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For this sentence...

Are you a collector of art?

Can someone tell me the different parts of it please?

I think...

Are is the verb.

you is the noun.

What is a collector in the sentence?

What part is the verb phrase?

What part is the predicate?

What part is the subject?

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  • Would you care to explain why you downmarked my answer.
    – BillJ
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 16:22
  • I didn't downmark it. Not sure who did or why? My question was downmarked as well. I actually upvoted your answer!
    – John Livermore
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 17:30
  • Oh, OK then. Thank you. Btw, would things be clearer if I drew a tree diagram of your sentence?
    – BillJ
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 17:35
  • Sure that would be great!
    – John Livermore
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 22:37

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Tree Diagram of Sentence

Here's a tree diagram of your sentence.

Note that the prenucleus verb "are" is co-indexed to gap in the nucleus clause with the i notation.

At each node there are two labels: the first is a function label, the second a category label. Key: D = determinative, Det = determiner, Pred,comp = predicative complement

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Are you a collector of art?

"A collector of art" is a noun phrase functioning as subjective predicative complement of the verb "are". It's called subjective because it relates to the subject, the noun phrase "you". Internally, the noun phrase has "a" as determiner, and "collector" as head, which has the preposition phrase "of art" functioning as its complement.

The predicate consists of the verb phrase "__ a collector of art", where the gap notation '___' represents the prenuclear predicator "are". It's a prenucleus because it's external to the nucleus clause "you __ a collector of art".

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