The Simple Sentence and Its Parts 7, 8, 9, 10

"SENTENCE 7: Object case after preposition

Sentence 7: She fell over me.

Constituents of a sentence: Subject [She] Predicate [fell over me.]

Sentence analysis: S:pronoun [She] P:verb[fell] P:prep [over] P:pro[me.]

Why is sentence 7 not *She fell over I? Because prepositions take the object case. Me can't be the object of fell, because we know that fall is an intransitive verb. In a sentence such as She sent him to me, him is the object of the verb send, and me is the object of the preposition to.

SENTENCE 8: Noun phrase

Sentence 8: The poor girl fell over the chair.

Constituents of a sentence: Subject [The poor girl] Predicate [fell over the chair.]

Sentence analysis: S:noun phrase[The poor girl] P:verb[fell] P:prep[over] P:noun phrase [the chair.]

Noun phrase: a group of words made up of a noun and one or more words modifying or specifying it.

SENTENCE 9: Preposition phrase

Sentence 9: The poor girl fell over the chair.

Constiuents of a sentence: Subject [The poor girl] Predicate [fell over the chair.]

Sentence Analysis: S:noun phrase[The poor girl] P: v[fell] P:prep. phrase, prep[over]
P:prep.phrase, noun phrase [the chair.]

SENTENCE 10: Adverbial

Sentence 10: The poor girl fell over the chair.

Constituents of a sentence: Subject [The poor girl] Predicate [fell over the chair.]

Sentence Analysis: S:noun phrase[The poor girl] P:verb[fell] P:adverbial[prep. phrase] [over the chair.]

A preposition phrase usually functions as an adverb and so is called an adverbial.


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