|
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The taxi waited [until midnight].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
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The [nurses] from the hospital met with the doctors from the new group.
|
subject
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The nurses [from the hospital] met with the doctors from the new group.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
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The nurses from the hospital [met] with the doctors from the new group.
|
verb
|
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|
The nurses from the hospital met [with the doctors] from the new group.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
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The nurses from the hospital met with the doctors [from the new group].
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
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[He] succeeded against the odds.
|
subject
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He [succeeded] against the odds.
|
verb
|
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He succeeded [against the odds].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
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[Without an owner], the dog wandered alone through the sleeping city.
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prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Without an owner, the [dog] wandered alone through the sleeping city.
|
subject
|
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Without an owner, the dog [wandered] alone through the sleeping city.
|
verb
|
|
|
Without an owner, the dog wandered [alone] through the sleeping city.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Without an owner, the dog wandered alone [through the sleeping city].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
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[During dinner], Eddie bought tickets for the movie from his cell phone.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
During dinner, [Eddie] bought tickets for the movie from his cell phone.
|
subject
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|
During dinner, Eddie [bought] tickets for the movie from his cell phone.
|
verb
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|
During dinner, Eddie bought [tickets] for the movie from his cell phone.
|
direct object
|
|
|
During dinner, Eddie bought tickets [for the movie] from his cell phone.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
During dinner, Eddie bought tickets for the movie [from his cell phone].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
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|
[In the backyard], we could hear the birds in the trees and bushes.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
In the backyard, [we] could hear the birds in the trees and bushes.
|
subject
|
|
|
In the backyard, we [could] hear the birds in the trees and bushes.
|
helping verb
|
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|
In the backyard, we could [hear] the birds in the trees and bushes.
|
verb
|
|
|
In the backyard, we could hear the [birds] in the trees and bushes.
|
direct object
|
|
|
In the backyard, we could hear the birds [in the trees and bushes].
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
[Without any money], she could not buy the dangly earrings with gold stars from the store.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Without any money, [she] could not buy the dangly earrings with gold stars from the store.
|
subject
|
|
|
Without any money, she [could] not buy the dangly earrings with gold stars from the store.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
Without any money, she could [not] buy the dangly earrings with gold stars from the store.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Without any money, she could not [buy] the dangly earrings with gold stars from the store.
|
verb
|
|
|
Without any money, she could not buy the [dangly] earrings with gold stars from the store.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Without any money, she could not buy the dangly [earrings] with gold stars from the store.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Without any money, she could not buy the dangly earrings [with gold stars] from the store.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
Without any money, she could not buy the dangly earrings with gold stars [from the store].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
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|
[Pick] a number between one and ten.
|
verb
|
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|
Pick a [number] between one and ten.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Pick a number [between one and ten].
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
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[She] has collected a number of trading cards since the convention.
|
subject
|
|
|
She [has] collected a number of trading cards since the convention.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
She has [collected] a number of trading cards since the convention.
|
verb
|
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|
She has collected a [number] of trading cards since the convention.
|
direct object
|
|
|
She has collected a number [of trading cards] since the convention.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
She has collected a number of trading cards [since the convention].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
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|
[By tomorrow afternoon] I will have completed all of my homework except my English essays.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
By tomorrow afternoon [I] will have completed all of my homework except my English essays.
|
subject
|
|
|
By tomorrow afternoon I [will] have completed all of my homework except my English essays.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
By tomorrow afternoon I will [have] completed all of my homework except my English essays.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
By tomorrow afternoon I will have [completed] all of my homework except my English essays.
|
verb
|
|
|
By tomorrow afternoon I will have completed [all] of my homework except my English essays.
|
direct object
|
|
|
By tomorrow afternoon I will have completed all [of my homework] except my English essays.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
By tomorrow afternoon I will have completed all of my homework [except my English essays].
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
[In spite of improving economic conditions], we must keep our expenses below last year's levels.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
In spite of improving economic conditions, [we] must keep our expenses below last year's levels.
|
subject
|
|
|
In spite of improving economic conditions, we [must] keep our expenses below last year's levels.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
In spite of improving economic conditions, we must [keep] our expenses below last year's levels.
|
verb
|
|
|
In spite of improving economic conditions, we must keep [our] expenses below last year's levels.
|
adjective
|
|
|
In spite of improving economic conditions, we must keep our [expenses] below last year's levels.
|
direct object
|
|
|
In spite of improving economic conditions, we must keep our expenses [below last year's levels].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[He] wept buckets during the final scene of Toy Story 3.
|
subject
|
|
|
He [wept] buckets during the final scene of Toy Story 3.
|
verb
|
|
|
He wept [buckets] during the final scene of Toy Story 3.
|
direct object
|
|
|
He wept buckets [during the final scene] of Toy Story 3.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
He wept buckets during the final scene [of Toy Story 3].
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
[Maxine] bought a Kit Kat from the vending machine.
|
subject
|
|
|
Maxine [bought] a Kit Kat from the vending machine.
|
verb
|
|
|
Maxine bought a [Kit Kat] from the vending machine.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Maxine bought a Kit Kat [from the vending machine].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
The [mediocre] student took notes in Western Civ. and naps in Algebra.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The mediocre [student] took notes in Western Civ. and naps in Algebra.
|
subject
|
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|
The mediocre student [took] notes in Western Civ. and naps in Algebra.
|
verb
|
|
|
The mediocre student took [notes] in Western Civ. and naps in Algebra.
|
direct object
|
|
|
The mediocre student took notes [in Western Civ.] and naps in Algebra.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
The mediocre student took notes in Western Civ. [and] naps in Algebra.
|
conjunction
|
|
|
The mediocre student took notes in Western Civ. and [naps] in Algebra.
|
direct object
|
|
|
The mediocre student took notes in Western Civ. and naps [in Algebra].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[I] believed her until today.
|
subject
|
|
|
I [believed] her until today.
|
verb
|
|
|
I believed [her] until today.
|
direct object
|
|
|
I believed her [until today].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[He] buried his bones in the vegetable garden and in the sandbox and under the tree.
|
subject
|
|
|
He [buried] his bones in the vegetable garden and in the sandbox and under the tree.
|
verb
|
|
|
He buried [his] bones in the vegetable garden and in the sandbox and under the tree.
|
adjective
|
|
|
He buried his [bones] in the vegetable garden and in the sandbox and under the tree.
|
direct object
|
|
|
He buried his bones [in the vegetable garden] and in the sandbox and under the tree.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
He buried his bones in the vegetable garden [and] in the sandbox and under the tree.
|
conjunction
|
|
|
He buried his bones in the vegetable garden and [in the sandbox] and under the tree.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
He buried his bones in the vegetable garden and in the sandbox [and] under the tree.
|
conjunction
|
|
|
He buried his bones in the vegetable garden and in the sandbox and [under the tree].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
The [cat] will scratch the sofa without a break.
|
subject
|
|
|
The cat [will] scratch the sofa without a break.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
The cat will [scratch] the sofa without a break.
|
verb
|
|
|
The cat will scratch the [sofa] without a break.
|
direct object
|
|
|
The cat will scratch the sofa [without a break].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[Throughout the lecture], the successful student took notes on the subject and wrote questions about its implications.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Throughout the lecture, the [successful] student took notes on the subject and wrote questions about its implications.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Throughout the lecture, the successful [student] took notes on the subject and wrote questions about its implications.
|
subject
|
|
|
Throughout the lecture, the successful student [took] notes on the subject and wrote questions about its implications.
|
verb
|
|
|
Throughout the lecture, the successful student took [notes] on the subject and wrote questions about its implications.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Throughout the lecture, the successful student took notes [on the subject] and wrote questions about its implications.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
Throughout the lecture, the successful student took notes on the subject [and] wrote questions about its implications.
|
conjunctions
|
|
|
Throughout the lecture, the successful student took notes on the subject and [wrote] questions about its implications.
|
verb
|
|
|
Throughout the lecture, the successful student took notes on the subject and wrote [questions] about its implications.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Throughout the lecture, the successful student took notes on the subject and wrote questions [about its implications.]
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
The [attorney] paid a fine because of her minor but repeated transgressions.
|
subject
|
|
|
The attorney [paid] a fine because of her minor but repeated transgressions.
|
verb
|
|
|
The attorney paid a [fine] because of her minor but repeated transgressions.
|
direct object
|
|
|
The attorney paid a fine [because of her minor but repeated transgressions].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[For a fourth time], the teacher read each step of the directions loudly and clearly.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
For a fourth time, the [teacher] read each step of the directions loudly and clearly.
|
subject
|
|
|
For a fourth time, the teacher [read] each step of the directions loudly and clearly.
|
verb
|
|
|
For a fourth time, the teacher read [each] step of the directions loudly and clearly.
|
adjective
|
|
|
For a fourth time, the teacher read each [step] of the directions loudly and clearly.
|
direct object
|
|
|
For a fourth time, the teacher read each step [of the directions] loudly and clearly.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
For a fourth time, the teacher read each step of the directions [loudly] and clearly.
|
adverb
|
|
|
For a fourth time, the teacher read each step of the directions loudly [and] clearly.
|
conjunction
|
|
|
For a fourth time, the teacher read each step of the directions loudly and [clearly].
|
adverb
|
|
|
[For his mother's birthday], Warren baked her a pie with apple filling.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
For his mother's birthday, [Warren] baked her a pie with apple filling.
|
subject
|
|
|
For his mother's birthday, Warren [baked] her a pie with apple filling.
|
verb
|
|
|
For his mother's birthday, Warren baked [her] a pie with apple filling.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
For his mother's birthday, Warren baked her a [pie] with apple filling.
|
direct object
|
|
|
For his mother's birthday, Warren baked her a pie [with apple filling].
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
[Because of Victor's jaundice], the hospital gave us a special light for the nursery.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Because of Victor's jaundice, the [hospital] gave us a special light for the nursery.
|
subject
|
|
|
Because of Victor's jaundice, the hospital [gave] us a special light for the nursery.
|
verb
|
|
|
Because of Victor's jaundice, the hospital gave [us] a special light for the nursery.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
Because of Victor's jaundice, the hospital gave us a [special] light for the nursery.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Because of Victor's jaundice, the hospital gave us a special [light] for the nursery.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Because of Victor's jaundice, the hospital gave us a special light [for the nursery].
