Hela Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Form and function of "a day"
Hello,
Would you please tell me how you would analyse this sentence?
He earns 20 dollars a day for the job. Is it an SVOA or an SVOAA pattern?
He = noun phrase = subject
earns = verb phrase = mono-transitive verb ?
20 dollars a/per day = noun phrase = direct object
for the job = prepositional phrase = optional adverbial of purpose
or
earns = verb phrase = complex-transitive verb ?
20 dollars = noun phrase = direct object
a day = noun phrase = obligatory adverbial of time ?
for the job = pp = optional adverbial of purpose
Thank you very much for your help
Would you please tell me how you would analyse this sentence?
He earns 20 dollars a day for the job. Is it an SVOA or an SVOAA pattern?
He = noun phrase = subject
earns = verb phrase = mono-transitive verb ?
20 dollars a/per day = noun phrase = direct object
for the job = prepositional phrase = optional adverbial of purpose
or
earns = verb phrase = complex-transitive verb ?
20 dollars = noun phrase = direct object
a day = noun phrase = obligatory adverbial of time ?
for the job = pp = optional adverbial of purpose
Thank you very much for your help
Top answer
He = noun = subject earns = verb = mono-transitive verb 20 dollars a/per day = noun phrase = direct object for the job = prepositional phrase = optional adverbial of purpose
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He = noun = subject
earns = verb = mono-transitive verb
20 dollars a/per day = noun phrase = direct object
for the job = prepositional phrase = optional adverbial of purpose
earns = verb = mono-transitive verb
20 dollars a/per day = noun phrase = direct object
for the job = prepositional phrase = optional adverbial of purpose
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