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Syntactic analyzation of "The Alaskan tundra, for instance, has switched from being a net sink of carbon dioxide -- absorbing and storing more carbon from the atmosphere than it releases -- to "being a net source of CO2 (releasing more carbon than is stored) because warmer winters have allowed dead plant matter previously stored in the soil to decompose and release CO2."" This part of speech text is verified.
| # | Word | Part of speech | Syntactic relation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | The | Determiner | |
| 2. | Alaskan | Adjective | Positive |
| 3. | tundra | Noun | Singular |
| 4. | , | Punctuation | |
| 5. | for | Preposition | |
| 6. | instance | Noun | Singular |
| 7. | , | Punctuation | |
| 8. | has | Verb | Auxiliary |
| 9. | switched | Verb | Past Tense. |
| 10. | from | Conjuction | Subordinating |
| 11. | being | Verb | Auxiliary |
| 12. | a | Determiner | |
| 13. | net | Noun | Singular |
| 14. | sink | Noun | Singular |
| 15. | of | Preposition | |
| 16. | carbon | Noun | Singular |
| 17. | dioxide | Noun | Singular |
| 18. | -- | Punctuation | |
| 19. | absorbing | Verb | Gerund/Present Participle. |
| 20. | and | Conjuction | Coordinating |
| 21. | storing | Verb | Gerund/Present Participle. |
| 22. | more | Adjective | Comparative |
| 23. | carbon | Noun | Singular |
| 24. | from | Preposition | |
| 25. | the | Determiner | |
| 26. | atmosphere | Noun | Singular |
| 27. | than | Conjuction | Subordinating |
| 28. | it | Pronoun | |
| 29. | releases | Verb | 3rd person sing. |
| 30. | -- | Punctuation | |
| 31. | to | Preposition | |
| 32. | " | Punctuation | |
| 33. | being | Verb | Auxiliary |
| 34. | a | Determiner | |
| 35. | net | Noun | Singular |
| 36. | source | Noun | Singular |
| 37. | of | Preposition | |
| 38. | CO2 | Noun | Singular |
| 39. | ( | Punctuation | |
| 40. | releasing | Verb | Gerund/Present Participle. |
| 41. | more | Adjective | Comparative |
| 42. | carbon | Noun | Singular |
| 43. | than | Conjuction | Subordinating |
| 44. | is | Verb | Auxiliary |
| 45. | stored | Verb | Past Participle. |
| 46. | ) | Punctuation | |
| 47. | because | Conjuction | Subordinating |
| 48. | warmer | Adjective | Comparative |
| 49. | winters | Noun | Plural |
| 50. | have | Verb | Auxiliary |
| 51. | allowed | Verb | Past Tense. |
| 52. | dead | Adjective | Positive |
| 53. | plant | Noun | Singular |
| 54. | matter | Noun | Singular |
| 55. | previously | Adverb | |
| 56. | stored | Verb | Past Tense. |
| 57. | in | Preposition | |
| 58. | the | Determiner | |
| 59. | soil | Noun | Singular |
| 60. | to | Particle | |
| 61. | decompose | Verb | Base Form. |
| 62. | and | Conjuction | Coordinating |
| 63. | release | Verb | Base Form. |
| 64. | CO2 | Noun | Singular |
| 65. | . | Punctuation | |
| 66. | " | Punctuation |
Below you can see a brief explanation of the eight main parts of speech. Memorize each word type to get a better understanding of the composition of a sentence.
A noun names a person, place, things or idea. Examples dog, cat, horse, student, teacher, apple, Mary etc...
An adverb tells how often, ho, when, where. It can describe a verb, an adjective or an adverb. Examples loudly, always, never, later, soon etc...
A verb is a word or group of words that desribes an action, experience. Examples realize, walk, see, look, sing, sit, listen etc...
An adjective describes a noun or pronoun. Examples red, tall, fat, long, short, blue, beautiful, sour etc...
A preposition is used before a noun, pronoun, or gerund to show place, time, direction in a sentence. Examples at, in, to, for, from etc...
Conjuntions join words or groups of words in a sentence. Examples and, because, yet, therefore, moreover, since, or, so, until, but etc...
Pronouns replace the name of a person, place, thing or idea in a sentence. Examples he, she it, we, they, him, her, this, that etc...
Interjections express strong emotion and is often followed by an exclamation point. Examples Bravo! Hooray! Yeah! Oops! Phew!
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