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1. big bananas (‘big’ is an adnominal functor)


2. a big banana (‘a’ and ‘big’ are adnominal functors)
3. this big banana (‘this’ and ‘big’ are adnominal functors)
4. a very big banana (‘a’, ‘very’ ‘big’ are adnominal functors)

More sentences analysis:


CLAUSES WORD CLASSES CLAUSE ELEMENT
He - head of the subject
He – subject pronoun (substantive)
Kissed - transitive verb
Kissed - verb
Her hand – direct object
He kissed her hand yesterday. Her – possessive pronoun
Her – adnominal functor
Hand – noun (substantive)
Hand – hand of the direct object
Yesterday - adverb
Yesterday - adverbial
Computers are fairly Computers – noun (substantive) Computers – head of the subject
commonplace today. Are – verb Are – linking verb
Fairly – adverb Fairly – adverbial
Commonplace - adjective Commonplace – head of subject
Today - adverb complement
Today - adverbial
We must change all the We – subject pronoun (substantive) We – head of the subject
programs tomorrow. Must change – verb Must change – verb
All – indefinite pronoun All – adnominal functor
The – definite article The – adnominal functor
Programs – noun (substantive) Programs – head of direct object
Tomorrow - adverb Tomorrow - adverbial
They read too many books too They – subject pronoun They – head of the subject
quickly. (substantive) Read – transitive verb
Read – verb Too – adverbial
Too – adverb Many – adnominal functor
Many – indefinite pronoun Books – head of direct object
Books – noun (substantive) Quickly - adverbial
quickly - adverb
George and Paul became George - noun (substantive) George - head of the subject
famous doctors. And - conjunction And - adnominal functor
Paul – noun (substantive) Paul - Head of the subject
Became - verb Became – linking verb
Famous - adjective Famous - adnominal functor
Doctors – noun (substantive) Doctors – head of subject
complement
I can´t get my hands warm. I – subject pronoun (substantive) I – head of the subject
Can’t get – verb Can’t get – transitive verb
My – possessive pronoun My – adnominal functor
Hands – noun (substantive) Hands – head of direct object
Warm – adjective (substantive) Warm – head of object
complement
I finished the work without any I – subject pronoun (substantive) I – head of the subject
trouble. Finished – verb Finished – transitive verb
The – definite article The – adnominal functor
Work – head of direct object Work – head of direct object
Without - preposition Without - adnominal functor
any – indefinite pronoun any – adnominal functor
trouble - noun (substantive) trouble – head of adverbial
John and Mary have some John – noun (substantive) John – head of the subject
interesting friends. And – conjunction And – adnominal functor
Mary – noun (substantive) Mary – Head of the subject
Have – verb Have – transitive verb
Some – indefinite pronoun Some – adnominal functor
Interesting – adjective Interesting – adnominal functor
Friends - noun (substantive) Friends – head of direct object
I didn´t tell anybody anything. I – subject pronoun (substantive) I – head of the subject
Didn’t tell – verb Didn’t tell – ditransitive verb
Anybody – indefinite pronoun Anybody – head of indirect object
(substantive) Anything - head of direct object
Anything - indefinite pronoun
(substantive)
Do you call yourself a doctor? Do – auxiliary verb Do – auxiliary verb
You – subject pronoun (substantive) You – head of the subject
call – verb call – transitive verb
Yourself – reflexive pronoun Yourself – head of direct object
(substantive) A - adnominal functor
A – definite article Doctor – head of object
Doctor – noun (substantive) complement
I warned her for the I – subject pronoun (substantive) I – head of the subject
consequences. Warned – verb Warned – ditransitive verb
Her – possessive pronoun Her – head of direct object
(substantive) For – adnominal functor
For – preposition The - adnominal functor
The – definite article Consequences – head of
Consequences - noun (substantive) prepositional object

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