#syntagma__syntagm  a syntactic string that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit
  supertype:  #linguistic_string__string__string_of_words__word_string  a linear sequence of words as spoken or written
  subtype:  #grammatical_constituent__grammaticalconstituent__constituent  a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
     subtype:  #subject.grammatical_constituent  (linguistics) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
     subtype:  #object  a grammatical constituent that is acted upon; "the object of the verb"
        subtype:  #prepositional_object__prepositionalobject__object_of_a_preposition  the object governed by a preposition
        subtype:  #direct_object__object_of_the_verb  the object that receives the direct action of the verb
        subtype:  #indirect_object  the object that is the recipient or beneficiary of the action of the verb
        subtype:  #retained_object  an object in a passive construction
     subtype:  #ablative_absolute  a constituent in Latin grammar; a noun and its modifier can function as a sentence modifier
     subtype:  #immediate_constituent__immediateconstituent  a constituent of a sentence at the first step in an analysis: e.g., subject and predicate
     subtype:  #grammatical_construction__grammaticalconstruction__construction__expression  a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit; "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner"
        subtype:  #clause  (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
           subtype:  #main_clause__independent_clause__independentclause  a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence
           subtype:  #subordinate_clause__subordinateclause__dependent_clause__dependentclause  a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb
              subtype:  #restrictive_clause__restrictiveclause  a subordinate clause that limits or restricts the meaning of the noun phrase it modifies
              subtype:  #nonrestrictive_clause__descriptive_clause__descriptiveclause  a subordinate clause that does not limit or restrict the meaning of the noun phrase it modifies
           subtype:  #relative_clause  a clause introduced by a relative pronoun; "`who visits frequently' is a relative clause in the sentence `John, who visits frequently, is ill'"
        subtype:  #complement  a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction
        subtype:  #involution  a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction
        subtype:  #phrase  an expression forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence but not containing a finite verb
           subtype:  #noun_phrase  (linguistics) a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb
           subtype:  #verb_phrase__predicate  (linguistics) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
           subtype:  #prepositional_phrase__prepositionalphrase  a phrase beginning with a preposition
           subtype:  #response.phrase  a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister
           subtype:  #advice_and_consent  a legal phrase in the US Constitution that allows the Senate to constrain the President's powers of appointment and treaty-making
           subtype:  #catchphrase__catch_phrase__catchphrase  a phrase that has become a catchword
        subtype:  #predicator  an expression that predicates
     subtype:  #misconstruction  an ungrammatical constituent
     subtype:  #term.grammatical_constituent  one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition; "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice"
        subtype:  #subject.term  (logic) the first term of a proposition
        subtype:  #predicate  (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula; "`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates"
        subtype:  #grammatical_referent__grammaticalreferent__referent  the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate
        subtype:  #relatum  a term in a proposition that is related to the referent of the proposition
        subtype:  #major_term__majorterm  the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion
        subtype:  #minor_term__minorterm  the term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion
        subtype:  #middle_term  the term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion

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