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Every sentence can be analysed at four distinct levels: word-level, phrase-level, clauselevel & sentence-level
Labelled bracketings
It is a notation method where words that belong together in a constituent are enclosed in
square brackets.
W = word, P = phrase, C = clause, S = sentence
Word level
[ Peter] [ has] [ bought] [ a] [ very] [ expensive] [ car]
W
Phrase level
[ [ Peter]] [ [ has] [ bought]] [ [ a] [ [ very] [ expensive]] [ car]]
P
Clause level
[ [ [ Peter]] [ [ has] [ bought]] [ [ a] [ [ very] [ expensive]] [ car]]]
C
Sentence level
[ [ [ Peter]] [ [ has] [ bought]] [ [ a] [ [ very] [ expensive]] [ car]]]
SC
Tree-diagrams.
It is a method used to represent syntactic structures. They provide a much clearer
representation:
Peter has bought a very expensive car
Clause
phrase
word
phrase
word
phrase
word word
phrase
word
word word
Peter
has
bought
or of a lower rank
Clauses as constituents of phrases A Clause within a Phrase
[ [ [ The] [ dress] [ that you bought yesterday]] [ is] [ [ very]
[ elegant]]
c
Clause
C
That the earth was round
Phrase
was discovered
w
was discovered
Phrase
by Columbus
w
by Columbus
Phrase
w
Phrase
The dress that you bought yesterday
w
cl
Phrase
is
w
is
Phrase
very elegant
w
very elegant
phrase
word
word
This
poison
phrase
phrase
word
word
kills
rats
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