Today in the section dedicated to the syntax of our blog, La Guía 2000, we are in charge of reviewing the syntactic analysis of those sentences whose propositions appear separated by a comma or a semicolon, that is, the juxtaposed compound sentences. To do this, we propose the following prayers:
1. I don't like the coat my sister bought, it seems too extravagant.
2. The winning horse was ours; we made quite a bit of money from that race.
3. Shut up, don't tell lies.
Solutions:
1. I don't like the coat my sister bought, it seems too extravagant
This is a sentence composed by juxtaposition formed by two propositions (I don't like the coat my sister bought and it seems too extravagant). Within the first one, we also find an adjective subordinate (which my sister has bought). Let's analyze each of them in detail:
Proposition 1: I don't like the coat my sister bought
– Noun Phrase / Subject 1: The coat my sister bought.
The: determiner.
Coat: core.
That my sister has bought: adjective subordinate / noun complement.
– Noun Phrase/Subject 2: My sister.
Mi: determiner.
Sister: core.
– Verb Phrase / Predicate Verb 2: that you bought.
– Que: noun phrase / direct object (also nexus).
– Has Bought: Verbal Core.
– Phrase verb / Predicate verb: I don't like it.
No: adverbial phrase / circumstantial complement of negation.
Me: noun phrase / indirect object.
Like: verbal core.
Proposition 2: I find it too extravagant
– Noun Phrase / Subject: The coat my sister bought (omitted).
– Verb Phrase / Predicate Noun: Seems too fancy to me.
– Me: noun phrase / indirect object.
– Looks like: verbal core.
– Too extravagant: adjective phrase / attribute.
-Too much: adverbial phrase / adjective complement.
– Extravagant: core.
2. The winning horse was ours; we made quite a bit of money from that race
This is a sentence composed by juxtaposition formed by two propositions (The winning horse was ours and we won quite a lot of money from that race.) Let's analyze each of them in detail:
Proposition 1: The winning horse was ours
– Noun Phrase / Subject:The winning horse.
The: determiner.
Horse: core.
Vencedor: adjective phrase / noun complement.
– Verb Phrase / Noun Predicate: was ours.
Was: verbal core.
Ours: noun phrase / attribute.
The: determiner.
Our: core.
Proposition 2: We made a lot of money from that race
– Noun Phrase / Subject: We (omitted).
– Verb Phrase / Predicate Verb: We made a lot of money from that race.
We win: verbal core.
A lot of money: noun phrase / direct object.
Pretty: determiner.
Money: core.
With that race: prepositional phrase / circumstantial instrument complement.
With: preposition.
That race: noun phrase.
That: determiner.
Career: core.
3. Shut up, don't tell lies
This is a sentence composed by juxtaposition formed by two propositions (Shut up and don't tell lies) Let's analyze each of them in detail:
Proposition 1: Shut up
– Noun Phrase / Subject: You (omitted).
– Verb Phrase / Verb Predicate: Shut up.
Calla: verbal nucleus.
Te: noun phrase / indirect object.
Proposition 2: Don't tell lies
– Noun Phrase / Subject: You (omitted).
– Phrase verb / Predicate verb: don't tell lies.
No: adverbial phrase / circumstantial complement of negation.
Say: verbal core.
Lies: noun phrase / direct object.
And here comes the review of thejuxtaposes of today.
