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Syntactic analyzation of "Clowns began appearing in the form we recognize today in the 17th century, as a character known as a harlequin. They were common in European theater, and played a character who acted foolish or played tricks." This text has been automatically tagged.
| # | Word | Part of speech | Syntactic relation |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Clowns | Noun | Plural | |
| 2. | began | Verb | Past Tense. | |
| 3. | appearing | Verb | Gerund/Present Participle. | |
| 4. | in | Preposition | ||
| 5. | the | Determiner | ||
| 6. | form | Noun | Singular | |
| 7. | we | Personal Pronoun. | ||
| 8. | recognize | Verb | Sing Present | |
| 9. | today | Noun | Singular | |
| 10. | in | Preposition | ||
| 11. | the | Determiner | ||
| 12. | 17th | Adjective | ||
| 13. | century | Noun | Singular | |
| 14. | , | |||
| 15. | as | Preposition | ||
| 16. | a | Determiner | ||
| 17. | character | Noun | Singular | |
| 18. | known | Verb | Past Participle. | |
| 19. | as | Preposition | ||
| 20. | a | Determiner | ||
| 21. | harlequin | Noun | Singular | |
| 22. | . | . | ||
| 23. | They | Personal Pronoun. | ||
| 24. | were | Verb | Past Tense. | |
| 25. | common | Adjective | ||
| 26. | in | Preposition | ||
| 27. | European | Adjective | ||
| 28. | theater | Noun | Singular | |
| 29. | , | |||
| 30. | and | Conjunction | ||
| 31. | played | Verb | Past Tense. | |
| 32. | a | Determiner | ||
| 33. | character | Noun | Singular | |
| 34. | who | wh-pronoun. | ||
| 35. | acted | Verb | Past Tense. | |
| 36. | foolish | Adjective | ||
| 37. | or | Conjunction | ||
| 38. | played | Verb | Past Participle. | |
| 39. | tricks | Noun | Plural | |
| 40. | . | . | ||
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Noun
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Conjuction
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Pronoun
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