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
[Tara], in spite of her poor carpentry skills, built Gina a birdhouse during vacation.
|
subject
|
|
|
Tara, [in spite of her poor carpentry skills], built Gina a birdhouse during vacation.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Tara, in spite of her poor carpentry skills, [built] Gina a birdhouse during vacation.
|
verb
|
|
|
Tara, in spite of her poor carpentry skills, built [Gina] a birdhouse during vacation.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
Tara, in spite of her poor carpentry skills, built Gina a [birdhouse] during vacation.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Tara, in spite of her poor carpentry skills, built Gina a birdhouse [during vacation].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[Presumably], Jenna will sell you a used bike after the tour.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Presumably, [Jenna] will sell you a used bike after the tour.
|
subject
|
|
|
Presumably, Jenna [will] sell you a used bike after the tour.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
Presumably, Jenna will [sell] you a used bike after the tour.
|
verb
|
|
|
Presumably, Jenna will sell [you] a used bike after the tour.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
Presumably, Jenna will sell you a [used] bike after the tour.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Presumably, Jenna will sell you a used [bike] after the tour.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Presumably, Jenna will sell you a used bike [after the tour].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[Once] upon a time, Ally and Nikora baked us brownies without a formal request.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Once [upon a time], Ally and Nikora baked us brownies without a formal request.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Once upon a time, [Ally] and Nikora baked us brownies without a formal request.
|
subject
|
|
|
Once upon a time, Ally [and] Nikora baked us brownies without a formal request.
|
conjunction
|
|
|
Once upon a time, Ally and [Nikora] baked us brownies without a formal request.
|
subject
|
|
|
Once upon a time, Ally and Nikora [baked] us brownies without a formal request.
|
verb
|
|
|
Once upon a time, Ally and Nikora baked [us] brownies without a formal request.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
Once upon a time, Ally and Nikora baked us [brownies] without a formal request.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Once upon a time, Ally and Nikora baked us brownies [without a formal request].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[Until that day], you should leave your neighbors a parking spot on the street.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Until that day, [you] should leave your neighbors a parking spot on the street.
|
subject
|
|
|
Until that day, you [should] leave your neighbors a parking spot on the street.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
Until that day, you should [leave] your neighbors a parking spot on the street.
|
verb
|
|
|
Until that day, you should leave [your] neighbors a parking spot on the street.
|
adjectives
|
|
|
Until that day, you should leave your [neighbors] a parking spot on the street.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
Until that day, you should leave your neighbors a [parking] spot on the street.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Until that day, you should leave your neighbors a parking [spot] on the street.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Until that day, you should leave your neighbors a parking spot [on the street].
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
[Send] your sister a card on her birthday.
|
verb
|
|
|
Send [your] sister a card on her birthday.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Send your [sister] a card on her birthday.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
Send your sister a [card] on her birthday.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Send your sister a card [on her birthday].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[Outside our back door], near the orchard, we will build our children a fort.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Outside our back door, [near the orchard], we will build our children a fort.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Outside our back door, near the orchard, [we] will build our children a fort.
|
subject
|
|
|
Outside our back door, near the orchard, we [will] build our children a fort.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
Outside our back door, near the orchard, we will [build] our children a fort.
|
verb
|
|
|
Outside our back door, near the orchard, we will build [our] children a fort.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Outside our back door, near the orchard, we will build our [children] a fort.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
Outside our back door, near the orchard, we will build our children a [fort].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[According to Mitch], the woman in the dark sweater bought Cody lunch on account of his sad story.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
According to Mitch, the [woman] in the dark sweater bought Cody lunch on account of his sad story.
|
subject
|
|
|
According to Mitch, the woman [in the dark sweater] bought Cody lunch on account of his sad story.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
According to Mitch, the woman in the dark sweater [bought] Cody lunch on account of his sad story.
|
verb
|
|
|
According to Mitch, the woman in the dark sweater bought [Cody] lunch on account of his sad story.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
According to Mitch, the woman in the dark sweater bought Cody [lunch] on account of his sad story.
|
direct object
|
|
|
According to Mitch, the woman in the dark sweater bought Cody lunch [on account of his sad story].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[He] always cooks us dinner on Thanksgiving.
|
subject
|
|
|
He [always] cooks us dinner on Thanksgiving.
|
adverb
|
|
|
He always [cooks] us dinner on Thanksgiving.
|
verb
|
|
|
He always cooks [us] dinner on Thanksgiving.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
He always cooks us [dinner] on Thanksgiving.
|
direct object
|
|
|
He always cooks us dinner [on Thanksgiving].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[Kristen] knitted Liam a hat with red and blue stripes.
|
subject
|
|
|
Kristen [knitted] Liam a hat with red and blue stripes.
|
verb
|
|
|
Kristen knitted [Liam] a hat with red and blue stripes.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
Kristen knitted Liam a [hat] with red and blue stripes.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Kristen knitted Liam a hat [with red and blue stripes].
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
[After breakfast], we wrote all of our family members in the Marines letters.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
After breakfast, [we] wrote all of our family members in the Marines letters.
|
subject
|
|
|
After breakfast, we [wrote] all of our family members in the Marines letters.
|
verb
|
|
|
After breakfast, we wrote [all] of our family members in the Marines letters.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
After breakfast, we wrote all [of our family members] in the Marines letters.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
After breakfast, we wrote all of our family members [in the Marines] letters.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
After breakfast, we wrote all of our family members in the Marines [letters].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[Sophie] quickly earned her team twenty points with her correct answers.
|
subject
|
|
|
Sophie [quickly] earned her team twenty points with her correct answers.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Sophie quickly [earned] her team twenty points with her correct answers.
|
verb
|
|
|
Sophie quickly earned [her] team twenty points with her correct answers.
|
adjective
|
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Sophie quickly earned her [team] twenty points with her correct answers.
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indirect object
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Sophie quickly earned her team [twenty] points with her correct answers.
|
adjective
|
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Sophie quickly earned her team twenty [points] with her correct answers.
|
direct object
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Sophie quickly earned her team twenty points [with her correct answers].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
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[Any] common thief will steal you a chamber pot without hesitation.
|
adjective
|
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Any [common] thief will steal you a chamber pot without hesitation.
|
adjective
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Any common [thief] will steal you a chamber pot without hesitation.
|
subject
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Any common thief [will] steal you a chamber pot without hesitation.
|
helping verb
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Any common thief will [steal] you a chamber pot without hesitation.
|
verb
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Any common thief will steal [you] a chamber pot without hesitation.
|
indirect object
|
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Any common thief will steal you a [chamber pot] without hesitation.
|
direct object
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Any common thief will steal you a chamber pot [without hesitation].
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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The [actress] was beautiful during the show.
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subject
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The actress [was] beautiful during the show.
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linking verb
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The actress was [beautiful] during the show.
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predicate adjective
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The actress was beautiful [during the show].
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adverb
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[Elliot] is brilliant according to his mother.
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subject
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Elliot [is] brilliant according to his mother.
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linking verb
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Elliot is [brilliant] according to his mother.
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predicate adjective
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Elliot is brilliant [according to his mother].
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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The [salesperson] in the blue suit, near the door is awfully talkative.
|
subject
|
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The salesperson [in the blue suit], near the door is awfully talkative.
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prepositional phrase: adjective
|
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|
The salesperson in the blue suit, [near the door] is awfully talkative.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
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|
The salesperson in the blue suit, near the door [is] awfully talkative.
|
linking verb
|
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|
The salesperson in the blue suit, near the door is [awfully] talkative.
|
adverb
|
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|
The salesperson in the blue suit, near the door is awfully [talkative].
|
predicate adjective
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[Between Irvington and Escalante], Houghton is steep.
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prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Between Irvington and Escalante, [Houghton] is steep.
|
subject
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|
Between Irvington and Escalante, Houghton [is] steep.
|
linking verb
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|
Between Irvington and Escalante, Houghton is [steep].
|
predicate adjective
|
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|
[In spite of numerous setbacks], the surprise party for our parents will be perfect.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
In spite of numerous setbacks, the [surprise] party for our parents will be perfect.
|
adjective
|
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|
In spite of numerous setbacks, the surprise [party] for our parents will be perfect.
|
subject
|
|
|
In spite of numerous setbacks, the surprise party [for our parents] will be perfect.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
In spite of numerous setbacks, the surprise party for our parents [will] be perfect.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
In spite of numerous setbacks, the surprise party for our parents will [be] perfect.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
In spite of numerous setbacks, the surprise party for our parents will be [perfect].
|
predicate adjective
|
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|
[Everyone] looks ready except Ginny.
|
subject
|
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|
Everyone [looks] ready except Ginny.
|
linking verb
|
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|
Everyone looks [ready] except Ginny.
|
predicate adjective
|
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|
Everyone looks ready [except Ginny].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
The [team] felt bad about the outcome of the game.
|
subject
|
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|
The team [felt] bad about the outcome of the game.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
The team felt [bad] about the outcome of the game.
|
predicate adjective
|
|
|
The team felt bad [about the outcome] of the game.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
The team felt bad about the outcome [of the game].
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
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|
[Before lunch] is the best time for me.
|
prepositional phrase: subject
|
|
|
Before lunch [is] the best time for me.
|
linking verb
|
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|
Before lunch is the [best] time for me.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Before lunch is the best [time] for me.
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
Before lunch is the best time [for me].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
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|
[You] can become a Dranei warrior after dinner.
|
subject
|
|
|
You [can] become a Dranei warrior after dinner.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
You can [become] a Dranei warrior after dinner.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
You can become a [Dranei] warrior after dinner.
|
adjective
|
|
|
You can become a Dranei [warrior] after dinner.
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
You can become a Dranei warrior [after dinner].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[Practicing] was a problem during my vacation.
|
subject
|
|
|
Practicing [was] a problem during my vacation.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
Practicing was a [problem] during my vacation.
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
Practicing was a problem [during my vacation].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[Murphy's] partner in his latest business venture is Misty.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Murphy's [partner] in his latest business venture is Misty.
|
subject
|
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|
Murphy's partner [in his latest business venture] is Misty.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
Murphy's partner in his latest business venture [is] Misty.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
Murphy's partner in his latest business venture is [Misty].
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
[In regard to your question], our answer remains no.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
In regard to your question, [our] answer remains no.
|
adjective
|
|
|
In regard to your question, our [answer] remains no.
|
subject
|
|
|
In regard to your question, our answer [remains] no.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
In regard to your question, our answer remains [no].
|
predicate noun
|
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|
[Through the first three years] of college, she had been a lab technician with her best friend.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Through the first three years [of college], she had been a lab technician with her best friend.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
Through the first three years of college, [she] had been a lab technician with her best friend.
|
subject
|
|
|
Through the first three years of college, she [had] been a lab technician with her best friend.
|
helping verb
|
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|
Through the first three years of college, she had [been] a lab technician with her best friend.
|
linking verb
|
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|
Through the first three years of college, she had been a [lab] technician with her best friend.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Through the first three years of college, she had been a lab [technician] with her best friend.
|
predicate noun
|
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|
Through the first three years of college, she had been a lab technician [with her best friend].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
The [hint] from the crossword puzzle in the paper was our only clue until now.
|
subject
|
|
|
The hint [from the crossword puzzle] in the paper was our only clue until now.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
The hint from the crossword puzzle [in the paper] was our only clue until now.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
The hint from the crossword puzzle in the paper [was] our only clue until now.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
The hint from the crossword puzzle in the paper was [our] only clue until now.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The hint from the crossword puzzle in the paper was our [only] clue until now.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The hint from the crossword puzzle in the paper was our only [clue] until now.
