2. a pronoun(possessive,defining, demonstrative, interrogative, relative) or
A pronominal phrase
eg. Can you see thosechildrenof mine anywhere?
3. a numeral (cardinal or ordinal) or a numeric phrase
eg. In his secondexams he won sixdistinctions.
4. a noun (in the common or possessive case) or a nominal phrase
eg. He was a villagepainter. His father'snerves would never stand it.
A prepositional phrase
eg. He was a manof regular habits. The people lived in out of the wayplaces.
An adverb or an adverbial phrase
eg. The roomabove was large and light. Will it be a stepon or a stepback?
Participle I or participle II or a participial phrase
eg. The destroyedchurch is over there.
An infinitive, an infinitive phrase, a for-to infinitive construction
eg.There was some work(for you) to do.
A gerund, a gerundial phrase, a gerundial construction
eg.She hated the ideaof living on credit.
Any part of speech used as a quotation
eg.He was being the boss again, using the it's-my-money-now-do-as-you-are-toldvoice.
A clause
eg. There was nothing else we could do.
The Adverbial Modifier
is a secondary part of the sentence which modifies a verb, an adjective or an adverb. According to the meaning we distinguish the adverbial modifier of
Time
eg. We shall try it tomorrow. While dancing, he kept looking at her.
Frequency
eg. Though they had often bothered him, he had never bothered them.
3. place, direction & distance
eg.Among the hills they sat side by side.He looked everywhere.He lives far from me.
4. manner(with, without, by, with the help of)
eg. He so obviouslyadored his wife.
Attendant circumstances
eg. We walked three miles without meeting anyone.
Subsequent events
eg. He woke up to see that it was daylight.
Degree
eg. It is rather/ very/ entirely/ really good. You are quite a man, my boy.
Measure
eg. We walked five miles. The temperature went down 10 below zero.
9. cause(because of, due to, owing to, thanks to, for the reason of)
eg. I got a decent education thanks to my parents.
10. result(too, enough, so... as + adj + Infinitive)
eg. She is too fond of the child to leave him.
11. purpose(in order, so as, for)
eg. They opened the door for her to come in.
12. condition(if, unless, without, but for, except for)
eg. We'll come earlier if necessary.
But for the skill of the driverthe man would have been run over.
13. comparison(as if, as though, like, as, than)
eg. He plays the piano better than Mary.
Her face flushed as though in pain.
14. concession(in spite of, despite, though, for all, with all)
eg. Though frightened he carried it off very well.
With all his faults, I like him.
15. exception(but, but for, except, except for, apart from, aside from)