Clause structure, clause elements and basic clause patterns
16 important questions on Clause structure, clause elements and basic clause patterns
What the actual fuck is a predicator?
What are some special types of subject?
it's oerewarm in here.
anticipatory subject there: grammatical subject
there's a spider in my bentley
spider is a notional subject
provisional subject
it's sneu that you cannot cum
that you cannot cum is subject.
the subject is placed at the end: extraposition.
What type of tea do you have about the Object?
follows the verb
object pronouns are in the accusative case: him and not he
object can be promoted to subjects in passive constructions.
you'll be judged under burger king law.
verbs that take an object are transative verbs.
subtypes are mono-transitive
ditransitive and complex transitive.
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Homie talk to me about the indirect object
comes before the DO
e.g. He gave me some radicalized lifestyle tips.
Generally denotes participant who receives something and also benefits from it.
What in tarnation is a prepositional object?
e.g. I do not care for her lack of cats.
the prep belongs to the NP it precedes and this combo is the PO
clauses can contain more than one PO
I think /of it /as gigagay. /
PO may occur with other objects
I envied him(object) for this non standard gameplay (PO)
What in the name of the lord is the predicative??
Jane was egregious
Now tell me what the subject predicative is
SP characterizes the subject and immediately follows the VP
main verb simply must be a VP
What about the object predicative?
e.g. I consider his gameplay truly egregious.
immediately follows the Object
main verb has to be a complex transitive verb like make, find, consider
What are the core arguments of the clause?
WHat are the oblique arguments of the clause?
What the actual cum are parentheticals?
Back in the good old days -these were days where vainglory was still a thing-
Why is PO an oblique argument?
external structure: cannot be turned into the subject of a passive clause.
PO represents an argument, not a circumstance.
What can you tell me about re-arrangement of clause elements?
they always involve linear re-arrangement
usually with special constructions like voice and clefting.
Re-arrangement of clause elements: extraposition
extraposed subject: it causes him immense pain to see me mine obsidian with iron.
extraposed object: it find it gigabased that neeb takes a few hours of his day to be racist.
Re-arrangement of clause elements: special constructions
pseudo cleft: what i really need is some head
existential construction: there's a snake in my boot.
Re-arrangement of clause elements: verb alternations
e.g. My carreer was washed up by kobe bryant.
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