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
The hint from the crossword puzzle in the paper was our only clue [until now].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[In regard to your question], Markie always cuts his hair too short in the front.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
In regard to your question, [Markie] always cuts his hair too short in the front.
|
subject
|
|
|
In regard to your question, Markie [always] cuts his hair too short in the front.
|
adverb
|
|
|
In regard to your question, Markie always [cuts] his hair too short in the front.
|
verb
|
|
|
In regard to your question, Markie always cuts [his] hair too short in the front.
|
adjective
|
|
|
In regard to your question, Markie always cuts his [hair] too short in the front.
|
direct object
|
|
|
In regard to your question, Markie always cuts his hair [too] short in the front.
|
adverb
|
|
|
In regard to your question, Markie always cuts his hair too [short] in the front.
|
object complement
|
|
|
In regard to your question, Markie always cuts his hair too short [in the front].
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
[For his epic win] in the warlock battle, Valerie made Eric a level three warrior.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
For his epic win [in the warlock battle], Valerie made Eric a level three warrior.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
For his epic win in the warlock battle, [Valerie] made Eric a level three warrior.
|
subject
|
|
|
For his epic win in the warlock battle, Valerie [made] Eric a level three warrior.
|
verb
|
|
|
For his epic win in the warlock battle, Valerie made [Eric] a level three warrior.
|
direct object
|
|
|
For his epic win in the warlock battle, Valerie made Eric a [level three] warrior.
|
adjective
|
|
|
For his epic win in the warlock battle, Valerie made Eric a level three [warrior].
|
object complement
|
|
|
[Despite the threat] of rain, Samira colored her hair red with that cheap dye.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Despite the threat [of rain], Samira colored her hair red with that cheap dye.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
Despite the threat of rain, [Samira] colored her hair red with that cheap dye.
|
subject
|
|
|
Despite the threat of rain, Samira [colored] her hair red with that cheap dye.
|
verb
|
|
|
Despite the threat of rain, Samira colored [her] hair red with that cheap dye.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Despite the threat of rain, Samira colored her [hair] red with that cheap dye.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Despite the threat of rain, Samira colored her hair [red] with that cheap dye.
|
object complement
|
|
|
Despite the threat of rain, Samira colored her hair red [with that cheap dye].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[We] must consider the matter in question closed.
|
subject
|
|
|
We [must] consider the matter in question closed.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
We must [consider] the matter in question closed.
|
verb
|
|
|
We must consider the [matter] in question closed.
|
direct object
|
|
|
We must consider the matter [in question] closed.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
We must consider the matter in question [closed].
|
object complement
|
|
|
[After much consideration], the board appointed Jess head of the snack committee.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
After much consideration, the [board] appointed Jess head of the snack committee.
|
subject
|
|
|
After much consideration, the board [appointed] Jess head of the snack committee.
|
verb
|
|
|
After much consideration, the board appointed [Jess] head of the snack committee.
|
direct object
|
|
|
After much consideration, the board appointed Jess [head] of the snack committee.
|
object complement
|
|
|
After much consideration, the board appointed Jess head [of the snack committee].
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
[Throughout the trial], the jury considered John guilty.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Throughout the trial, the [jury] considered John guilty.
|
subject
|
|
|
Throughout the trial, the jury [considered] John guilty.
|
verb
|
|
|
Throughout the trial, the jury considered [John] guilty.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Throughout the trial, the jury considered John [guilty].
|
object complement
|
|
|
[Most] children of parents in the military think their fathers and mothers brave and courageous.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Most [children] of parents in the military think their fathers and mothers brave and courageous.
|
subject
|
|
|
Most children [of parents] in the military think their fathers and mothers brave and courageous.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
Most children of parents [in the military] think their fathers and mothers brave and courageous.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
Most children of parents in the military [think] their fathers and mothers brave and courageous.
|
verb
|
|
|
Most children of parents in the military think [their] fathers and mothers brave and courageous.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Most children of parents in the military think their [fathers] and mothers brave and courageous.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Most children of parents in the military think their fathers [and] mothers brave and courageous.
|
conjunction
|
|
|
Most children of parents in the military think their fathers and [mothers] brave and courageous.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Most children of parents in the military think their fathers and mothers [brave] and courageous.
|
object complement
|
|
|
Most children of parents in the military think their fathers and mothers brave [and] courageous.
|
conjunction
|
|
|
Most children of parents in the military think their fathers and mothers brave and [courageous].
|
object complement
|
|
|
[Without evidence] he should not have called me a liar.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Without evidence [he] should not have called me a liar.
|
subject
|
|
|
Without evidence he [should] not have called me a liar.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
Without evidence he should [not] have called me a liar.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Without evidence he should not [have] called me a liar.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
Without evidence he should not have [called] me a liar.
|
verb
|
|
|
Without evidence he should not have called [me] a liar.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Without evidence he should not have called me a [liar].
|
object complement
|
|
|
[Beneath a shroud] of secrecy, the group made Linda their new leader.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Beneath a shroud [of secrecy], the group made Linda their new leader.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
Beneath a shroud of secrecy, the [group] made Linda their new leader.
|
subject
|
|
|
Beneath a shroud of secrecy, the group [made] Linda their new leader.
|
verb
|
|
|
Beneath a shroud of secrecy, the group made [Linda] their new leader.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Beneath a shroud of secrecy, the group made Linda [their] new leader.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Beneath a shroud of secrecy, the group made Linda their [new] leader.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Beneath a shroud of secrecy, the group made Linda their new [leader].
|
object complement
|
|
|
[Studying grammar] rocks!
|
gerund phrase: subject
|
|
|
Studying grammar [rocks]!
|
verb
|
|
|
[To find a date], Zach logged on to the internet.
|
infinitive phrase: adverb
|
|
|
To find a date, [Zach] logged on to the internet.
|
subject
|
|
|
To find a date, Zach [logged] on to the internet.
|
verb
|
|
|
To find a date, Zach logged [on] to the internet.
|
adverb
|
|
|
To find a date, Zach logged on [to the internet].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[Telling a joke], Micah laughed uncontrollably.
|
participial phrase: adjective
|
|
|
Telling a joke, [Micah] laughed uncontrollably.
|
subject
|
|
|
Telling a joke, Micah [laughed] uncontrollably.
|
verb
|
|
|
Telling a joke, Micah laughed [uncontrollably].
|
adverb
|
|
|
[Sinking shot] after shot, Ryan howled to express his awesomeness.
|
participial phrase: adjective
|
|
|
Sinking shot [after shot], Ryan howled to express his awesomeness.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
Sinking shot after shot, [Ryan] howled to express his awesomeness.
|
subject
|
|
|
Sinking shot after shot, Ryan [howled] to express his awesomeness.
|
verb
|
|
|
Sinking shot after shot, Ryan howled [to express his awesomeness].
|
infinitive phrase: adverb
|
|
|
The [lawyer] reviewing our case fled to Europe with most of our money.
|
subject
|
|
|
The lawyer [reviewing our case] fled to Europe with most of our money.
|
participial phrase: adjective
|
|
|
The lawyer reviewing our case [fled] to Europe with most of our money.
|
verb
|
|
|
The lawyer reviewing our case fled [to Europe] with most of our money.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
The lawyer reviewing our case fled to Europe [with most] of our money.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
The lawyer reviewing our case fled to Europe with most [of our money].
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
The [teacher] laughed after hearing the student's concise explanation.
|
subject
|
|
|
The teacher [laughed] after hearing the student's concise explanation.
|
verb
|
|
|
The teacher laughed [after hearing the student's concise explanation].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
The teacher laughed after [hearing the student's concise explanation].
|
gerund phrase: object of the preposition
|
|
|
[We] laughed to hear such wild stories from our children.
|
subject
|
|
|
We [laughed] to hear such wild stories from our children.
|
verb
|
|
|
We laughed [to hear such wild stories] from our children.
|
infinitive phrase: adverb
|
|
|
We laughed to hear such wild stories [from our children].
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
The [weaver] making your fabric has worked more quickly since hearing your heartfelt story.
|
subject
|
|
|
The weaver [making your fabric] has worked more quickly since hearing your heartfelt story.
|
participial phrase: adjective
|
|
|
The weaver making your fabric [has] worked more quickly since hearing your heartfelt story.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
The weaver making your fabric has [worked] more quickly since hearing your heartfelt story.
|
verb
|
|
|
The weaver making your fabric has worked [more] quickly since hearing your heartfelt story.
|
adverb
|
|
|
The weaver making your fabric has worked more [quickly] since hearing your heartfelt story.
|
adverb
|
|
|
The weaver making your fabric has worked more quickly [since hearing your heartfelt story].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
The weaver making your fabric has worked more quickly since [hearing your heartfelt story].
|
gerund phrase: object of the preposition
|
|
|
[To fail a math test] stinks.
|
infinitive phrase: subject
|
|
|
To fail a math test [stinks].
|
verb
|
|
|
[Miriam] toiled without a break to complete the presentation on time.
|
subject
|
|
|
Miriam [toiled] without a break to complete the presentation on time.
|
toiled
|
|
|
Miriam toiled [without a break] to complete the presentation on time.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Miriam toiled without a break [to complete the presentation] on time.
|
infinitive phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Miriam toiled without a break to complete the presentation [on time].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
The [game] being played on the third court ended without a resolution.
|
subject
|
|
|
The game [being played on the third court] ended without a resolution.
|
participial phrase: adjective
|
|
|
The game being played on the third court [ended] without a resolution.
|
verb
|
|
|
The game being played on the third court ended [without a resolution].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
The [debate] to solve our energy issues continued throughout the conference.
|
subject
|
|
|
The debate [to solve our energy issues] continued throughout the conference.
|
infinitive phrase: adjective
|
|
|
The debate to solve our energy issues [continued] throughout the conference.
|
verb
|
|
|
The debate to solve our energy issues continued [throughout the conference].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[Unfortunately], his ride to all the ghost bikes on the southeast side did not succeed.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Unfortunately, [his] ride to all the ghost bikes on the southeast side did not succeed.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Unfortunately, his [ride] to all the ghost bikes on the southeast side did not succeed.
|
subject
|
|
|
Unfortunately, his ride [to all the ghost bikes] on the southeast side did not succeed.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
Unfortunately, his ride to all the ghost bikes [on the southeast side] did not succeed.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
Unfortunately, his ride to all the ghost bikes on the southeast side [did] not succeed.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
Unfortunately, his ride to all the ghost bikes on the southeast side did [not] succeed.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Unfortunately, his ride to all the ghost bikes on the southeast side did not [succeed].
|
verb
|
|
|
[Finally telling his mother the truth], Roman wept like a small child.
|
participial phrase: adjective
|
|
|
Finally telling his mother the truth, [Roman] wept like a small child.
|
subject
|
|
|
Finally telling his mother the truth, Roman [wept] like a small child.
|
verb
|
|
|
Finally telling his mother the truth, Roman wept [like a small child].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[To fulfill the prophecy], you should run away.
|
infinitive phrase: adverb
|
|
|
To fulfill the prophecy, [you] should run away.
|
subject
|
|
|
To fulfill the prophecy, you [should] run away.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
To fulfill the prophecy, you should [run] away.
|
verb
|
|
|
To fulfill the prophecy, you should run [away].
|
adverb
|
|
|
[Hurt by Dustin's comments], I left quietly.
|
participial phrase: adjective
|
|
|
Hurt [by Dustin's comments], I left quietly.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Hurt by Dustin's comments, [I] left quietly.
|
subject
|
|
|
Hurt by Dustin's comments, I [left] quietly.
|
verb
|
|
|
Hurt by Dustin's comments, I left [quietly].
|
adverb
|
|
|
[Lance] jogged to relieve his stress.
|
subject
|
|
|
Lance [jogged] to relieve his stress.
|
verb
|
|
|
Lance jogged [to relieve his stress].
|
infinitive phrase: adverb
|
|
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[Tearing my ACL] hurt.
