3. Dependent phrases
Syntactic functions and complexity features
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Structural type 3: Dependent phrases
- Syntactic function 1: clause constituent: adverbial
- Complexity feature 1: adverb phrase
- Complexity feature 2: prepositional phrase
- Syntactic function 2: noun phrase constituent: modifier
- Complexity feature 1: attributive adjectives as noun pre-modifier
- Complexity feature 2: noun as noun pre-modifier
- Complexity feature 3: of genetive phrases as noun
- Complexity feature 4: other prepositional phrases as noun
- Complexity feature 5: appositive noun phrases as noun
- Syntactic function 3: other phrase constituent: adjective complement
- Complexity feature 1: prepositional phrases as adjective complement
- Syntactic function 4: other phrase constituent: adjective/adverb modifier
- Complexity feature 1: adverb phrase as adjective/adverb modifier
- Syntactic function 1: clause constituent: adverbial