Drag0nspeaker wrote:I'm not sure, but I THINK you will get two different answers for this (at least) from two different "schools of grammar".
I can see the logic behind both.
1. My idea: The 'phrase' breakdown:
I don’t enjoy playing tennis in the rain.
Subject pronoun: I
finite verb-phrase: don't enjoy
non-finite (gerund): playing
object phrase: tennis
adverbial phrase: in the rain (modifies "playing tennis")
2. Another idea: The 'word' breakdown:
Subject pronoun: I
finite verb: auxiliary: do
adverb: not
infinitive: main verb: like
non-finite (gerund): playing
object phrase: tennis
adverbial phrase: in the rain (modifies "playing")
There is only one clause, and its verb is (of course) finite in both breakdowns.
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I’d hate to travel to London every day. = I would hate to travel to London every day.
1.
Subject pronoun: I
finite verb-phrase: 'would hate' (subjunctive mood of 'hate')
infinitive phrase: noun phrase: 'to travel to London' - object of 'would hate'
adverbial phrase: adverb of time/frequency: 'every day' (modifies 'travel to London') (equivalent to 'daily')
2.
Subject pronoun: I
finite verb: 'would' - modal auxiliary
infinitive: 'hate'
infinitive: noun phrase: 'to travel' - object of 'hate'
prepositional phrase: adverbial phrase: to London (modifies 'travel')
adverbial phrase: adverb of time/frequency: 'every day' (equivalent to 'daily') (modifies 'travel')
In both 'breakdowns', there is only one finite verb, so only one clause in each. The whole sentence is the whole clause.
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"I don't" and "I would" are not clauses, as they don't have a predicate.
1. (Grammar) grammar a group of words, consisting of a subject and a predicate including a finite verb, that does not necessarily constitute a sentence. Collins English Dictionary.
Drag0n, most people agree with you on the first view point, and I do too.
So, a finite verb-phrase is a conjunct of verbs, auxiliaries, aspects and etc.. E.G.:
I must have been being delivered to Italia. Although it is a hard to-be-seen construction, I took it as example :P
I - Subject pronoun
Must have been being delivered = finite verb-phrase
to Italia - adverbial phrase of direction.
Now describing the verb phrase:
Must = modal auxiliary
Have been = auxiliary to form the perfect continuous tense
being = auxiliar to form the passive voice continuous
delivered = main verb in the third form.
Are the above examples correctly described?
I am the way, and the truth and the life, no one comes to the
Father except through
Me. -
John 14:6