What is Syntax?
Syntax, in linguistic is
the study of how words and morphemes ( the smallest meaningful lexical item in
a language) combine to form larger unit such as phrases and sentence.
Kalau dibahasa Indonesia
kan, syntax adalah ilmu yang membedah bagaimana sebuah kata dapat digabungkan
menjadi gabungan kata yang nantinya akan jadi kalimat.
How about the tree diagram in syntax?
The tree diagram is a
newer method for diagramming sentences and to recognize the syntactic structure
in phrases and structure.
But first you need to
know how to categories the word or the symbols in diagram tree:
·
N (Nouns)
Pl Plural/ Singular
Proper/ Common
Abstract/ Concrete
·
NP (Noun Phrase)
· PRO (Pronoun)
Subjective
Objective
Possessive
·
Det (Determiners)
Article
Determiner Pronoun
Possessive Pronoun
Demonstrative Pronoun
· V (Verbs)
Form : Infinitive, Progressive, Past, Past Participle
Category : Transitive Intransitive
·
VP (Verb Phrase)
·
Adv (Adverb)
Circumstance
Sentence
Degree
·
AdvP (Adverb Phrase)
· A (Adjective)
Qualifier
Quantifier
·
AP (Adjective Phrase)
· P (Preposition)
Time
Place
·
PP (Preposition Phrase)
·
S (Sentence/ clause)
·
AUX (Auxiliary)
·
dO (Direct Object)
·
iO (Indirect Object)
·
oC (Object Complement)
·
sC (Subject Complement)
·
pO (Prepositional Object)
·
MOD (Modal)
·
Vgp (Verb Group)
·
PASS (Passive)
·
PERF (Perfect)
·
POSS (Possessive)
·
pres (Present Tense)
·
PROG (Progressive)
· S
(Subject)
· P
(Predikator)
In the verb phrases there
are 6 verbs:
4.
Intensive verb
5.
Complex-transitive verb
6.
Prepositional verb
See you to the post about
Transitive verb 😊
