How to parse verbs
Video: How to Parse a Verb 1 2024, July
Morphological analysis of the verb is constructed in the same way as the analysis of other parts of speech. Only the set of morphological characters that need to be distinguished differs. Typically, this analysis includes the following steps.
Instruction manual
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Define the part of speech (in our case - the verb) and the general meaning (designation of the action), and also ask a question for the word. For example: swam (what did?) - a verb denotes an action.
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Now indicate the initial form of the word. For verbs, the initial will be an indefinite form. For example: N.F. - swim.
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After that, indicate the permanent signs: the type of the verb (perfect / imperfect), recurrence (the rate of recurrence - return particle –s / s), transitivity (the ability to attach a direct complement - the noun in the accusative case without an excuse) and conjugation (I or II) For example: swim - a perfect verb, irrevocable, transitive, I conjugation.
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Next, indicate inconstant signs: mood (indicative, imperative or conditional), tense (for indicative), person (for present and future tenses and for imperative), number and gender (for past tenses and conditional). For example: swam - a verb in an indicative mood, past tense, singular, masculine.
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At the end of the parsing, determine the syntactic function of the verb (role in the sentence). Most often, a verb is part of a simple or compound verb predicate, but it can also perform other functions. For example, in the sentence “To smoke - to harm health” the verb “to smoke” will be subject. And in the sentence "I swam this distance faster than all" the verb "swam" will perform the function of a simple verb predicate.