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Division between <strong>Subject</strong> and <strong>Predicate</strong> – Example 1 ● Edward grows tomatoes as large as grapefruit Edward - subject – names a topic – who (known to both speaker and hearer) Grows tomatoes as large as grapefruit – predicate – new information about Edward (what he does) as large as tomatoes – belongs with tomatoes – no ● division is possible after tomatoes *Edward grows tomatoes as large as grapefruit – a noun cannot be substituted for Edward grows nor a verb for tomatoes as large as grapefruit – wrong division – tomatoes as large as grapefruit belongs with grows
Tree Structure S = NP + VP S NP Edward VP grows tomatoes as large as grapefruit ● The phrase structure tree shows that – the noun phrase Edward, is functioning as a subject – the verb phrase grows tomatoes as large as grapefruit is functioning as its predicate
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