b) Blue: Predicative, Relational, Complement, Predicate
c) Thirty-Six Years Old: Property-Modifying, Modifier, Postnominal
d) Luscious:
Relative, Complement, Prenominal, Predicate
e) Hottest: Relative, Complement, Prenominal
Morphology
a) Expensive: Complex, Inflectional, Modifier, Postnominal
Expens(e) + ive
Root bound morpheme, suffix
b) Bouncy: Complex, Inflectional, Complement, Predicate
Bounc(e) + y
Root bound morpheme, suffix
c) Plump: Simple, No Affix, Complement, Predicate
d) Top: Simple, No Affix, Modifier, Prenominal
e) Furry: Complex, Inflectional, Modifier, Prenominal
Fur(r) + y
Root bound morpheme, suffix
Participial Adjectives
a) Plumped
Up: Complement, Predicate
b) Matching: Modifier, Prenominal
Direct Objects
a) Derry Street Office
b) Rixey Bloomy
c) The most expensive leather trouser suit and zebra-skin ankle boots
d) Hair, lips, eyes
Non-ADJ Subjective Complements
a) Rixey Bloomy: NP
Problematic Examples
There were some words and phrases that I could not easily classify as adjectives, such as trouser and zebra-skin. In any other context, ‘trouser’ would have been classified as a noun. However, it modifies ‘suit’ and is part of the adjectival phrase “most expensive leather trouser suit,” which lends to my confusion.
Part II
a)
S
Det N V Adv
The crew left early.
b)
S
AdvP
AdvP Adv
Det N V Det N Adv gently.
The wind filled the sails very
c)
S
NP
N Adv V Det Noun
Horatio always loved the ocean.
d)
S
AdvP
AdvP Adv
Det N V N Adv expertly.
The captain sails ships quite
e)
S
NP
Adj N AuxV V Det N
Only Horatio can sail the ship.
f)
S
NP
Adv Det N AuxV V Det N
Apparently, a storm may delay the trip.
