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No one told the parents of 13-year old sarita kudumula that the teenager was involved in a
medical study. (the independent, 14/11/11, p.4)
noun phrase [Nobody(noun)]
verb phrase [ came(verb) to(to infinitive) ask(verb) us(pronoun)]
prepositional phrase [ for(preposition) permission(noun)]
verb phrase [ says(verb), father(noun) of(preposition) girl(noun), 13,]
noun phrase [ who(relative pronoun)]
verb phrase [ died(verb) after(preposition) trail(noun)]
Nobody: noun, is the subject of the verb, other nouns can take its place (john came to ask
us..) (* hit/the/tall came to ask us)
Came: verb, other verbs will take its place ( nobody tried to ask us) (*nobody john/high/the
to ask us)
Ask: verb, comes after to infinitive and other verbs will take its place. (he came to hit him)
(*he came to john/tall him)
Permission: noun, a preposition precedes it and will allow plural s permissions.
Says: verb, because of position, (reports, the father of the girl)
Father: noun, will take plural s and determiners the father
Girl: noun, will allow plural s and determiners the girl
Died: verb, -ed- ending denoting past tense.
Trail: noun, will take plural s and determiners the trial
Closed class words left out: (the) father of (the) girl, 13, who died after (the) trail
They are the spider-like creatures eager for your warmth and a bed for the night. They remain
invisible to the naked eye. And millions of them may already have taken up residence in your
home.
Noun phrase [Millions(noun)]
verb phrase[suffer(verb) 'home(noun) fever(noun)']
prepositional phrase [as(perp) allergy(noun) epidemic(noun)]
verb phrase [begins(verb) to(to infinitive) bite(verb)]
Millions: noun, has pural s and is the subject of the verb.
Suffer: verb, because of position ( million catch home fever) (* millions john home fever)
Home: noun, can be pluralised homes
Fever: noun, because of position ( do you have a fever/book?) (*do you have a running?)
Allergy: can be pluralised allergies, however, here it is acting as an adjective.
Epidemic: noun, a determiner can be placed before in the epidemic, it is modified by an
adjective.
Begins: verb. Because of position (the epidemic starts to bite) (*the epidemic john to bite)
Closed class words left out: (the) epidemic begins to bite
Church: noun, can be pluralised churches and can have determiner a church
Could : modal verb
Have: verb, can be replaced by other verbs (could appoint first women bishop) (*could
john/man first women)
First: adjective, it is pre modifying a noun
Women: noun, it is the plural of woman, however, in this context it is used as an adjective.
Bishops: noun, it is pre modified by adjectives and it is plural of bishop.
Closed class words left out: (the) Church could have (the) first women bishops by 2014