Anonymous Posted 15 years agoGrammar
Clauses, embedding, SFPCA and Taxis - Experts please
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How would you break the following clause complex(?) into clauses and represent the relationship between them?
I know it the sentence isn't perfect, but I'd still like to analyse it the way that it was spoken:
This leads to my next reason why I want to bake a cake is that it's therapeutic.
Do you think it is:
This leads to my next reason why I want to bake a cake || is that it's therapeutic.
This (S)
leads (F/P)
to my next reason (C)
why I want to bake a cake (Adj-circ-cause:reason) ||
is (F)
that it is therapeutic (C)
OR
This leads to my next reason why I want to bake a cake || is that it's therapeutic.
This leads to my next reason (Adj-modal:comment)
why (
I (S)
want (F)
to bake (P)
a cake (C) ||
is (F)
that it is therapeutic (C)
OR
This leads to my next reason why I want to bake a cake is that it's therapeutic.
This leads to (Adj-conjunctive)
my next reason why I want to bake a cake (Adj-modal:comment)
is (F)
that it is therapeutic (C)
Or should it be broken down in a different way? (3 clauses, 4 clauses?)
How would I show the tactic relationship between clauses assuming there is more than 1?
Thanks.