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phrase structure tree

noun

Linguistics. a structural representation of a sentence in the form of an inverted tree, with each node of the tree labeled according to the phrasal constituent it represents.

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What Are Prepositional Phrases?Prepositional phrases are the kinds of things you use all the time without thinking about them. They’re groups of words that begin with a preposition and end with an object. Prepositions are words like about, across, after, for, and in. You’ll see them in simple prepositional phrases, like about zebras, after school, and with friends. Objects of Prepositions When we say object, we mean the …
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phrasal verb, phrase, phrase book, phrase marker, phrase structure, phrase structure tree, phrase-structure grammar, phrase-structure rule, phrasemaker, phrasemonger, phraseogram
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