This document contains sample analyses of parts of speech for sentences from an English grammar course. It includes analyses of three sentences labeled as "Stumper #1", "Stumper #2", and "Stumper #3". For each sentence, it identifies the form class (noun, verb, adjective, etc.) of each word. It also provides two analyses for "Stumper #2" - identifying derivational morphemes and structure class words. The document provides this as practice for students to identify grammatical components of sentences.
1. ENG 411B
Principles of Modern Grammar
Module 2 In-Class Practice
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2. ENG 411B
Principles of Modern Grammar
Module 2 In-Class Practice
Each Group will be asked to identify one (or
more) of the following:
1. Derivational Morphemes (that change the
meaning or the form-class of the word)
2. Inflectional Morphemes
3. All Form-Class Words (and provide proof)
4. All Structure-Class Words
5. All Words in the Sentence
3. It was seven o'clock of a very warm
evening in the Seeonee hills when
Father Wolf woke up from his day's rest,
scratched himself, yawned, and spread
out his paws one after the other to get
rid of the sleepy feeling in their tips.
ENG 411B
Principles of Modern Grammar
Module 2 In-Class Practice
Stumper #1
4. It was seven o'clock of a very warm evening in the Seeonee hills when
Father Wolf woke up from his day's rest, scratched himself, yawned, and
spread out his paws one after the other to get rid of the sleepy feeling in
their tips.
12. Seeonee: noun
13. hills: noun
14. when: subordinator
15. Father: noun
16. Wolf: noun
17. woke: verb
18. up: verb particle
19. from: preposition
20. his: possessive det.
21. day’s: possessive det.
22. rest: noun
ENG 411B
Principles of Modern Grammar
Module 2 Sample Analysis
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entence-elements.html
1. It: indefinite pronoun
2. was: main verb
3. seven: cardinal (noun)
4. o‘clock: adverb
5. of: preposition
6. a: indefinite article
7. very: qualifier
8. warm: adjective
9. evening: noun
10. in: preposition
11. the: definite article
Stumper #1 – Part I
5. It was seven o'clock of a very warm evening in the Seeonee hills when
Father Wolf woke up from his day's rest, scratched himself, yawned, and
spread out his paws one after the other to get rid of the sleepy feeling in
their tips.
34. other: pronoun
35. to: infinitive marker
36. get: verb (phrasal)
37. rid: verb (phrasal)
38. of: preposition
39. the: definite article
40. sleepy: adjective
41. feeling: verb/nominal
42. in: preposition
43. their: possessive det.
44. tips: noun
ENG 411B
Principles of Modern Grammar
Module 2 Sample Analysis
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entence-elements.html
23. scratched: past participle
24. himself: reflexive pronoun
25. yawned: past participle
26. and: coord. conjunction
27. spread: past participle
28. out: verb particle
29. his: possessive det.
30. paws: noun
31. one: noun
32. after: preposition
33. the: definite article
Stumper #1 – Part II
6. Books! And cleverness! There are more
important things- friendship and
bravery.
ENG 411B
Principles of Modern Grammar
Module 2 In-Class Practice
Stumper #2
7. Books! And cleverness! There are more important things- friendship and
bravery.
ENG 411B
Principles of Modern Grammar
Module 2 Sample Analysis
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entence-elements.html
1. Books: noun
2. And: coordinating conjunction
3. cleverness: noun
4. There: indefinite pronoun
5. are: main verb
6. more: qualifier
7. important: adjective
8. things: noun
9. friendship: noun
10. and: coordinating conjunction
11. bravery: noun
Stumper #2 – Part I
8. Books! And cleverness! There are more important things- friendship and
bravery.
1. Books: noun plural inflection
2. And: structure-class word (FANBOYS)
3. cleverness: noun-making derivational morpheme
4. There: structure-class word
5. are: NOT an auxiliary
6. more: structure-class word
7. important: passes all adjective tests
8. things: noun plural inflection
9. friendship: noun-making derivational morpheme
10. and: structure-class word
11. bravery: noun-making derivational morpheme
Stumper #2 – Part II
ENG 411B
Principles of Modern Grammar
Module 2 Sample Analysis
http://benaldin.blogspot.com/2012/02/s
entence-elements.html
9. Shelly, an otherwise sourly girl, sells
intoxicating sherbert and colorful
seashells by the seashore as the tide
rhythmically wades nearby.
ENG 411B
Principles of Modern Grammar
Module 2 In-Class Practice
Stumper #3
10. Shelly, an otherwise sourly girl, sells intoxicating sherbert and colorful
seashells by the seashore as the tide rhythmically wades nearby.
11. seashells: noun
12. by: preposition
13. the: definite article.
14. seashore: noun
15. as: subordinator
16. the: definite article
17. tide: noun
18. rhythmically: adverb
19. wades: verb
20. nearby: adverb
ENG 411B
Principles of Modern Grammar
Module 2 Sample Analysis
http://benaldin.blogspot.com/2012/02/s
entence-elements.html
1. Shelly: noun
2. an: indefinite article
3. otherwise: adverb
4. sourly: adjective
5. girl: noun
6. sells: verb
7. intoxicating: verb/adj.
8. sherbert: noun
9. and: coord. conjunction
10. colorful: adjective
Stumper #3 – Part I
11. ENG 411B
Principles of Modern Grammar
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