A noun, pronoun, or noun phrase that occurs in addition to a direct object after some verbs and indicates the person or thingthat receiveswhat is being given or done
It's a kind of adverbial that it can realize PP, then adverbial phrases and noun phrases. They express a wide range of ideas. On the tree diagramyhey are sisters of the whole phrases
It's a kind of adverbial which express the speaker attitude towards what she or he says. It can be realized by adverbial phrases or prepositional phrases. On the tree diagram it is a sister of the whole sentence
It's a kind of adverbial that indicates what kind of relation holds between the sentence and its linguistic context. It is realized by AdvP and PP. On the tree diagram they are sisters of the whole sentence
Words having the same function as rather and extremely. They can't themselves be modified - there is no direction between a degree adverb and a degree adv phrase
Formed from adjectives by the addidtion -ly. They specify a wider range of concepts than DEGREE ADV, GENERAL ADV can themselves be modified by degree adverbs
They are sub-categorized according to what other elements must appear with them in VP, in other words, they are sub-categorised in terms of their complementation types
