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The threat of danger grew.

Provide the tree structure for each verb phrase and label the verb phrase as Monotransitive, Intransitive, Ditransitive, etc.   You may complete the tree structure using symbols to create the tree, such as: / | \    Example:   Everyone [was feeling] upset.                                               Vgrp                                            /        \                                     Aux           V                                      Past           |                                     |          feeling                                   was   Verb type: Intensive.     ALTERNATIVELY:  If you find it easier to do the trees by hand, do them on a paper, scan or take a picture of them, and attach ALL of the questions from this section and the next one to the file upload box at the end of the test.

The winner completed a complex puzzle.

Some of the teachers were expecting a storm.

The increase in tourism had a negative effect on the Ko Phi Phi island.

Identify all of the grammatical relations in the following sentences: subject, direct object, indirect object, etc.  Provide the label of the VP type (Monotransitive, Intransitive, etc.). An example is provided here:   The boss heard the explosion.   [The boss] heard [the explosion.] Subject                 Direct Object VP Type: Monotransitive

Linguists claim that human languages vary:

One of the Constituent Structure Tests is:

When washing the face of a resident:

The garbage dump is as popular as the Colosseum in Rome.