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gerund phrase: subject
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Tearing my ACL [hurt].
|
verb
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[He] enjoys making his family brownies.
|
subject
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He [enjoys] making his family brownies.
|
verb
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He enjoys [making his family brownies].
|
gerund phrase: direct object
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[To solve a Rubik's Cube] challenges one's wits.
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infinitive phrase: direct object
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To solve a Rubik's Cube [challenges] one's wits.
|
verb
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To solve a Rubik's Cube challenges [one's] wits.
|
adjective
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To solve a Rubik's Cube challenges one's [wits].
|
direct object
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[Before the game] he decided to take a short nap.
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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Before the game [he] decided to take a short nap.
|
subject
|
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Before the game he [decided] to take a short nap.
|
verb
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Before the game he decided [to take a short nap].
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infinitive phrase: direct object
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[Having never been recognized] in the past, Silvia took a seat and considered her luck.
|
participial phrase: adjective
|
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Having never been recognized [in the past], Silvia took a seat and considered her luck.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
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|
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Having never been recognized in the past, [Silvia] took a seat and considered her luck.
|
subject
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Having never been recognized in the past, Silvia [took] a seat and considered her luck.
|
verb
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Having never been recognized in the past, Silvia took a [seat] and considered her luck.
|
direct object
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Having never been recognized in the past, Silvia took a seat [and] considered her luck.
|
conjunction
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Having never been recognized in the past, Silvia took a seat and [considered] her luck.
|
verb
|
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|
Having never been recognized in the past, Silvia took a seat and considered [her] luck.
|
adjective
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|
Having never been recognized in the past, Silvia took a seat and considered her [luck].
|
direct object
|
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|
[After spotting the car], we took our time.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
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After [spotting the car], we took our time.
|
gerund phrase: object of the preposition
|
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After spotting the car, [we] took our time.
|
subject
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After spotting the car, we [took] our time.
|
verb
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After spotting the car, we took [our] time.
|
adjective
|
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|
After spotting the car, we took our [time].
|
direct object
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[Having been an engineer in the army], Roberto knew a great deal about dams.
|
participial phrase: adjective
|
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|
Having been an engineer [in the army], Roberto knew a great deal about dams.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
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|
|
Having been an engineer in the army, [Roberto] knew a great deal about dams.
|
subject
|
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|
Having been an engineer in the army, Roberto [knew] a great deal about dams.
|
verb
|
|
|
Having been an engineer in the army, Roberto knew a [great] deal about dams.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Having been an engineer in the army, Roberto knew a great [deal] about dams.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Having been an engineer in the army, Roberto knew a great deal [about dams].
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
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|
|
[She] managed driving the car and texting her friend at the same time poorly.
|
subject
|
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|
She [managed] driving the car and texting her friend at the same time poorly.
|
verb
|
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She managed [driving the car] and texting her friend at the same time poorly.
|
gerund phrase: direct object
|
|
|
She managed driving the car [and] texting her friend at the same time poorly.
|
conjunction
|
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|
She managed driving the car and [texting her friend] at the same time poorly.
|
gerund phrase: direct object
|
|
|
She managed driving the car and texting her friend [at the same time] poorly.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
She managed driving the car and texting her friend at the same time [poorly].
|
adverb
|
|
|
[To have taken possession] of the ring, Terry must have murdered her oldest friend.
|
infinite phrase: adverb
|
|
|
To have taken possession [of the ring], Terry must have murdered her oldest friend.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
To have taken possession of the ring, [Terry] must have murdered her oldest friend.
|
subject
|
|
|
To have taken possession of the ring, Terry [must] have murdered her oldest friend.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
To have taken possession of the ring, Terry must [have] murdered her oldest friend.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
To have taken possession of the ring, Terry must have [murdered] her oldest friend.
|
verb
|
|
|
To have taken possession of the ring, Terry must have murdered [her] oldest friend.
|
adjective
|
|
|
To have taken possession of the ring, Terry must have murdered her [oldest] friend.
|
adjective
|
|
|
To have taken possession of the ring, Terry must have murdered her oldest [friend].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[Having studied the material] prepared him for the test.
|
gerund phrase: subject
|
|
|
Having studied the material [prepared] him for the test.
|
verb
|
|
|
Having studied the material prepared [him] for the test.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Having studied the material prepared him [for the test].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[Needing money], Delora posted several items on eBay.
|
participial phrase: adjective
|
|
|
Needing money, [Delora] posted several items on eBay.
|
subject
|
|
|
Needing money, Delora [posted] several items on eBay.
|
verb
|
|
|
Needing money, Delora posted [several] items on eBay.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Needing money, Delora posted several [items] on eBay.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Needing money, Delora posted several items [on eBay].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[Encouraged by his previous successes], Paul eagerly signed the book contract.
|
participial phrase: adjective
|
|
|
Encouraged by his previous successes, [Paul] eagerly signed the book contract.
|
subject
|
|
|
Encouraged by his previous successes, Paul [eagerly] signed the book contract.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Encouraged by his previous successes, Paul eagerly [signed] the book contract.
|
verb
|
|
|
Encouraged by his previous successes, Paul eagerly signed the [book] contract.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Encouraged by his previous successes, Paul eagerly signed the book [contract].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[Only] a miracle could help the student overburdened with schoolwork.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Only a [miracle] could help the student overburdened with schoolwork.
|
subject
|
|
|
Only a miracle [could] help the student overburdened with schoolwork.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
Only a miracle could [help] the student overburdened with schoolwork.
|
verb
|
|
|
Only a miracle could help the [student] overburdened with schoolwork.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Only a miracle could help the student [overburdened with schoolwork].
|
participial phrase: adjective
|
|
|
Only a miracle could help the student overburdened [with schoolwork].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[We] decided to leave the party.
|
subject
|
|
|
We [decided] to leave the party.
|
verb
|
|
|
We decided [to leave the party].
|
infinitive phrase: direct object
|
|
|
The [last] girl to steal my heart just stole your wallet.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The last [girl] to steal my heart just stole your wallet.
|
subject
|
|
|
The last girl [to steal my heart] just stole your wallet.
|
infinitive phrase: adjective
|
|
|
The last girl to steal my heart [just] stole your wallet.
|
adverb
|
|
|
The last girl to steal my heart just [stole] your wallet.
|
verb
|
|
|
The last girl to steal my heart just stole [your] wallet.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The last girl to steal my heart just stole your [wallet].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[We] did our homework to earn good grades.
|
subject
|
|
|
We [did] our homework to earn good grades.
|
verb
|
|
|
We did [our] homework to earn good grades.
|
adjective
|
|
|
We did our [homework] to earn good grades.
|
direct object
|
|
|
We did our homework [to earn good grades].
|
infinitive phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[Running for a political office] costs money.
|
gerund phrase: subject
|
|
|
Running [for a political office] costs money.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Running for a political office [costs] money.
|
verb
|
|
|
Running for a political office costs [money].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[We] stopped buying potato chips.
|
subject
|
|
|
We [stopped] buying potato chips.
|
verb
|
|
|
We stopped [buying potato chips].
|
gerund phrase: direct object
|
|
|
[She] bought the car without seeing it.
|
subject
|
|
|
She [bought] the car without seeing it.
|
verb
|
|
|
She bought the [car] without seeing it.
|
direct object
|
|
|
She bought the car [without seeing it].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
She bought the car without [seeing it].
|
gerund phrase: object of the preposition
|
|
|
[He] finally stopped driving his mother crazy.
|
subject
|
|
|
He [finally] stopped driving his mother crazy.
|
adverb
|
|
|
He finally [stopped] driving his mother crazy.
|
verb
|
|
|
He finally stopped [driving his mother crazy].
|
gerund phrase: direct object
|
|
|
[Cancelling the trip] crushed his spirit.
|
gerund phrase: subject
|
|
|
Cancelling the trip [crushed] his spirit.
|
verb
|
|
|
Cancelling the trip crushed [his] spirit.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Cancelling the trip crushed his [spirit].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[She] imagined being the first woman in the Tour de France.
|
subject
|
|
|
She [imagined] being the first woman in the Tour de France.
|
verb
|
|
|
She imagined [being the first woman] in the Tour de France.
|
gerund phrase: direct object
|
|
|
She imagined being the first woman [in the Tour de France].
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
The [man] wearing the bowling shirt always orders a large coffee.
|
subject
|
|
|
The man [wearing the bowling shirt] always orders a large coffee.
|
participial phrase: adjective
|
|
|
The man wearing the bowling shirt [always] orders a large coffee.
|
adverb
|
|
|
The man wearing the bowling shirt always [orders] a large coffee.
|
verb
|
|
|
The man wearing the bowling shirt always orders a [large] coffee.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The man wearing the bowling shirt always orders a large [coffee].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[I] bought a sweater bearing my family's coat of arms.
|
subject
|
|
|
I [bought] a sweater bearing my family's coat of arms.
|
verb
|
|
|
I bought a [sweater] bearing my family's coat of arms.
|
direct object
|
|
|
I bought a sweater [bearing my family's coat of arms].
|
participial phrase: adjective
|
|
|
[Despite my poor start], I resolved to finish the race.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Despite my poor start, [I] resolved to finish the race.
|
subject
|
|
|
Despite my poor start, I [resolved] to finish the race.
|
verb
|
|
|
Despite my poor start, I resolved [to finish the race].
|
infinitive phrase: direct object
|
|
|
[Riding a horse] into the hall attracted everyone's attention.
|
gerund phrase: subject
|
|
|
Riding a horse [into the hall] attracted everyone's attention.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Riding a horse into the hall [attracted] everyone's attention.
|
verb
|
|
|
Riding a horse into the hall attracted [everyone's] attention.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Riding a horse into the hall attracted everyone's [attention].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[She] imagined being the first woman in the Tour de France.
|
subject
|
|
|
She [imagined] being the first woman in the Tour de France.
|
verb
|
|
|
She imagined [being the first woman] in the Tour de France.
|
gerund phrase: direct object
|
|
|
She imagined being the first woman [in the Tour de France].
