Syntactic relations can be of 3 types:
- Coordination – is syntagmatic relation of independence. There exist symmetric and asymmetric. Sym. c. – is characterized by a complete changeability of its elements(F.e. I need pens and pencils/pencils and pens). Asym. c. – occure when the position of elements is fixed (F.e. rock and roll; ladies and gentlemen). Forms of connection within coord.relation:
- Copulative(and) – копулятивні
- Disjunctive(or) – розділові
- Adversative(but) – протиставні
- Causative-consecutive – причинно-наслідкові(F.e. Like father – like son)
- Subordination – is the relation of dependence.
Can be of such kinds:
- Adverbial (to speak honestly)
- Objective (to see a house)
- Attributive (a smart student)
Forms of subordination:
- Agreement (these books)
- Government (to help somebody)
- Enjoinment (when there are modifying particles: just, only, even, already…)
- Enclosure (when there are modal words: really, naturally, fortunately, after all…)
- Predication may be of 2 types - primary (sentence level) and secondary (phrase level). Primary predication is observed between the subject and the predicate of the sentence while secondary predication is observed between non-finite forms of the verb and nominal elements within the sentence. Secondary predication serves the basis for gerundial, infinitive and participial word-groups (predicative complexes).