Syntactic analysis

Jan 25, 2013 22:05

Could someone help me with my analysis of the following sentence, please?

'New clinical trials show that including garlic in the diet can reduce cholesterol.'

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greenkrokodilla January 26 2013, 10:09:12 UTC
Yep, thanks.
Machine translation is a fascinating area, and machines' inability to understand semantics are at the core of the general failure of such systems.

HERE IS A (PARTIAL) ENTRY for a frequent word "LEAVE":
    leave ( leaves 3rd person present) ( leaving present participle) ( left past tense & past participle )

    1 verb If you leave a place or person, you go away from that place or person.
    He would not be allowed to leave the country... V n
    I simply couldn't bear to leave my little girl... V n
    My flight leaves in less than an hour... V
    The last of the older children had left for school. V for n

    2 verb If you leave an institution, group, or job, you permanently stop attending that institution, being a member of that group, or doing that job.
    He left school with no qualifications... V n
    I am leaving to concentrate on writing fiction. V
    ...a leaving present. V-ing

    3 verb If you leave your husband, wife, or some other person with whom you have had a close relationship, you stop living with them or you finish the relationship.
    He'll never leave you. You need have no worry... V n
    I would be insanely jealous if Bill left me for another woman. V n for n, Also V

    4 verb If you leave something or someone in a particular place, you let them remain there when you go away. If you leave something or someone with a person, you let them remain with that person so they are safe while you are away.
    From the moment that Philippe had left her in the bedroom at the hotel, she had heard nothing of him... V n prep/adv
    Leave your key with a neighbour in case you lock yourself out one day. V n with n

    5 verb If you leave a message or an answer, you write it, record it, or give it to someone so that it can be found or passed on.
    You can leave a message on our answering machine... V n prep/adv
    Decide whether the ball is in square A, B, C, or D, then call and leave your answer... V n
    I left my phone number with several people. V n with n

    6 verb If you leave someone doing something, they are doing that thing when you go away from them.
    Salter drove off, leaving Callendar surveying the scene. V n -ing

    7 verb If you leave someone to do something, you go away from them so that they do it on their own. If you leave someone to himself or herself, you go away from them and allow them to be alone.
    I'd better leave you to get on with it, then... V n to-inf
    Diana took the hint and left them to it... V n to it
    One of the advantages of a department store is that you are left to yourself to try things on... be V-ed to pron-refl

This is what a "combined" description of a verb with its patterns + its semantics may look like. Taken from a real dictionary for foreign learners of English.

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