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Special Syntactical Forms and Constructions 
Nouns derived from Verbs 
If an action is represented by a noun, the typical argumentative structure of the verb is lost. 
Example: 
”His cursing drove her to distraction.” 
Rule (7) (facultative): If a noun (that represents a subject action) has an additional qualifier, it 
can be rephrased as a unit and classified according to the underlying word category. 
Example: 
”By his friendly manners (noun not derived from verb), his help (no additional qualifier), and his 
sympathetic understanding (SV), he won (IAV) the heart of everyone.” 
 
 

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Nouns as Adjectivals 
”It is also what might be termed a consensus model of interaction (ADJ).” (E & P, p.31) 
”Dönitz, Hitler’s legatee (ADJ) of defeat ...” (IMT-USA, p.416)
Rule (8): Nouns functioning as adjectivals and loose appositions are also categorized ”ADJ”. 
Participles 
Participles are treated as adjectivals (see Rule (6)). 
Sometimes a past participle is difficult to distinguish from an adjective. Impossibility of normal 
inflexions and the presence of incorporating conjunctions like ”that”, ”Whether”, ”what”, ”how” 
indicate that it is not a genuine adjective. 
Examples: 
”DAM is formulated (Passive) not only on the basis of a critique of these studies ...” (E & P, p.33) 
”... if we are informed (Passive) that ...” (E & P, p.33) 
BUT: 
”He is a well informed (ADJ) person.” 
The present participle (recognizable by the ending ” –ing”) can be read as a subordinate clause 
representing a phrase. The categorization depends on the word category of this subordinate unit: 
”Such studies might be seen as offering (IAV) the virtue of experimental control (...), of removing 
(IAV) the dynamics of event construction while revealing (IAV) the inferential processes that ensue 
from them.” (E & P, p.24). 
”There is a real danger of it (Grice’s model) providing (IAV) the foundation for an idealization of 
natural conversation.” (E & P, p.31)