i really don't understand this..can someone explain?
f.e.Divide into immediate constituents:
1.Full-scale computers have a large number of programs
2.We must change all the programs tomorrow
3.Tomorrow will be a holoday free
Thank you for using the Jiskha Homework Help Forum. Here are some explanations of immediate constituents:
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives
2. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/immediate+constituents
3. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9042190/immediate-constituent-analysis
What you are to do is linguistically explain the word order.
To divide a sentence into its immediate constituents, we need to analyze its grammatical structure. Here's a breakdown of the three sentences you provided:
1. Full-scale computers have a large number of programs.
This sentence can be divided into the following immediate constituents:
- Full-scale computers (noun phrase)
- have (verb)
- a large number of programs (noun phrase)
2. We must change all the programs tomorrow.
This sentence can be divided into the following immediate constituents:
- We (pronoun)
- must change (verb phrase)
- all the programs (noun phrase)
- tomorrow (adverb)
3. Tomorrow will be a holiday-free.
This sentence can be divided into the following immediate constituents:
- Tomorrow (noun)
- will be (verb phrase)
- a holiday-free (adjective phrase)
By breaking down the sentences into their immediate constituents, we can better understand the individual parts of each sentence and analyze their relationships within the sentence structure.