Several Special Types of Phrases

In Chinese, there are five types of special syntactic structures based on the above-mentioned five types of basic structures that form five types of special phrases respectively, i.e. the consecutive predicative phrase, the causative phrase, the preposition phrase, the “的” phrase and the appositive phrase. 
 
1. The consecutive predicative phrase (连谓短语)
 
　　Containing two (rarely, more) consecutive predicative verbs related to the same subject without any pause and connective element between them, e.g. 
 
　　去 看看(go and see)
　　去北京看一个朋友(go to Beijing to visit a friend)
　　打开房门走出去(open the door and go out)
　　上街买菜(go to the street for buying vegetables)
　　站在门口笑(stand at the door, grinning)
　　送礼物给她(make her a present)
　　有钱买房子(have money to buy a house)
　　约她外出 去海滨散步(ask her out for a walk at the seaside) ---- four verbs
 
2. The causative phrase (兼语短语)   
 
　　Containing a VO (verb-object) phrase and a SP (subject-predicate) phrase linked up with each other and the object in the preceding VO phrase also functions as the subject of the following SP phrase, e.g. 
  
 

 
  

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