VERB PHRASE

Meaning and its linguistic

(grammatical) realisation
Meaning and its linguistic
(grammatical) realisation
CLASSES OF LEXICAL VERBS
 
Intransitive: no object,
please!
 
*Can I sleep you?
 
CLASSES OF LEXICAL VERBS
 
Mono transitive: one object
 
I love Miyabi
I love Miyabi and Rin Sakuragi
 
 
Di-transitive: two objects siah!
 
Miyabi gave me a kiss.
Oi Od
 
*Miyabi gave me.
*Miyabi gave a kiss.
 
Complex-transitive verb
 
We elected him president
Od Co
 
I made Miyabi happy
 
I put the car in the backyard.
Co
Intensive verb
 
She is happy
Cs
 
She looks happy
 
 
She is my love. (NP)
Cs
 
She is happy. (AdjP)
Cs
 
She is in my house (PP)
Cs
PUZZLE:
 
I called him a taxi
 
 
Verb string: auxiliary/operator, lexical
 
1. She might be fired from work
2. She has been learning English for 10 years.
3. It must be love
4. It must have been love
5. I do love you
6. I have some money to give to charity
7. She is a teacher  She (pres) is a teacher
8. She has many boyfriends
9. I will do the homework tonight
10. The dog must be being given a bone.
11. The dog must have been being given a bone.
Analyse the verb phrases
 
1. She is sleeping
TENSE,PROG LV
2. She could be in love
MOD LV
3. The room is being cleaned
PROG PASS LV
4. Miyabi has a lot of boyfriends
LV
5. This room had been cleaned when you arrived
PERF PASS LV LV
6. Did you leave the house with Miyabi?
DUMMY LV
7. Miyabi is the sexiest Japanese girl.
LV
8. Be extra careful if you do business with him.
LV LV