The third rule means that an N ( noun ) can be preceded by an optional AP ( adjective phrase ) and followed by an optional PP ( prepositional phrase ).
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These examples illustrate that the pied-piped phrase can be a noun phrase, an adjective phrase, or an adverb phrase, and examples further below illustrate that it can also be a prepositional phrase.
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The labels on the nodes in the trees are acronyms : A = adjective, Adv = adverb, AP = adjective phrase, N = noun / pronoun, P = preposition, PP = prepositional phrase.
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Another situation is when the adjective itself has a modifier that comes after it; that is, when the noun or pronoun is in fact modified by an adjective phrase in which the head adjective is not final.
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More recently, stative verbs have been increasingly used instead of copula-plus-adjective phrasing, following some poetic usage, so that one now frequently hears " li sanas " for " li estas sana " " he is well ".
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NP { VP / AP } ( the * indicates that this is actually an ungrammatical construction ), meaning you could have a sentence which breaks down to either a verb phrase or an adjective phrase ( see Figure 1 ).
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The sixth verb type is " Vc two-place transitive . " This " Vc " verb is followed by a noun phrase that functions as a direct object, plus another noun phrase, adjective phrase, or infinitive phrase that functions as a complement.
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An interesting trait of these phrases in English is that an attributive adjective alone generally precedes the noun, e . g . " a proud man ", whereas a head-initial or head-medial adjective phrase follows its noun, e . g . " a man proud of his children ".
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An adverbial participle ( or a participial phrase / clause based on such a participle ) plays the role of an adverbial ( adverb phrase ) in the sentence in which it appears, whereas an adjectival participle ( or a participial phrase / clause based on one ) plays the role of an adjective phrase.
