List of abbreviations
sentence level
simple SIM compound COM complex CLX compound-complex COM-CLX independent or main clause Main dependent or subordinating clause Sub clausal level finite clause FC nonfinite clause nFC that finite clause that FC relative clause Rel Cl clausal elements/functions subject S predicator P direct object Od indirect object Oi subject complement sC object complement oC adverbial A adverbial complement aC |
functions within NP determiner det pre-modifier pre-mod head H or head post-modifier post-mod phrase level noun phrase NP verb phrase VP adverbial phrase AdvP adjective phrase AdjP prepostion phrase PP Please note, in Estling's University Grammar of English, the terminology used is slightly different and corresponds as follows = V = do = iO = Ps predicative subject = Pc predicative object |
word classes
lexical verb V (lex) auxiliary verb V (aux) finite verb V(fin) non-finite verb V(non-fin) conjunction (conj) subordinating conjunction (sub conj) auxiliary verb (aux) modal auxiliary verb (mod aux) article art adjective adj adverb adv preposition prep or P pronoun pro |