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
The [man] wearing the bowling shirt always orders a large coffee.
|
subject
|
|
|
The man [wearing the bowling shirt] always orders a large coffee.
|
participial phrase: adjective
|
|
|
The man wearing the bowling shirt [always] orders a large coffee.
|
adverb
|
|
|
The man wearing the bowling shirt always [orders] a large coffee.
|
verb
|
|
|
The man wearing the bowling shirt always orders a [large] coffee.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The man wearing the bowling shirt always orders a large [coffee].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[I] bought a sweater bearing my family's coat of arms.
|
subject
|
|
|
I [bought] a sweater bearing my family's coat of arms.
|
verb
|
|
|
I bought a [sweater] bearing my family's coat of arms.
|
direct object
|
|
|
I bought a sweater [bearing my family's coat of arms].
|
participial phrase: adjective
|
|
|
[Despite my poor start], I resolved to finish the race.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Despite my poor start, [I] resolved to finish the race.
|
subject
|
|
|
Despite my poor start, I [resolved] to finish the race.
|
verb
|
|
|
Despite my poor start, I resolved [to finish the race].
|
infinitive phrase: direct object
|
|
|
[Riding a horse] into the hall attracted everyone's attention.
|
gerund phrase: subject
|
|
|
Riding a horse [into the hall] attracted everyone's attention.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Riding a horse into the hall [attracted] everyone's attention.
|
verb
|
|
|
Riding a horse into the hall attracted [everyone's] attention.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Riding a horse into the hall attracted everyone's [attention].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[Without provocation] the boy playing air guitar gave me a questionable wink.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Without provocation the [boy] playing air guitar gave me a questionable wink.
|
subject
|
|
|
Without provocation the boy [playing air guitar] gave me a questionable wink.
|
participial phrase: adjective
|
|
|
Without provocation the boy playing air guitar [gave] me a questionable wink.
|
verb
|
|
|
Without provocation the boy playing air guitar gave [me] a questionable wink.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
Without provocation the boy playing air guitar gave me a [questionable] wink.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Without provocation the boy playing air guitar gave me a questionable [wink].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[To cross the ocean], we built ourselves an enormous raft with recycled water bottles.
|
infinitive phrase: adjective
|
|
|
To cross the ocean [we] built ourselves an enormous raft with recycled water bottles.
|
subject
|
|
|
To cross the ocean, we [built] ourselves an enormous raft with recycled water bottles.
|
verb
|
|
|
To cross the ocean, we built [ourselves] an enormous raft with recycled water bottles.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
To cross the ocean, we built ourselves an [enormous] raft with recycled water bottles.
|
adjective
|
|
|
To cross the ocean, we built ourselves an enormous [raft] with recycled water bottles.
|
direct object
|
|
|
To cross the ocean, we built ourselves an enormous raft [with recycled water bottles].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[Meeting his parents] gave me a clearer picture of his home life.
|
gerund phrase: subject
|
|
|
Meeting his parents [gave] me a clearer picture of his home life.
|
verb
|
|
|
Meeting his parents gave [me] a clearer picture of his home life.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
Meeting his parents gave me a [clearer] picture of his home life.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Meeting his parents gave me a clearer [picture] of his home life.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Meeting his parents gave me a clearer picture [of his home life].
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
[We] gave the baby a bottle to soothe her.
|
subject
|
|
|
We [gave] the baby a bottle to soothe her.
|
verb
|
|
|
We gave the [baby] a bottle to soothe her.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
We gave the baby a [bottle] to soothe her.
|
direct object
|
|
|
We gave the baby a bottle [to soothe her].
|
infinitive phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[Reading that book] did not teach him a thing.
|
gerund phrase: subject
|
|
|
Reading that book [did] not teach him a thing.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
Reading that book did [not] teach him a thing.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Reading that book did not [teach] him a thing.
|
verb
|
|
|
Reading that book did not teach [him] a thing.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
Reading that book did not teach him a [thing].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[Renee] told the kids wearing blue shirts their assignment.
|
subject
|
|
|
Renee [told] the kids wearing blue shirts their assignment.
|
verb
|
|
|
Renee told the [kids] wearing blue shirts their assignment.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
Renee told the kids [wearing blue shirts] their assignment.
|
participial phrase: adjective
|
|
|
Renee told the kids wearing blue shirts [their] assignment.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Renee told the kids wearing blue shirts their [assignment].
|
direct object
|
|
|
The [man] buying the ice cream tossed Irene a quarter.
|
subject
|
|
|
The man [buying the ice cream] tossed Irene a quarter.
|
participial phrase: adjective
|
|
|
The man buying the ice cream [tossed] Irene a quarter.
|
verb
|
|
|
The man buying the ice cream tossed [Irene] a quarter.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
The man buying the ice cream tossed Irene a [quarter].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[To fix my mistake], I bought him a puppy.
|
infinitive phrase: adverb
|
|
|
To fix my mistake, [I] bought him a puppy.
|
subject
|
|
|
To fix my mistake, I [bought] him a puppy.
|
verb
|
|
|
To fix my mistake, I bought [him] a puppy.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
To fix my mistake, I bought him a [puppy].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[Procrastinating on her homework] gave Jenny time to redesign her blog.
|
gerund phrase: subject
|
|
|
Procrastinating [on her homework] gave Jenny time to redesign her blog.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Procrastinating on her homework [gave] Jenny time to redesign her blog.
|
verb
|
|
|
Procrastinating on her homework gave [Jenny] time to redesign her blog.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
Procrastinating on her homework gave Jenny [time] to redesign her blog.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Procrastinating on her homework gave Jenny time [to redesign her blog].
|
infinitive phrase: adverb
|
|
|
The [employees] earning the highest salaries should buy the rest of us lunch.
|
subject
|
|
|
The employees [earning the highest salaries] should buy the rest of us lunch.
|
participial phrase: adjective
|
|
|
The employees earning the highest salaries [should] buy the rest of us lunch.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
The employees earning the highest salaries should [buy] the rest of us lunch.
|
verb
|
|
|
The employees earning the highest salaries should buy the [rest] of us lunch.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
The employees earning the highest salaries should buy the rest [of us] lunch.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
The employees earning the highest salaries should buy the rest of us [lunch].
|
direct object
|
|
|
The [hippie] wearing the tie-dye shirt flashed me a peace sign.
|
subject
|
|
|
The hippie [wearing the tie-dye shirt] flashed me a peace sign.
|
participial phrase: adjective
|
|
|
The hippie wearing the tie-dye shirt [flashed] me a peace sign.
|
verb
|
|
|
The hippie wearing the tie-dye shirt flashed [me] a peace sign.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
The hippie wearing the tie-dye shirt flashed me a [peace] sign.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The hippie wearing the tie-dye shirt flashed me a peace [sign].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[Regina] brought me a poncho to protect me from the rain.
|
subject
|
|
|
Regina [brought] me a poncho to protect me from the rain.
|
verb
|
|
|
Regina brought [me] a poncho to protect me from the rain.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
Regina brought me a [poncho] to protect me from the rain.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Regina brought me a poncho [to protect me from the rain].
|
infinitive phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Regina brought me a poncho to protect me [from the rain].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[I] am happy to see your finished painting and hear your finished song.
|
subject
|
|
|
I [am] happy to see your finished painting and hear your finished song.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
I am [happy] to see your finished painting and hear your finished song.
|
predicate adjective
|
|
|
I am happy [to see your finished painting and hear your finished song].
|
infinitive phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[Unexpectedly], meeting my old college friend at the restaurant was awesome.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Unexpectedly, [meeting my old college friend] at the restaurant was awesome.
|
gerund phrase: subject
|
|
|
Unexpectedly, meeting my old college friend [at the restaurant] was awesome.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Unexpectedly, meeting my old college friend at the restaurant [was] awesome.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
Unexpectedly, meeting my old college friend at the restaurant was [awesome].
|
predicate adjective
|
|
|
[His] response will be to file a complaint with the oversight committee.
|
adjective
|
|
|
His [response] will be to file a complaint with the oversight committee.
|
subject
|
|
|
His response [will] be to file a complaint with the oversight committee.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
His response will [be] to file a complaint with the oversight committee.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
His response will be [to file a complaint] with the oversight committee.
|
infinitive phrase: predicate noun
|
|
|
His response will be to file a complaint [with the oversight committee].
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
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[To launch a non-profit organization] is a difficult task requiring a lot of work.
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infinitive phrase: subject
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To launch a non-profit organization [is] a difficult task requiring a lot of work.
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linking verb
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To launch a non-profit organization is a [difficult] task requiring a lot of work.
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adjective
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To launch a non-profit organization is a difficult [task] requiring a lot of work.
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predicate noun
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To launch a non-profit organization is a difficult task [requiring a lot] of work.
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participial phrase: adjective
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To launch a non-profit organization is a difficult task requiring a lot [of work].
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prepositional phrase: adjective
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[Listening to the tapes], I became increasingly angry.
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participial phrase: adjective
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Listening to the tapes, [I] became increasingly angry.
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subject
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Listening to the tapes, I [became] increasingly angry.
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linking verb
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Listening to the tapes, I became [increasingly] angry.
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adverb
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Listening to the tapes, I became increasingly [angry].
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predicate adjective
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[Completing the problems] eventually became effective.
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gerund phrase: subject
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Completing the problems [eventually] became effective.
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adverb
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Completing the problems eventually [became] effective.
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linking verb
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Completing the problems eventually became [effective].
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predicate adjective
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[She] really should have been grateful to receive a second chance.
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subject
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She [really] should have been grateful to receive a second chance.
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adverb
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She really [should] have been grateful to receive a second chance.
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helping verb
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She really should [have] been grateful to receive a second chance.
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helping verb
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She really should have [been] grateful to receive a second chance.
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linking verb
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She really should have been [grateful] to receive a second chance.
|
predicate adjective
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She really should have been grateful [to receive a second chance].
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infinitive phrase: adverb
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[To enjoy swimming the English Channel], you must be a masochist.
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infinitive phrase: adverb
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To enjoy [swimming the English Channel], you must be a masochist.
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gerund phrase: object of an infinitive
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To enjoy swimming the English Channel, [you] must be a masochist.
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subject
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To enjoy swimming the English Channel, you [must] be a masochist.
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helping verb
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To enjoy swimming the English Channel, you must [be] a masochist.
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linking verb
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To enjoy swimming the English Channel, you must be a [masochist].
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predicate noun
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[Finding my middle school science teacher] on Facebook was a hoot.
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gerund phrase: subject
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Finding my middle school science teacher [on Facebook] was a hoot.
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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Finding my middle school science teacher on Facebook [was] a hoot.
|
linking verb
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Finding my middle school science teacher on Facebook was a [hoot].
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predicate noun
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[Having finally passed bar exam], Lucas became a lawyer.
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participial phrase: adjective
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Having finally passed bar exam, [Lucas] became a lawyer.
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subject
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Having finally passed bar exam, Lucas [became] a lawyer.
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linking verb
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Having finally passed bar exam, Lucas became a [lawyer].
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predicate noun
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[Climbing the Finger Rock Trail] is an amazing and exhausting experience.
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gerund phrase: subject
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Climbing the Finger Rock Trail [is] an amazing and exhausting experience.
