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4.2.4. Compound – Complex Sentence
There are 26 compound-complex sentences found in scene 1 to 6 in the play. According to Bungin’s statement previously so the writer took 5 compound-complex
sentences purposively as down sample because some of compound-complex sentences have the same structure.
1. It is sort of messed up right now but when it is clean it is real sweet. a It is sort of messed up right now. Independent clause
b When it is clean. Dependent clause c It is real sweet. Independent clause
S S
S S
NP VP
NP NP
VP V
NP when it is clean V
Adv Adj It
is sort of messed up right now it is real sweet
2. I will wait till she gets through soaking in a hot tub and then I will inquire if she is acquainted with the Napoleonic code.
a I will wait. Independent clause b Till she gets through soaking in a hot tub. Dependent clause
c I will inquire. Independent clause d If she is acquainted with the Napoleonic code. Dependent clause
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S S
S NP
Aux VP
NP I
will wait
till she gets through soaking in a hot tub S
S S
NP Aux
VP NP
I will
inquire if she is acquainted with the Napoleonic code
3. When I started there, I was getting soft in the belly but now my belly is hard. a When I started there. Dependent clause
b I was getting soft in the belly. Independent clause c Now my belly is hard. Independent clause
S S
S S
NP NP
Aux VP
Adv NP
VP When I started there
V AdjP PP
Det N V Adj Prep NP now my belly is hard
Det N
I was getting soft in the belly
4. I like you to be exactly the way that you are, because in all my experience I have never known anyone like you.
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a I like you to be exactly the way. Independent clause b That you are. Dependent clause
c In all my experience I have never known anyone like you. Independent clause
S
S S
NP VP
NP V
NP VP
That you are V
AdvP Adv
NP Det
N I
like you to be exactly the
way
S PP
NP VP
Prep NP
V Adv
VP V
NP In all my experience I have never known anyone like you
5. St. Barnabas would send his dog to lick her and when he did she would fell an icy cold wave all up and down her.
a St. Barnabas would send his dog. Independent clause b It licks her. Independent clause
c When he did. Dependent clause d She would fell an icy cold wave all up and down her. Independent
clause.
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S NP
VP V
VP V
NP NP
Det N
S NP
VP V
Det St. would send his dog it licks
her Barnabas
S S
S
NP NP VP
and when he did V
VP V
NP NP
Det Adj Adj N Det Prep Det She would feel an icy cold wave all up and her
down
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4.3. The Percentage of Sentences