An adjectival phrase or adjective phrase (AP) is a phrase with an adjective as its head. Adjectival phrases may occur as pre- or postmodifiers to a noun, or as predicatives (predicate adjectives) to a verb (e.g. full in the bottle is full).
Examples
- red
- red, big (rose)
- red, big, reminding me of my former love (rose)
- red, big, filling my senses with sorrow, reminding me of my former love (rose)
- red, big, picked by my daughter (rose)
- red, big, filling my senses with sorrow, reminding me of my former love, picked by my daughter (rose)
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