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Parse the following sentences:
1. The bows you put on the girl's dress are horrible.
2. I like to eat pizza on weekends.
3. He asked me several times what we needed
4. There isn't a place where I don't remember him.
5. Don't tell Miguel where I put the chocolate.
Solutions:
1. The bows you put on the girl's dress are horrible
– Noun Phrase / Subject 1: The bows you've put on the girl's dress.
– Los: determiner.
– Loops: core.
– What have you put on the girl's dress: adjective subordinate / noun complement.
– Noun Phrase / Subject 2: You (omitted).
– Verb Phrase / Predicate Verb 2: What did you put on the girl's dress.
– Que: noun phrase / direct object (also nexus).
– Le noun phrase / indirect object.
– You entered: verb core.
– To the girl's dress: prepositional phrase / indirect object.
– Al: preposition “a” + determiner “el”.
– Girl's dress: noun phrase.
– Dress: core.
– Of the girl: prepositional phrase.
– From: preposition.
-The girl: noun phrase.
– A:determiner.
– Girl: core.
– Verb Phrase / Noun Predicate 1: they're horrible.
– They are: verbal nucleus.
– Horrible: adjective phrase / attribute.
2. I like to eat pizza on weekends
– Subordinate noun depending on subject 1: eat pizza on weekends.
– Noun Phrase / Subject 2: I (omitted).
– Verb Phrase / Predicate Verb 2: eat pizza on weekends.
– Eat: verb nucleus.
– Pizza: noun phrase / direct object.
– Weekends: noun phrase / circumstantial complement of time.
– Los: determiner.
– Ends: core.
– Of the week: prepositional phrase / noun complement.
– From: preposition.
– Week: noun phrase / head.
– Verb Phrase / Predicate Verb 1: Like.
– Me: noun phrase / indirect object.
– Like: verbal core.
3. He asked me several times what we needed
– Noun Phrase / Subject 1: He (omitted).
– Verb Phrase / Predicate Verb 1: He asked me several times what we needed.
– Me: noun phrase / indirect object.
– Asked: verbal core.
– Several times: noun phrase / circumstantial complement of quantity.
– Several: determiner.
– Times: core.
– What we needed: subordinate noun in functiondirect complement.
– Noun Phrase / Subject 2: We (omitted).
– Verb Phrase / Predicate Verb 2: what we needed.
– What: noun phrase / direct object (also nexus).
– We needed: verb core.
4. There isn't a place where I don't remember him
– Impersonal
– Verb Phrase / Verb Predicate 1: There isn't a place I don't remember him.
– No: adverbial phrase / circumstantial complement of negation.
– Hay: verb nucleus.
– A place where I don't remember him: noun phrase / direct object.
– Un: determiner.
– Location: core.
– Where I don't remember him: adjective subordinate / noun complement.
– Noun Phrase / Subject 2: I (omitted).
– Verb Phrase / Predicate Verb 2: Where I don't remember him.
– Where: adverbial phrase / circumstantial complement of place (also nexus).
– No: adverbial phrase / circumstantial complement of negation.
– I remember: verbal nucleus.
– From him: prepositional phrase / regime complement.
– From: preposition.
– He: noun phrase / head.
5. Don't tell Miguel where I put the chocolate
– Noun Phrase / Subject 1: You (omitted).
– Verb Phrase / Predicate Verb 1: Don't tell Miguel where I put the chocolate.
– Not: adverbial phrase /circumstantial complement of negation.
– Le: noun phrase / indirect object.
– Say: verbal core.
– To Miguel: prepositional phrase / indirect object.
– A: preposition.
– Miguel: noun phrase / head.
– Where have I kept the chocolate: subordinate noun in function of direct object.
– Noun Phrase / Subject 2: I (omitted).
– Verb Phrase / Predicate Verb 2: Where have I put the chocolate.
– Where: noun phrase / circumstantial complement of place (also nexus).
– I have saved: verb core.
– Chocolate: noun phrase / direct object.
– The: determiner.
– Chocolate: core.
