Phrasescheck that the word you underline actually is an adjective.
a. The undernourished animals recovered.
b. My boss is happy with my work.
c. Mindy was completely unaware of his ability to dance.
d. The reasons for his sudden resignation eluded even the most as-
tute observers in the company.
e. Afraid of real combat, George bought a large squirtgun.
f. George is extremely generous to his wealthy friends.
- For each of the following adjectives, create at least three APs:
aware, afraid, sorry, disappointed, astonished, hopeful, sad. In the
APs you create, include at least one PP complement, one finite clause
complement, and one infinitival complement. - Draw a tree diagram with full detail (i.e., include part of speech
labels for each word and internal phrase) for the expression very sure
of himself.
APs have three main functions. First, they may directly modify nouns. In
this function they are often called attributive adjectives, as in friendly dogs.
Second, APs may complement subject NPs. In this function they are re-
ferred to as predicative or subject complements Predicate adjectives occur
after verbs of the be-become-seem type.
(21) a. Faust is anxious.
b. Mephistopheles became despondent.
c. Wagner seems puzzled.
Third, an AP may function as an object complement, that is, as the
complement of the object of a clause:
(22) a. We consider him foolish.
b. Your attitude makes me angry.
Adjectival object complements are particularly common in certain set
phrases, such as make X clear. Table 2 contains a sample of such set phrases.
cut X short pack X tight
drain X dry push X open