Major syntactic functions at sentence/clause level
label | explanation | example |
SU | subject | the water that was spilled was not radioactive. [analysis] |
V | verb | significant results were not expected until Tuesday. [analysis] |
CS | subject complement | her late husband was a local broadcaster. [analysis] |
OI | indirect object | he's really doing us a favor." [analysis] |
OD | direct object | he said the cause was being investigated. [analysis] |
CO | object complement | but critics called the findings unrealistic. [analysis] |
A | adverbial | one person died of a heart attack. [analysis] |
DE | discourse element | hence our fears for the taxpayers. [analysis] |
Major syntactic functions at phrase level
label | explanation |
NPHD | NP head |
LIM | limiter |
DT | determiner |
DTPE | predeterminer |
DTCE | central determiner |
DTPO | postdeterminer |
NPPR | NP premodifier |
NPPO | NP postmodifier |
AJHD | head of AJP |
AJPR | AJP premodifier |
AJPO | AJP postmodifier |
AVHD | head of AVP |
AVPR | AVP premodifier |
AVPO | AVP postmodifier |
P | prepositional |
PC | prepositional complement |
OP | operator |
AVB | auxiliary verb |
MVB | main verb |