Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Need help with sentence analysis
Greetings!
I would really appreciate some feedback regarding my sentence analysis in terms of clauses and phrases (along with their functions):
The STS Utilization and Operations Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston had prepared the document(1), which was meant to be revised quarterly(2) as new customers chose the Space Shuttle as their cheap and reliable ride to space(3).
(1) - main, finite clause
(2) - subordinate, finite relative clause
(3) - subordinate, finite adverbial (of reason or time?) clause
The STS Utilization and Operations Office - NP, functioning as the subject
at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston - AdverbP, functioning as adverb of place
had prepared - VP
the document - NP, functioning as an object
which - NP, functioning as subject
was meant - VP
to be revised - VP
quarterly - AdjectiveP
new customers - NP, functioning as subject
chose -VP
the Space Shuttle - NP, functioning as object
their cheap and reliable ride to space - NP, functioning as object complement
Please correct me where I am wrong. Thanks a million,
Luke
I would really appreciate some feedback regarding my sentence analysis in terms of clauses and phrases (along with their functions):
The STS Utilization and Operations Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston had prepared the document(1), which was meant to be revised quarterly(2) as new customers chose the Space Shuttle as their cheap and reliable ride to space(3).
(1) - main, finite clause
(2) - subordinate, finite relative clause
(3) - subordinate, finite adverbial (of reason or time?) clause
The STS Utilization and Operations Office - NP, functioning as the subject
at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston - AdverbP, functioning as adverb of place
had prepared - VP
the document - NP, functioning as an object
which - NP, functioning as subject
was meant - VP
to be revised - VP
quarterly - AdjectiveP
new customers - NP, functioning as subject
chose -VP
the Space Shuttle - NP, functioning as object
their cheap and reliable ride to space - NP, functioning as object complement
Please correct me where I am wrong. Thanks a million,
Luke
Top answer
A few errors: Main Clause: The subject of the main clause is "The STS Utilization and Operations Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston". The two prep phrases are modifiers of "The STS Utilization and Operations Office", not adverbials (adverbials modify verbs and VPs, not nouns) The verb phrase is "had prepared the document", in which "the document" acts as object. Relative Clause: The verb phrase is "was meant to be revised quarterly".
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A few errors:
Main Clause:
The subject of the main clause is "The STS Utilization and Operations Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston". The two prep phrases are modifiers of "The STS Utilization and Operations Office", not adverbials (adverbials modify verbs and VPs, not nouns)
The verb phrase is "had prepared the document", in which "the document" acts
Main Clause:
The subject of the main clause is "The STS Utilization and Operations Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston". The two prep phrases are modifiers of "The STS Utilization and Operations Office", not adverbials (adverbials modify verbs and VPs, not nouns)
The verb phrase is "had prepared the document", in which "the document" acts
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