Grammar 2
Terms
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- Subject complement
- Gives us additional information about the subject. No new element is introduced. Only found after copula verbs.
- Finite
- Said about a verb that is either in the present or the past tense (basically)
- Clause
- A structure consisting of SVCA - all or some.
- Sentence
- A stretch of words starting with a capital letter and ending with a period or sth. similar. Consists of one or more clauses.
- Non-finite
- Said about a verb that is NOT in the present or past tense forms, i.e. that has the form of an infinitive, an -ing form or a past participle (-en form)
- Object complement
- A clause element that has the same relationship to the DO as the SC has to the S. Often describes what the DO 'becomes' as a result of the action that affects the DO.
- Predicate
- Every part of the sentence minus the subject
- Subject
- The thing about which something is said in a sentence. Usually/very often fills the first 'slot' of the sentence structure
- Verbal
- Some call this the central element of any clause. It always consists of a verb. It often designates the 'action' of a clause.
- Adverbial
- A clause element that can describe time, place, manner, etc.
- Direct object
- The clause element that is somehow affected by the action of the verbal. Can only be found after transitive verbs.
- Indirect object
- The clause element that can be found by asking 'to whom/what...'