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24 Aug 2020, 07:06
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Dear Team,
Please help me to understand the below structure-
"The single-family house constructed by the Yana, a Native American people who lived in what is now northern California, was conical in shape, its framework of poles overlaid with slabs of bark, either cedar or pine, and banked with dirt to a height of three to four feet."
Below is my analysis
IC, noun+noun modifier?
A) The single-family house constructed by the Yana, a Native American people who lived in what is now northern California, was conical in shape,
- Whole structure is an independent clause?
- Yellow highlighted part is the noun modifier (Appositives), which is modifying Yana?
B) its framework of poles overlaid with slabs of bark, either cedar or pine, and banked with dirt to a height of three to four feet.
- We are dealing with Absolute Modifier--- Noun+ Noun Modifier?
Yellow highlighted part is the Noun?
- Noun Modifiers are "overlaid with slabs of bark" & "banked with dirt to a height of three to four feet" and they are parallel and modifying "framework of poles"?
- Modifier- "either cedar or pine", which is modifying "bark"?
Thank you!
Please help me to understand the below structure-
"The single-family house constructed by the Yana, a Native American people who lived in what is now northern California, was conical in shape, its framework of poles overlaid with slabs of bark, either cedar or pine, and banked with dirt to a height of three to four feet."
Below is my analysis
IC, noun+noun modifier?
A) The single-family house constructed by the Yana, a Native American people who lived in what is now northern California, was conical in shape,
- Whole structure is an independent clause?
- Yellow highlighted part is the noun modifier (Appositives), which is modifying Yana?
B) its framework of poles overlaid with slabs of bark, either cedar or pine, and banked with dirt to a height of three to four feet.
- We are dealing with Absolute Modifier--- Noun+ Noun Modifier?
Yellow highlighted part is the Noun?
- Noun Modifiers are "overlaid with slabs of bark" & "banked with dirt to a height of three to four feet" and they are parallel and modifying "framework of poles"?
- Modifier- "either cedar or pine", which is modifying "bark"?
Thank you!
29 Aug 2020, 22:34
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"The single-family house constructed by the Yana, ( Introduces the Subject of the Sentence - this is a noun phrase )
a Native American people ( description about Yana - answers question who are the Yana )
who lived in what is now northern California, ( add -on information about their place of origin- dependent clause )
was conical in shape, ( this is the action our subject performs - the MAIN CLAUSE -The single-family house constructed by the Yana....................was conical in shape. )
its framework of poles overlaid with slabs of bark, ( A new independent clause about its Framework starts )
either cedar or pine, ( this phrase describes the type of bark )
and banked with dirt to a height of three to four feet." ( the next action related to its framework conjoined by the conjunction and)
To understand sentence structure one can use the role-play of each phrase/clause & which entity they are related to or refer to.
a Native American people ( description about Yana - answers question who are the Yana )
who lived in what is now northern California, ( add -on information about their place of origin- dependent clause )
was conical in shape, ( this is the action our subject performs - the MAIN CLAUSE -The single-family house constructed by the Yana....................was conical in shape. )
its framework of poles overlaid with slabs of bark, ( A new independent clause about its Framework starts )
either cedar or pine, ( this phrase describes the type of bark )
and banked with dirt to a height of three to four feet." ( the next action related to its framework conjoined by the conjunction and)
To understand sentence structure one can use the role-play of each phrase/clause & which entity they are related to or refer to.
15 May 2022, 02:37
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Per your explanation, there are two Independent clauses and I think they both are joined with just a comma. So, isn't this a case of a comma splice ? I believe two ICs should be joined either by FANBOYS or by a SEMICOLON(;).
1st IC:- The single-family house constructed by the Yana was conical in shape
2nd IC:- its framework of poles overlaid with slabs of bark, and banked with dirt to a height of three to four feet.
Could you kindly clarify whether the above mentioned independent clauses are correctly conjugated?
