1 An Introduction to Word classes
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- English Grammar You Need to Know
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pre-Head
string Head post-Head string
-- plays the piano Let us now consider the functions of each of these three parts. Actually, we already know the function of
one of the parts -- the word
plays
functions as the Head of this VP. The term "Head"
is a functional label
, indicated by the capital (uppercase) letter. Remember that we also capitalize
the other functions -- Subject
, Object,
Predicate
, etc. Turning
now to the post-Head string
the piano
, we can see that it completes
the meaning of the Head
plays
.
In functional terms
, we refer to this string as the COMPLEMENT of the Head. Here are some more examples of
Complements in verb phrases
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