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linking verb
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Climbing the Finger Rock Trail is an [amazing] and exhausting experience.
|
adjective
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Climbing the Finger Rock Trail is an amazing [and] exhausting experience.
|
conjunction
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Climbing the Finger Rock Trail is an amazing and [exhausting] experience.
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adjective
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Climbing the Finger Rock Trail is an amazing and exhausting [experience].
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predicate noun
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[To discover a new planet] without a telescope was a surprise.
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infinitive phrase: subject
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To discover a new planet [without a telescope] was a surprise.
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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To discover a new planet without a telescope [was] a surprise.
|
linking verb
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To discover a new planet without a telescope was a [surprise].
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predicate noun
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[Apparently], his job is to be a big jerk.
|
adverb
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Apparently, [his] job is to be a big jerk.
|
adjective
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Apparently, his [job] is to be a big jerk.
|
subject
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Apparently, his job [is] to be a big jerk.
|
linking verb
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|
Apparently, his job is [to be a big jerk].
|
infinitive phrase: predicate noun
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[Telling stories] around a campfire is a great way to spend an evening.
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gerund phrase: subject
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Telling stories [around a campfire] is a great way to spend an evening.
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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Telling stories around a campfire [is] a great way to spend an evening.
|
linking verb
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Telling stories around a campfire is a [great] way to spend an evening.
|
adjective
|
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Telling stories around a campfire is a great [way] to spend an evening.
|
predicate noun
|
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Telling stories around a campfire is a great way [to spend an evening].
|
infinitive phrase: adjective
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[Canoeing on the river] made the trip bearable.
|
gerund phrase: subject
|
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Canoeing [on the river] made the trip bearable.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
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Canoeing on the river [made] the trip bearable.
|
verb
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Canoeing on the river made the [trip] bearable.
|
direct object
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Canoeing on the river made the trip [bearable].
|
object complement: adjective
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The [members] presiding over the meeting elected him their temporary leader.
|
subject
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The members [presiding over the meeting] elected him their temporary leader.
|
participial phrase: adjective
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The members presiding [over the meeting] elected him their temporary leader.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
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The members presiding over the meeting [elected] him their temporary leader.
|
verb
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The members presiding over the meeting elected [him] their temporary leader.
|
direct object
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The members presiding over the meeting elected him [their] temporary leader.
|
adjective
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The members presiding over the meeting elected him their [temporary] leader.
|
adjective
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The members presiding over the meeting elected him their temporary [leader].
|
object complement: noun
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[To avoid further problems], he made his photo albums private.
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infinitive phrase: adverb
|
|
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To avoid further problems, [he] made his photo albums private.
|
subject
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To avoid further problems, he [made] his photo albums private.
|
verb
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To avoid further problems, he made [his] photo albums private.
|
adjective
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To avoid further problems, he made his [photo] albums private.
|
adjective
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To avoid further problems, he made his photo [albums] private.
|
direct object
|
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To avoid further problems, he made his photo albums [private].
|
object complement: adjective
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[Stephen's] yelling made the patron sitting in the front row upset.
|
adjective
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Stephen's [yelling] made the patron sitting in the front row upset.
|
subject
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Stephen's yelling [made] the patron sitting in the front row upset.
|
verb
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Stephen's yelling made the [patron] sitting in the front row upset.
|
direct object
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|
Stephen's yelling made the patron [sitting in the front row] upset.
|
participial phrase: adjective
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Stephen's yelling made the patron sitting [in the front row] upset.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
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Stephen's yelling made the patron sitting in the front row [upset].
|
object complement: adjective
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[Going for a run] will make your mind clear.
|
gerund phrase: subject
|
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Going [for a run] will make your mind clear.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
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Going for a run [will] make your mind clear.
|
helping verb
|
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Going for a run will [make] your mind clear.
|
verb
|
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Going for a run will make [your] mind clear.
|
adjective
|
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Going for a run will make your [mind] clear.
|
direct object
|
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|
Going for a run will make your mind [clear].
|
object complement: adjective
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[Your] friend, Michael, sneezed.
|
adjective
|
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|
Your [friend], Michael, sneezed.
|
subject
|
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Your friend, [Michael], sneezed.
|
appositive
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|
Your friend, Michael, [sneezed].
|
verb
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[Eddie], the guy in my math class, talks too loudly.
|
subject
|
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Eddie, [the guy in my math class], talks too loudly.
|
appositive phrase
|
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Eddie, the guy [in my math class], talks too loudly.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
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Eddie, the guy in my math class, [talks] too loudly.
|
verb
|
|
|
Eddie, the guy in my math class, talks [too] loudly.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Eddie, the guy in my math class, talks too [loudly].
|
adverb
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[Mr. Wilson's] house, the old one on the corner, sold.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Mr. Wilson's [house], the old one on the corner, sold.
|
subject
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Mr. Wilson's house, [the old one on the corner], sold.
|
appositive phrase
|
|
|
Mr. Wilson's house, the old one [on the corner], sold.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
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|
|
Mr. Wilson's house, the old one on the corner, [sold].
|
verb
|
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The [car] in the slow lane, the blue Subaru, stalled at the light.
|
subject
|
|
|
The car [in the slow lane], the blue Subaru, stalled [at the light].
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
The car in the slow lane, [the blue Subaru], stalled [at the light].
|
appositive phrase
|
|
|
The car in the slow lane, the blue Subaru, [stalled] at the light.
|
verb
|
|
|
The car in the slow lane, the blue Subaru, stalled [at the light].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
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[Flying home from Las Vegas], Chelsea, Randy's wife, called to tell him her estimated time of arrival.
|
gerund phrase: subject
|
|
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Flying home [from Las Vegas], Chelsea, Randy's wife, called to tell him her estimated time of arrival.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Flying home from Las Vegas, [Chelsea], Randy's wife, called to tell him her estimated time of arrival.
|
subject
|
|
|
Flying home from Las Vegas, Chelsea, [Randy's wife], called to tell him her estimated time of arrival.
|
appositive phrase
|
|
|
Flying home from Las Vegas, Chelsea, Randy's wife, [called] to tell him her estimated time of arrival.
|
verb
|
|
|
Flying home from Las Vegas, Chelsea, Randy's wife, called [to tell him her estimated time of arrival].
|
infinitive phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Flying home from Las Vegas, Chelsea, Randy's wife, called to tell him her estimated time [of arrival].
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
[Knitting colorful socks], Kara's latest passion, quickly unraveled.
|
gerund phrase: subject
|
|
|
Knitting colorful socks, [Kara's latest passion], quickly unraveled.
|
appositive
|
|
|
Knitting colorful socks, Kara's latest passion, [quickly] unraveled.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Knitting colorful socks, Kara's latest passion, quickly [unraveled].
|
verb
|
|
|
[The problem solved], Todd left.
|
absolute phrase
|
|
|
The problem solved, [Todd] left.
|
subject
|
|
|
The problem solved, Todd [left].
|
verb
|
|
|
[The surprise having been prematurely revealed], the energy drained from the room.
|
absolute phrase
|
|
|
The surprise having been prematurely revealed, the [energy] drained from the room.
|
subject
|
|
|
The surprise having been prematurely revealed, the energy [drained] from the room.
|
verb
|
|
|
The surprise having been prematurely revealed, the energy drained [from the room].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[Hayley] slept soundly, her essay completed and packed neatly in her bag.
|
subject
|
|
|
Hayley [slept] soundly, her essay completed and packed neatly in her bag.
|
verb
|
|
|
Hayley slept [soundly], her essay completed and packed neatly in her bag.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Hayley slept soundly, [her essay completed and packed neatly in her bag].
|
absolute phrase
|
|
|
Hayley slept soundly, her essay completed and packed neatly [in her bag].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[The floodwaters rising], we called for help.
|
absolute phrase
|
|
|
The floodwaters rising, [we] called for help.
|
subject
|
|
|
The floodwaters rising, we [called] for help.
|
verb
|
|
|
The floodwaters rising, we called [for help].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[Everyone] noticed her outfit, a black one shoulder sequin dress.
|
subject
|
|
|
Everyone [noticed] her outfit, a black one shoulder sequin dress.
|
verb
|
|
|
Everyone noticed [her] outfit, a black one shoulder sequin dress.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Everyone noticed her [outfit], a black one shoulder sequin dress.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Everyone noticed her outfit, [a black one shoulder sequin dress].
|
appositive phrase
|
|
|
The [main] problem, leaking water in the boys' bathroom, is consuming most of our money.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The main [problem], leaking water in the boys' bathroom, is consuming most of our money.
|
subject
|
|
|
The main problem, [leaking water in the boys' bathroom], is consuming most of our money.
|
appositive phrase
|
|
|
The main problem, leaking water [in the boys' bathroom], is consuming most of our money.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
The main problem, leaking water in the boys' bathroom, [is] consuming most of our money.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
The main problem, leaking water in the boys' bathroom, is [consuming] most of our money.
|
verb
|
|
|
The main problem, leaking water in the boys' bathroom, is consuming [most] of our money.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The main problem, leaking water in the boys' bathroom, is consuming most [of our money].
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
[Our] last game of the season, the state semifinal, brought tears to my eyes.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Our [last] game of the season, the state semifinal, brought tears to my eyes.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Our last [game] of the season, the state semifinal, brought tears to my eyes.
|
subject
|
|
|
Our last game [of the season], the state semifinal, brought tears to my eyes.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
Our last game of the season, [the state semifinal], brought tears to my eyes.
|
appositive phrase
|
|
|
Our last game of the season, the state semifinal, [brought] tears to my eyes.
|
verb
|
|
|
Our last game of the season, the state semifinal, brought [tears] to my eyes.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Our last game of the season, the state semifinal, brought tears [to my eyes].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
The [final] play, a Hail Mary pass, won the game.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The final [play], a Hail Mary pass, won the game.
|
subject
|
|
|
The final play, [a Hail Mary pass], won the game.
|
appositive phrase
|
|
|
The final play, a Hail Mary pass, [won] the game.
|
verb
|
|
|
The final play, a Hail Mary pass, won the [game].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[Nina] demanded retribution, one hundred dollars from each perpetrator.
|
subject
|
|
|
Nina [demanded] retribution, one hundred dollars from each perpetrator.
|
verb
|
|
|
Nina demanded [retribution], one hundred dollars from each perpetrator.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Nina demanded retribution, [one hundred dollars from each perpetrator].
|
appositive phrase
|
|
|
Nina demanded retribution, one hundred dollars [from each perpetrator].
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
The [furniture] piece, a classic Eames chair, attracted Bobby's attention.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The furniture [piece], a classic Eames chair, attracted Bobby's attention.
|
subject
|
|
|
The furniture piece, [a classic Eames chair], attracted Bobby's attention.
|
appositive phrase
|
|
|
The furniture piece, a classic Eames chair, [attracted] Bobby's attention.
|
verb
|
|
|
The furniture piece, a classic Eames chair, attracted [Bobby's] attention.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The furniture piece, a classic Eames chair, attracted Bobby's [attention].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[All of our good food eaten], we ate rice with soy sauce.
|
absolute phrase
|
|
|
All [of our good food] eaten, we ate rice with soy sauce.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
All of our good food eaten, [we] ate rice with soy sauce.
|
subject
|
|
|
All of our good food eaten, we [ate] rice with soy sauce.
|
verb
|
|
|
All of our good food eaten, we ate [rice] with soy sauce.
|
direct object
|
|
|
All of our good food eaten, we ate rice [with soy sauce].
