Perform the syntactic and morphological analysis of the following sentences. Try doing them without any help and then you can check if you got it right by comparing them with the solutions below.
1. Although I'm not hungry, I have to eat now.
2. The diary that I bought has a cover that I don't like.
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1. Although I'm not hungry, I have to eat now.
SYNTACTICS
Omitted subject: me
SV (verbal predicate): Even though I'm not hungry, I have to eat now
Even though I'm not hungry: subordinate adverbial concessive clause (CC)
although: nexus
Omitted subject: me
SV (verbal predicate): I'm not hungry
no: Sadv (CCNeg) / core
I have: head of the predicate of the adverbial subordinate clause
hunger: SN (OD) / core
I have to eat: predicate head of main clause
Clarification: the two verbs and the conjunction «que» form the same syntactic nucleus because they form a verbal periphrasis.
ya: Sadv (CCT)
MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
Although: conjunction.
no: adverb of negation.
tengo: verb, first person singular, present indicative, verb tener, second conjugation, active voice.
hunger: common noun, masculine, singular, individual, abstract,uncountable, simple.
tengo: verb, first person singular, present indicative, verb tener, second conjugation, active voice.
que: conjunction.
comer: verb in non-personal form, simple infinitive, second conjugation.
ya: adverb of time.
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2. The diary that I bought has a cover that I don't like.
SYNTACTICS
SN (subject): the agenda that I bought
SV (Verbal Predicate): It has a cover that I don't like.
la: det
phonebook: core
that I bought: specifying adjective subordinate clause (adjacent)
Omitted subject: me
SV (verbal predicate): that I bought
que: SN (OD) / core
me: SN (OI) / core
he bought: head of the predicate of the adjectival subordinate clause
has: head of the predicate of the main clause
a cover: SN (OD)
a: det
cover: core
that I don't like: specifying adjective subordinate clause (adjacent)
SN (subject): que
SV (verbal predicate): I don't like
what: core
no: Sadv (CCNeg) / core
me: SN (OI) / core
gusta: head of the predicate of the adjective subordinate clause
MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
La: definite article, feminine, singular.
agenda: common noun, feminine, singular, individual, concrete, countable, simple.
que: pronounrelative.
me: personal pronoun, first person singular.
he bought: verb, first person singular, of the present perfect composed of the indicative, of the verb buy, of the first conjugation, active voice.
tener: verb, third person singular, present indicative, verb tener, second conjugation, active voice.
una: indefinite article, feminine, singular.
cover: common noun, feminine, singular, individual, concrete, countable, simple.
que: relative pronoun.
no: adverb of negation.
me: personal pronoun, first person singular.
gusta: verb, third person singular, present indicative of the verb gustar, first conjugation, active voice.
