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2. Predicate (grammar) - Wikipedia

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   On the other hand, dependency grammar rejects the binary subject-predicate division and places the finite verb as the root of the sentence. The matrix predicate is marked in blue, and its two arguments are in green. While the predicate cannot be construed as a constituent in the formal sense, it is a catena.

3. Predicative expression - Wikipedia

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   A predicative expression (or just predicative) is part of a clause predicate, and is an expression that typically follows a copula or linking verb, e.g. be, seem, appear, or that appears as a second complement of a certain type of verb, e.g. call, make, name, etc. [1] The most frequently acknowledged types of predicative expressions are predicative adjectives (also predicate adjectives) and ...

4. Logical grammar - Wikipedia

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   Logical grammar consists of the analysis of the sentence into a predicate-argument structure and of a commutation test, which breaks the form down paradigmatically into layers of syntactic categories. Through such procedure, formal grammar is extracted from the material.

5. English grammar - Wikipedia

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   English grammar is the set of structural rules of the English language. ... (a noun phrase) and a predicate (a verb phrase in the terminology used above; that is, a ...

6. Predicate - Wikipedia

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   Predicate or predication may refer to: Predicate (grammar), in linguistics; Predication (philosophy) several closely related uses in mathematics and formal logic: Predicate (mathematical logic) Propositional function; Finitary relation, or n-ary predicate; Boolean-valued function; Syntactic predicate, in formal grammars and parsers; Functional ...

7. Argument (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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   The predicate 'like' appears in various forms in these examples, which means that the syntactic functions of the arguments associated with Jack and Jill vary. The object of the active sentence, for instance, becomes the subject of the passive sentence. Despite this variation in syntactic functions, the arguments remain semantically consistent.

8. Complement (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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   The argument concept is tied to the predicate concept in a way that the complement concept is not. In linguistics, an adjunct is an optional, or structurally-dispensable, part of a sentence, clause, or phrase that, when it is removed, will not affect the remainder of the sentence except to discard from it some auxiliary information.

9. Theta role - Wikipedia

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   Theta roles are the names of the participant roles associated with a predicate: the predicate may be a verb, an adjective, a preposition, or a noun. If an object is in motion or in a steady state as the speakers perceives the state, or it is the topic of discussion, it is called a theme. [1]