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
[The bus leaving], I said goodbye quickly.
|
absolute phrase
|
|
|
The bus leaving, [I] said goodbye quickly.
|
subject
|
|
|
The bus leaving, I [said] goodbye quickly.
|
verb
|
|
|
The bus leaving, I said [goodbye] quickly.
|
direct object
|
|
|
The bus leaving, I said goodbye [quickly].
|
adverb
|
|
|
[Willie], his shirt stained from lunch, needed our help before his big date.
|
subject
|
|
|
Willie, [his shirt stained from lunch], needed our help before his big date.
|
appositive phrase
|
|
|
Willie, his shirt stained [from lunch], needed our help before his big date.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Willie, his shirt stained from lunch, [needed] our help before his big date.
|
verb
|
|
|
Willie, his shirt stained from lunch, needed [our] help before his big date.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Willie, his shirt stained from lunch, needed our [help] before his big date.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Willie, his shirt stained from lunch, needed our help [before his big date].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[The disagreement settled], we decided to leave the meeting.
|
absolute phrase
|
|
|
The disagreement settled, [we] decided to leave the meeting.
|
subject
|
|
|
The disagreement settled, we [decided] to leave the meeting.
|
verb
|
|
|
The disagreement settled, we decided [to leave the meeting].
|
infinitive phrase: direct object
|
|
|
[The game decided by only two points], the fans glumly left the stadium.
|
absolute phrase
|
|
|
The game decided [by only two points], the fans glumly left the stadium.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
The game decided by only two points, the [fans] glumly left the stadium.
|
subject
|
|
|
The game decided by only two points, the fans [glumly] left the stadium.
|
adverb
|
|
|
The game decided by only two points, the fans glumly [left] the stadium.
|
verb
|
|
|
The game decided by only two points, the fans glumly left the [stadium].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[We] took our neighbor, the retired Air Force pilot, a dozen cookies for Veteran's Day.
|
subject
|
|
|
We [took] our neighbor, the retired Air Force pilot, a dozen cookies for Veteran's Day.
|
verb
|
|
|
We took [our] neighbor, the retired Air Force pilot, a dozen cookies for Veteran's Day.
|
adjective
|
|
|
We took our [neighbor], the retired Air Force pilot, a dozen cookies for Veteran's Day.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
We took our neighbor, [the retired Air Force pilot], a dozen cookies for Veteran's Day.
|
appositive phrase
|
|
|
We took our neighbor, the retired Air Force pilot, a [dozen] cookies for Veteran's Day.
|
adjective
|
|
|
We took our neighbor, the retired Air Force pilot, a dozen [cookies] for Veteran's Day.
|
direct object
|
|
|
We took our neighbor, the retired Air Force pilot, a dozen cookies [for Veteran's Day].
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
[Cassie] baked the students, everyone in my fifth period class, delicious brownies.
|
subject
|
|
|
Cassie [baked] the students, everyone in my fifth period class, delicious brownies.
|
verb
|
|
|
Cassie baked the [students], everyone in my fifth period class, delicious brownies.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
Cassie baked the students, [everyone in my fifth period class], delicious brownies.
|
appositive phrase
|
|
|
Cassie baked the students, everyone [in my fifth period class], delicious brownies.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
Cassie baked the students, everyone in my fifth period class, [delicious] brownies.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Cassie baked the students, everyone in my fifth period class, delicious [brownies].
|
direct object
|
|
|
[To solve the problem], we gave each group an opportunity, one chance to admit the truth.
|
infinitive phrase: adverb
|
|
|
To solve the problem, [we] gave each group an opportunity, one chance to admit the truth.
|
subject
|
|
|
To solve the problem, we [gave] each group an opportunity, one chance to admit the truth.
|
verb
|
|
|
To solve the problem, we gave [each] group an opportunity, one chance to admit the truth.
|
adjective
|
|
|
To solve the problem, we gave each [group] an opportunity, one chance to admit the truth.
|
indirect object
|
|
|
To solve the problem, we gave each group an [opportunity], one chance to admit the truth.
|
direct object
|
|
|
To solve the problem, we gave each group an opportunity, [one chance to admit the truth].
|
appositive phrase
|
|
|
To solve the problem, we gave each group an opportunity, one chance [to admit the truth].
|
infinitive phrase: adjective
|
|
|
[Satisfied with her essays], Kaley sent her top two colleges, Stanford and Bowdoin, her finished applications.
|
participial phrase: adjective
|
|
|
Satisfied [with her essays], Kaley sent her top two colleges, Stanford and Bowdoin, her finished applications.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Satisfied with her essays, [Kaley] sent her top two colleges, Stanford and Bowdoin, her finished applications.
|
subject
|
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Satisfied with her essays, Kaley [sent] her top two colleges, Stanford and Bowdoin, her finished applications.
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verb
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Satisfied with her essays, Kaley sent [her] top two colleges, Stanford and Bowdoin, her finished applications.
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adjective
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Satisfied with her essays, Kaley sent her [top] two colleges, Stanford and Bowdoin, her finished applications.
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adjective
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Satisfied with her essays, Kaley sent her top [two] colleges, Stanford and Bowdoin, her finished applications.
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adjective
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Satisfied with her essays, Kaley sent her top two [colleges], Stanford and Bowdoin, her finished applications.
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indirect object
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Satisfied with her essays, Kaley sent her top two colleges, [Stanford and Bowdoin], her finished applications.
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appositive phrase
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Satisfied with her essays, Kaley sent her top two colleges, Stanford and Bowdoin, [her] finished applications.
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adjective
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Satisfied with her essays, Kaley sent her top two colleges, Stanford and Bowdoin, her [finished] applications.
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adjective
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Satisfied with her essays, Kaley sent her top two colleges, Stanford and Bowdoin, her finished [applications].
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direct object
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[Riding the road to Colossal Cave], my new favorite route, gives my legs cramps.
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gerund phrase: subject
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Riding the road [to Colossal Cave], my new favorite route, gives my legs cramps.
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prepositional phrase: adjective
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Riding the road to Colossal Cave, [my new favorite route], gives my legs cramps.
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appositive phrase
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Riding the road to Colossal Cave, my new favorite route, [gives] my legs cramps.
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verb
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Riding the road to Colossal Cave, my new favorite route, gives [my] legs cramps.
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adjective
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Riding the road to Colossal Cave, my new favorite route, gives my [legs] cramps.
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indirect object
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Riding the road to Colossal Cave, my new favorite route, gives my legs [cramps].
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direct object
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[Ignoring this impending disaster] will cause the residents near the wash, the most vulnerable people in the valley, severe problems.
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gerund phrase: subject
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Ignoring this impending disaster [will] cause the residents near the wash, the most vulnerable people in the valley, severe problems.
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helping verb
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Ignoring this impending disaster will [cause] the residents near the wash, the most vulnerable people in the valley, severe problems.
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verb
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Ignoring this impending disaster will cause the [residents] near the wash, the most vulnerable people in the valley, severe problems.
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indirect object
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Ignoring this impending disaster will cause the residents [near the wash], the most vulnerable people in the valley, severe problems.
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prepositional phrase: adjective
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Ignoring this impending disaster will cause the residents near the wash, [the most vulnerable people in the valley], severe problems.
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appositive phrase
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Ignoring this impending disaster will cause the residents near the wash, the most vulnerable people [in the valley], severe problems.
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prepositional phrase: adjective
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Ignoring this impending disaster will cause the residents near the wash, the most vulnerable people in the valley, [severe] problems.
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adjective
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Ignoring this impending disaster will cause the residents near the wash, the most vulnerable people in the valley, severe [problems].
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direct object
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[Learning to play the piano], always a challenging activity, gave me several insights into my own character.
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gerund phrase: subject
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Learning [to play the piano], always a challenging activity, gave me several insights into my own character.
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infinitive phrase: object of the gerund
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Learning to play the piano, [always a challenging activity], gave me several insights into my own character.
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appositive phrase
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Learning to play the piano, always a challenging activity, [gave] me several insights into my own character.
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verb
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Learning to play the piano, always a challenging activity, gave [me] several insights into my own character.
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indirect object
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Learning to play the piano, always a challenging activity, gave me [several] insights into my own character.
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adjective
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Learning to play the piano, always a challenging activity, gave me several [insights] into my own character.
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direct object
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Learning to play the piano, always a challenging activity, gave me several insights [into my own character].
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prepositional phrase: adjective
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[The workers threatening to strike], the factory owners offered the union concessions.
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absolute phrase
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The workers threatening to strike, the [factory] owners offered the union concessions.
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adjective
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The workers threatening to strike, the factory [owners] offered the union concessions.
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subject
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The workers threatening to strike, the factory owners [offered] the union concessions.
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verb
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The workers threatening to strike, the factory owners offered the [union] concessions.
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indirect object
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The workers threatening to strike, the factory owners offered the union [concessions].
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direct object
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[His feelings hurt], Zach told us his opinion.
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absolute phrase
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His feelings hurt, [Zach] told us his opinion.
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subject
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His feelings hurt, Zach [told] us his opinion.
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verb
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His feelings hurt, Zach told [us] his opinion.
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indirect object
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His feelings hurt, Zach told us [his] opinion.
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adjective
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His feelings hurt, Zach told us his [opinion].
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direct object
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[The surprise ruined], he told the audience his foiled plan.
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absolute phrase
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The surprise ruined, [he] told the audience his foiled plan.
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subject
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The surprise ruined, he [told] the audience his foiled plan.
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verb
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The surprise ruined, he told the [audience] his foiled plan.
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indirect object
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The surprise ruined, he told the audience [his] foiled plan.
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adjective
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The surprise ruined, he told the audience his [foiled] plan.
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adjective
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The surprise ruined, he told the audience his foiled [plan].
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direct object
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[Her curiosity piqued], Elizabeth asked me many questions.
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absolute phrase
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Her curiosity piqued, [Elizabeth] asked me many questions.
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subject
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Her curiosity piqued, Elizabeth [asked] me many questions.
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verb
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Her curiosity piqued, Elizabeth asked [me] many questions.
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indirect object
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Her curiosity piqued, Elizabeth asked me [many] questions.
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adjective
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Her curiosity piqued, Elizabeth asked me many [questions].
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direct object
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The [fight], the battle to preserve our freedom, was hard.
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subject
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The fight, [the battle to preserve our freedom], was hard.
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appositive phrase
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The fight, the battle [to preserve our freedom], was hard.
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prepositional phrase: adjective
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The fight, the battle to preserve our freedom, [was] hard.
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linking verb
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The fight, the battle to preserve our freedom, was [hard].
