50 Examples of Nonverbal Adverbial Predicate

The nonverbal adverbial predicate is one who does not have a verb conjugate and whose nucleus is a adverb or a similar construction. For example: Firewood, outside. / The French Revolution, in 1789.

In the bimember sentences, there are two fundamental constituents; the subject and the predicate. There are different types of predicates that are classified according to the type of word or construction that functions as a nucleus.

In the verbal predicates, conjugated verbs are the nucleus and adverbs usually perform the syntactic function of circumstantial. For example: The store is far. (“está” is the nucleus, because it is a conjugated verb and “far away” is an adverb that fulfills the function of circumstantial of place)

On the other hand, in adverbial nonverbal predicates, the verb is elided and instead there is a comma. In addition, adverbs do not fulfill the function of circumstantial, but of the nucleus of the predicate. For example: The store, far. (the verb "is" was replaced by a comma and "far" is the core of the non-verbal adverbial predicate)

• See also: Nominal nonverbal predicate

How to recognize an adverbial nonverbal predicate?

To determine if a construction is an adverbial non-verbal predicate, its form must be taken into account, since only adverbs, adverbial constructions or prepositional phrases with circumstantial value they can perform this function.

For example: yoga class, morning.(adverb) / The sunset, later.(adverbial construction) / The soccer match, in the stadium.(prepositional phrase with circumstantial value).

In addition, two recognition tests can be applied that consist of:

• Add a conjugated verb and the adverbial non-verbal predicate has to fulfill the function of circumstantial. For example:Home, at the end of the street./ The house is at the end of the street. (the verb to be is added and "at the end of the street" fulfills the function of a circumstantial complement of place).
• Replace the construction with an adverb. For example: The books, in the table. / The books, over there.

Nonverbal Adverbial Predicate Examples

1. The roses, in the vase.
2. The alpinist, In the top of the mountain.
3. The train moves slowly and the plane, quickly.
4. cabinet meeting, tomorrow afternoon.
5. Moon, among the stars.
6. The cutlery is in the drawer and the plates, on the shelf.
7. The bakery, in front.
8. Jimena sometimes goes to the gym and Elena, forever.
9. crystal clear river, far.
10. Boat, in the spring.
11. The ticket office, at the main entrance.
12. The office of the company president, on the top floor.
13. louvre museum, in Paris.
14. Flowers, in spring.
15. The bakery, near the greengrocer.
16. the subway station, close.
17. The cake is down and the cream, up.
18. The fall of the Berlin wall, in 1989.
19. The dog, in the garden.
20. The photos go on the walls and the carpet, here.
21. The wedding is at noon and the wedding party, in the afternoon.
22. The road that leads to the town, over there.
23. The first apprentice did the job sloppily; Instead, the second neatly.
24. The lies, Never.
25. The architect greeted with confidence and the client, shyly.
26. The car, on the side of the road.
27. The sea, under the stars.
28. The fountain, in the middle of the park.
29. The arrival of Columbus in America, in 1492.
30. She sang happily and he, sadly.
31. The apples, in the fridge.
32. Fabius, in music class.
33. The national basketball tournament in September.
34. My home, in front of the park.
35. The yellow bus heads north and the blue one, to the south.
36. The encyclopedia, on the top shelf of the library.
37. Andrés crossed the river on a raft and Julián, through the bridge.
38. The boxes, at the factory entrance.
39. Lunch, at noon.
40. The last performance of the play, at nine.
41. The Christmas celebration at Jimena's house.
42. shopping bags, in the car.
43. The dedication, in the first pages of the book.
44. The Big Ben, in London.
45. Fish, in the river.
46. The students, in the classroom.
47. Patricia will go on a trip to Japan and José, to China.
48. outerwear, in the closet.
49. digital thermometer, in the medicine cabinet.
50. The fall of the Western Roman Empire, in 476 AD C.

References

• Cano, F., Di Marzo, L., Klein, I., Masine, B., Muschietti, M., Roich, P., Seoane, C., Zunino, C., Barbeito, V., Cucci, M., and Plager, F. (2007). It is. 6. Language and literature. General Directorate of Culture and Education of the Province of Buenos Aires.
• Di Tullio, A. (1997). Spanish grammar manual. Editorial.
• Kovacci, O. (1963). The sentence in Spanish and the definition of subject and predicate. Philology, IX, 103-117.

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