Chapter3Whatissyntax?sentenceI.ClauseTypes(ClauseStructure)2.IntermsofthestructureoftheverbphraseTenseTherewasnopossibilityoftakingawalkthatday.Wehadbeenwandering,indeed,intheleaflessshrubberyanhourinthemorning;butsincedinner(Mrs.Reed,whentherewasnocompany,dinedearly)thecoldwinterwindhadbroughtwithitcloudssosombre,andarainsopenetrating,thatfurtherout-doorexercisewasnowoutofthequestion.--JaneEyrebyCharlotteBronte3.IntermsoffunctionsinasentenceExample-I’ve…Boardedthetrainthere'snogettingoff.MajorShannonthoughtitover.TwentydaysintheMediterranean,twentydaysouttotarget,andtwentydaysback.Ahundredandtwentythousandmarks,or£15000.Cheaperthanbuyingone'sownship.Tempting.(F.Forsyth,TheDogsofWar)NounPhraseIV.SequenceandSegmentationThathewasreallyfondofJane,shedoubtednomorethanshehadeverdone;andmuchasshehadalwaysbeendisposedtolikehim,shecouldnotthinkwithoutanger,hardlywithoutcontempt,ontheeasinessoftemper,thatwantofproperresolutionwhichnowmadehimtheslaveofhisdesigningfriends,andledhimtosacrificehisownhappinesstothecapriceoftheirinclinations.她仍旧象以往一样，相信彬格莱先生真正喜欢吉英。伊丽莎白一向很看重他，现在才知道他原来是这样一个容易说话而没有主意的人，以致被他那批诡计多端的朋友们牵制住了，听凭他们反复无常地作弄他，拿他的幸福作牺牲品──想到这些，她就不能不气愤，甚至不免有些看不起他。(JaneAustin,PrideandPrejudice)Icame,Isaw,Iconquered.Edwardlookedathisredbeardinthetableknife.ThenEdwardandPiawenttoSweden,tothefarm.InthemailboxPiafoundacheckforWilliefromthegovernmentofSweden.Itwasfortwenty-threehundredcrownsandhadarained-onlook.Piaputthecheckinthepocketofherbrowncoat.Piawaspregnant.InLondonshehadbeensickeveryday.InLondonPiaandEdwardhadseentheMaratSadeattheAldwychTheatre.EdwardboughtabottleofwhitestuffforPiainLondon.Itwassupposedtomakeherstopvomiting.Edwardwalkedouttothewoodbarnandbrokeupwoodforthefire.Snowinpatcheslayonthegroundstill.Piawrappedcabbageleavesaroundchoppedmeat.Shewasstillwearingherbrowncoat.Willie'scheckwasstillinthepocket.ItwasstillSunday.(DonaldBarthelme,UnspeakablePractices,UnnaturalActs)Left-branchingNestingRight-branchinga.Thepast,withitscrimes,itsfollies,anditstragedies,