FUNCTIONS

FUNCTIONS

1. SUBJECTS

   • HEADS
     • COMPLEMENTS
       • PREDICATES
         • ADJUNCTS
           • THEY ARE NOT LEXICALLY REQUIERED BY THE HEAD
             • THEY ARE MOBILE AND CAN BE STACKED
               • THEY TELL US ABOUT HOW, WHEN, WHY OR WHERE ABOUT THE SITUATION EXPRESSED
                 • THEY ACT LIKE MODIFIERS IN A PRE OR POST POSITION (THEY CAN MODIFY NOUNS, PREPOSITIONS, ADJECTIVES OR ADVERBS)
                   • ADVERBIAL ADJUNCTS: MODIFY VERBS OR CLAUSES
         • IT'S EVERYTHING IN A SENTENCE EXCEPT FOR THE SUBJECT
       • ARE LEXICALLY REQUIERED BY THEIR HEADS
         • WHEN THE HEAD IS A VERB
           • DO, IO, PREDICATIVE C, LOCATIVE ADVERBIAL C AND OTHER COMPLEMENTS
             • DO: THEY ARE DPS
               • PRINCIPLE OF ADJACENCY: THEY INMEDIATLY FOLLOW THE VERB
                 • STRONG SEMANTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH THE VERB
                   • THEY CAN BE PASSIVIZED
                     • "SHE SAW THE MOVIE/ THE MOVIE WAS SEEN BY HER"
                       • PASSIVE ALTERNATION TEST
                         • THEY ARE REQUIRED BY TRANSITIVE VERBS
             • IO: THEY ARE DPS
               • THEY NEED A DO
                 • THEY ARE SELECTED BY DITRANSITIVE VERBS
                   • THEY CAN BE PASSIVIZED
                     • DATIVE ALTERNATION TEST
                       • "I gave her a present" "I gave a present TO her"
             • PREDICATIVES COMPLEMENT: CAN BE ADJECTIVE PRHASES OR DPS
               • THEY PREDICATIVE SOMETHING ABOUT THE SUBJECT OR THE DO
             • LOCATIVE ADVERBIAL COMPLEMENT
               • THEY PROVIDED INFORMATION ABOUT THE LOCATION
     • THE MOST IMPORTANT ITEM IN A PHRASE
       • DETERMINES THE CARACTHERISTICS OF THE COMPLEMENTS
         • AND ASSIGN NAME TO THE PHRASE
           • DETERMINER PHRASE, PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE OR TENSE PHRASE
   • THEY ARE DPS
     • THEY ARE THE 1ST DP
       • THEY ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE VERB
         • IN YES/NO QUESTIONS THEY OCUPY 2ND POSITION