Complex NPs 2021 sts' examples

" [The pink butterfly which I helped] flew away towards the sky."

The head "butterfly" is premodified by the adjective "pink" and postmodified by the relative clause "which I helped"

Guadalupe Rossi

A PP as a postmodifier:

e.g. The new vase of flowers is broken.

'of flowers' is postmodifying the head of the NP (vase), which is being premodified as well by a determiner (the) and an adjective (new).

Noguera, Candela

Example: The woman wearing a blue dress.

Here, the head 'woman' is postmodified by a non-finite ing -clause 'wearing a blue dress'.

Banille, Camila

to-inf clause as a postmodifier:

e.g I like anything to do with videogames.

'to do with videogames' is post modifiying the head or main noun 'anything'.

Araceli de Lima

You can write on your post-its