ABSTRACT

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3. Explain (expand) the meaning of the adverb in the following examples and then decide which role (e.g. deep subject, Spk, etc.) it describes. For example, 'Janet tripped me accidentally' says that it was an accident [not intentional] on Janet's part, and the adverb describes the subject (both deep and surface) of the sentence.