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predicate adjective
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[Joanna], the girl on the bus, always looks beautiful.
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subject
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Joanna, [the girl on the bus], always looks beautiful.
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appositive phrase
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Joanna, the girl [on the bus], always looks beautiful.
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prepositional phrase: adjective
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Joanna, the girl on the bus, [always] looks beautiful.
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adverb
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Joanna, the girl on the bus, always [looks] beautiful.
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linking verb
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Joanna, the girl on the bus, always looks [beautiful].
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predicate adjective
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[To avoid detection], the paladin, a powerful Draenei warrior, became invisible.
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infinitive phrase: adverb
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To avoid detection, the [paladin], a powerful Draenei warrior, became invisible.
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subject
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To avoid detection, the paladin, [a powerful Draenei warrior], became invisible.
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appositive phrase
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To avoid detection, the paladin, a powerful Draenei warrior, [became] invisible.
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linking verb
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To avoid detection, the paladin, a powerful Draenei warrior, became [invisible].
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predicate adjective
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[That] dessert, the chocolate lava cake, tastes delicious.
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adjective
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That [dessert], the chocolate lava cake, tastes delicious.
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subject
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That dessert, [the chocolate lava cake], tastes delicious.
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appositive phrase
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That dessert, the chocolate lava cake, [tastes] delicious.
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linking verb
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That dessert, the chocolate lava cake, tastes [delicious].
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predicate adjective
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[The trash again overflowing], I became angry with my lazy roommates.
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absolute phrase
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The trash again overflowing, [I] became angry with my lazy roommates.
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subject
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The trash again overflowing, I [became] angry with my lazy roommates.
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linking verb
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The trash again overflowing, I became [angry] with my lazy roommates.
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predicate adjective
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The trash again overflowing, I became angry [with my lazy roommates].
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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[Her note being read aloud to the class], she turned bright red.
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absolute phrase
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Her note being read aloud [to the class], she turned bright red.
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prepositional phrase: adverb
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Her note being read aloud to the class, [she] turned bright red.
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subject
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Her note being read aloud to the class, she [turned] bright red.
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verb
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Her note being read aloud to the class, she turned [bright] red.
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adverb
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Her note being read aloud to the class, she turned bright [red].
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predicate adjective
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[Samantha] is a doctor, a neurosurgeon or a heart surgeon.
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subject
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Samantha [is] a doctor, a neurosurgeon or a heart surgeon.
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linking verb
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Samantha is a [doctor], a neurosurgeon or a heart surgeon.
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predicate noun
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Samantha is a doctor, [a neurosurgeon or a heart surgeon].
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appositive phrase
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[Annie], one of my former students, just became a Sith Lord.
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subject
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Annie, [one of my former students], just became a Sith Lord.
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appositive phrase
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Annie, one [of my former students], just became a Sith Lord.
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prepositional phrase: adjective
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Annie, one of my former students, [just] became a Sith Lord.
|
adverb
|
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Annie, one of my former students, just [became] a Sith Lord.
|
linking verb
|
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Annie, one of my former students, just became a [Sith Lord].
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predicate noun
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[Oedipus], the main character in Sophocles' play, is a victim of fate.
|
subject
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Oedipus, [the main character in Sophocles' play], is a victim of fate.
|
appositive phrase
|
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Oedipus, the main character [in Sophocles' play], is a victim of fate.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
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Oedipus, the main character in Sophocles' play, [is] a victim of fate.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
Oedipus, the main character in Sophocles' play, is a [victim] of fate.
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
Oedipus, the main character in Sophocles' play, is a victim [of fate].
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
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[After just a few reads], that poem, "Traveling Through the Dark" by William Stafford, has become a favorite.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
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After just a few reads, [that] poem, "Traveling Through the Dark" by William Stafford, has become a favorite.
|
adjective
|
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|
After just a few reads, that [poem], "Traveling Through the Dark" by William Stafford, has become a favorite.
|
subject
|
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After just a few reads, that poem, ["Traveling Through the Dark" by William Stafford], has become a favorite.
|
appositive phrase
|
|
|
After just a few reads, that poem, "Traveling Through the Dark" [by William Stafford], has become a favorite.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
After just a few reads, that poem, "Traveling Through the Dark" by William Stafford, [has] become a favorite.
|
helping verb
|
|
|
After just a few reads, that poem, "Traveling Through the Dark" by William Stafford, has [become] a favorite.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
After just a few reads, that poem, "Traveling Through the Dark" by William Stafford, has become a [favorite].
|
predicate noun
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|
[Her fifteen minutes of fame being over], Katie was once again a schoolteacher from Globe, Arizona.
|
absolute phrase
|
|
|
Her fifteen minutes [of fame] being over, Katie was once again a schoolteacher from Globe, Arizona.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
Her fifteen minutes of fame being over, [Katie] was once again a schoolteacher from Globe, Arizona.
|
subject
|
|
|
Her fifteen minutes of fame being over, Katie [was] once again a schoolteacher from Globe, Arizona.
|
linking verb
|
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|
Her fifteen minutes of fame being over, Katie was [once] again a schoolteacher from Globe, Arizona.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Her fifteen minutes of fame being over, Katie was once [again] a schoolteacher from Globe, Arizona.
|
adverb
|
|
|
Her fifteen minutes of fame being over, Katie was once again a [schoolteacher] from Globe, Arizona.
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
Her fifteen minutes of fame being over, Katie was once again a schoolteacher [from Globe, Arizona].
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
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|
The [soldiers] again were farmers, the war having finally ended.
|
subject
|
|
|
The soldiers [again] were farmers, the war having finally ended.
|
adverb
|
|
|
The soldiers again [were] farmers, the war having finally ended.
|
linking verb
|
|
|
The soldiers again were [farmers], the war having finally ended.
|
predicate noun
|
|
|
The soldiers again were farmers, [the war having finally ended].
|
absolute phrase
|
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|
[We], the members of the class of 2012, thought Ethan a great spokesperson.
|
subject
|
|
|
We, [the members of the class of 2012], thought Ethan a great spokesperson.
|
appositive phrase
|
|
|
We, the members [of the class] of 2012, thought Ethan a great spokesperson.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
We, the members of the class [of 2012], thought Ethan a great spokesperson.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
|
We, the members of the class of 2012, [thought] Ethan a great spokesperson.
|
verb
|
|
|
We, the members of the class of 2012, thought [Ethan] a great spokesperson.
|
direct object
|
|
|
We, the members of the class of 2012, thought Ethan a [great] spokesperson.
|
adjective
|
|
|
We, the members of the class of 2012, thought Ethan a great [spokesperson].
|
object complement: noun
|
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[Margie] and Rob, the two people responsible for determining the winner, named me a finalist.
|
subject
|
|
|
Margie [and] Rob, the two people responsible for determining the winner, named me a finalist.
|
conjunction
|
|
|
Margie and [Rob], the two people responsible for determining the winner, named me a finalist.
|
subject
|
|
|
Margie and Rob, [the two people responsible for determining the winner], named me a finalist.
|
appositive phrase
|
|
|
Margie and Rob, the two people responsible [for determining the winner], named me a finalist.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Margie and Rob, the two people responsible for [determining the winner], named me a finalist.
|
gerund phrase: object of the preposition
|
|
|
Margie and Rob, the two people responsible for determining the winner, [named] me a finalist.
|
verb
|
|
|
Margie and Rob, the two people responsible for determining the winner, named [me] a finalist.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Margie and Rob, the two people responsible for determining the winner, named me a [finalist].
|
object complement: noun
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[They] elected Tommy, the little curly-haired boy, the class president.
|
subject
|
|
|
They [elected] Tommy, the little curly-haired boy, the class president.
|
verb
|
|
|
They elected [Tommy], the little curly-haired boy, the class president.
|
direct object
|
|
|
They elected Tommy, [the little curly-haired boy], the class president.
|
appositive phrase
|
|
|
They elected Tommy, the little curly-haired boy, the [class] president.
|
adjective
|
|
|
They elected Tommy, the little curly-haired boy, the class [president].
|
object complement: noun
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|
[Readers] in the 18th century imagined Sir Walter Scott, the celebrated Scottish poet, wise.
|
subject
|
|
|
Readers [in the 18th century] imagined Sir Walter Scott, the celebrated Scottish poet, wise.
|
prepositional phrase: adjective
|
|
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Readers in the 18th century [imagined] Sir Walter Scott, the celebrated Scottish poet, wise.
|
verb
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|
|
Readers in the 18th century imagined [Sir Walter Scott], the celebrated Scottish poet, wise.
|
direct object
|
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|
Readers in the 18th century imagined Sir Walter Scott, [the celebrated Scottish poet], wise.
|
appositive phrase
|
|
|
Readers in the 18th century imagined Sir Walter Scott, the celebrated Scottish poet, [wise].
|
object complement: adjective
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[Their] odyssey, one long drive from Topeka to Tucson, left them exhausted.
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adjective
|
|
|
Their [odyssey], one long drive from Topeka to Tucson, left them exhausted.
|
subject
|
|
|
Their odyssey, [one long drive from Topeka to Tucson], left them exhausted.
|
appositive phrase
|
|
|
Their odyssey, one long drive [from Topeka] to Tucson, left them exhausted.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Their odyssey, one long drive from Topeka [to Tucson], left them exhausted.
|
prepositional phrase: adverb
|
|
|
Their odyssey, one long drive from Topeka to Tucson, [left] them exhausted.
|
verb
|
|
|
Their odyssey, one long drive from Topeka to Tucson, left [them] exhausted.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Their odyssey, one long drive from Topeka to Tucson, left them [exhausted].
|
object complement: adjective
|
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[Her] light, a mixture of compassion and determination, made us stars.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Her [light], a mixture of compassion and determination, made us stars.
|
subject
|
|
|
Her light, [a mixture of compassion and determination], made us stars.
|
appositive phrase
|
|
|
Her light, a mixture of compassion and determination, [made] us stars.
|
verb
|
|
|
Her light, a mixture of compassion and determination, made [us] stars.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Her light, a mixture of compassion and determination, made us [stars].
|
object complement: noun
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[Our disagreements settled], we made Molly our delegate.
|
absolute phrase
|
|
|
Our disagreements settled, [we] made Molly our delegate.
|
subject
|
|
|
Our disagreements settled, we [made] Molly our delegate.
|
verb
|
|
|
Our disagreements settled, we made [Molly] our delegate.
|
direct object
|
|
|
Our disagreements settled, we made Molly [our] delegate.
|
adjective
|
|
|
Our disagreements settled, we made Molly our [delegate].
|
object complement: noun
|
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[The rain stopping], the team determined their camp safe.
|
absolute phrase
|
|
|
The rain stopping, the [team] determined their camp safe.
|
subject
|
|
|
The rain stopping, the team [determined] their camp safe.
|
verb
|
|
|
The rain stopping, the team determined [their] camp safe.
|
adjective
|
|
|
The rain stopping, the team determined their [camp] safe.
|
direct object
|
|
|
The rain stopping, the team determined their camp [safe].
|
object complement: adjective
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