dear teachers,
hi! could someone help me with the constituent structure ( or even a tree diagram ) of the sentence:
i saw an old woman with a child with ginger hair.
thank you,
david e. sitler
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(quote)I saw an old woman with a child with ginger hair.
I = subject
saw = verb
an old woman = object
with a child = prepositional phrase modifying the object head word" woman"
with ginger hair:
I think there are two possibilities:
it modifies "child" or "woman".
Does the child have ginger hair?
or
Does the woman have ginger hair?
I am not sure.
I hope any native speaker of English tells about this.
I want to check which is correct between these two possibilities.
I = subject
saw = verb
an old woman = object
with a child = prepositional phrase modifying the object head word" woman"
with ginger hair:
I think there are two possibilities:
it modifies "child" or "woman".
Does the child have ginger hair?
or
Does the woman have ginger hair?
I am not sure.
I hope any native speaker of English tells about this.
I want to check which is correct between these two possibilities.
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