In linguistics, a verb phrase or VP is a syntactic unit composed of at least one verb and its dependents{–}objects, complements and other modifiers{–}but not always including the subject. Thus in the sentence A fat man put the jewels quickly in the box, the words put the jewels quickly in the box is a verb phrase; it consists of the verb put a...
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(from the article `linguistics`) ...The notion of phrase structure may be dealt with independently of its incorporation in the larger system. In the following system of rules, S ...
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Phrase that contains a verb that is not finite. A verb phrase is more strictly known as a `non-finite` or infinitive phrase, as in `to open the door`. A phrase containing a finite verb is traditionally defined as a clause
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