Diskusi 3 Grammar Analysis

Hi! I know all of you must love reading/watching English news, right?

Now, each of you must choose the most up-to-date English news article from any source you like, e.g.: CNN, Guardian, New York Times, etc. (mention the source/link)

Analyze the news in terms of the type of clauses and phrases!

You may use different colors to distinguish the clauses and phrases but don't forget to state what is meant by each color you used at the bottom of your post.

Answers:

We need to know the difference between two types of word groups: phrases and clauses. A phrase is a group of words that is part of, rather than the whole of, a sentence (Cambridge Dictionary, 2022). In common use means a group of two or more words, in grammar analysis a phrase may be a single word (Praba et al, 2017). The types of phrases are Noun phrases, Verb phrases, Adjective Phrases, Prepositional Phrases, and Adverbial Phrases. A clause is a group of words with a subject and verb unit. The smallest unit of a sentence consists of at least a subject and a verb (Praba et al, 2017).

In this discussion, I will take the article from BBC News at link https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63190844 with the news as follow:

Ukraine war: 'Russian attack' on city claimed by Moscow kills 17

At least 17 people have been killed by Russian missile strikes on the south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine's defence ministry says.

Dozens more were wounded, and several residential buildings destroyed.

Phrases

Noun Phrases

Ukraine war (Modifier, it means war in Ukraine)
Russian attack (Modifier, it means the attack of the Russian army)
Moscow (head)
17 (referring to 17 people)
At least 17 people (Quantificational determiners)
Russian missile strikes (Modifier, it means attacking with missiles from the Russian army)
Ukraine's defence ministry (possessive suffix ‘s)
Dozens more (quantificational determiners)
Several residential buildings ((quantificational determiners)

Prepositional Phrases

on city

on the south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhia,

Verb Phrases

Claimed by
Kill
have been killed by
says
destroyed
were wounded

Clauses:

Ukraine war: 'Russian attack' on city claimed by Moscow kills 17 (Ukraine war is independent clause, and 'Russian attack' on city claimed by Moscow kills 17 is dependent clause, because it cannot stand alone and cannot provide complete meaning or sense) ==

At least 17 people have been killed by Russian missile strikes on the south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine's defence ministry says. ( At least 17 people have been killed by Russian missile strikes on the south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhia is the dependent clause, and Ukraine's defence ministry says is an independent clause because it can stand alone and has the complete meaning)

Dozens more were wounded, and several residential buildings destroyed. (Dozens more were wounded is a dependent clause because it cannot stand alone and cannot provide complete meaning, and several residential buildings destroyed is an independent clause because it can stand alone).

Refference:

Praba, Utari dkk. 2017. Buku Materi Pokok MPBI 5202/3SKS/Modul 1-9: Grammar Analysis. Tangerang Selatan, Banten: Universitas Terbuka.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63190844