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Graphical representations of hierarchical analyses of grammatical relations. Requests to make syntax trees are off-topic.

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Phrasal verb? Adjunct vs complement?

Phrasal Verbs: First, I’d advise you to drop the term 'phrasal verb'. It’s thoroughly misleading. It’s not the whole expression "call for" that is a verb; it’s just the lexeme "call". Your example, …
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Syntax Trees examples

Tree Diagrams with Function & Category labels.
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Syntax tree for this sentence

Simplified tree diagram of: "Planting seeds helps you grow your farm."
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How to draw the tree diagram for this sentence?

Here's a simplified tree of your sentence. Note the prenucleus in object function. Yes, "to the dog" is a PP. and "gave to the dog" is a VP.
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How do I draw these syntax structure trees?

These are the diagrams for your three sentences. Note the cross-referencing symbols i and j for the prenucleus items in the last tree.
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NP or DP for "that book"

I like that book. In the DP theory, the determinative "that" is head and the noun is the dependent. The demonstrative determinative "that" is just as much a determiner here as "the" is, so there is …
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a question about grammar and syntax

Simplified Tree Diagram - Catenative Construction Assumed.
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How to diagram a sentence containing a sentence adverb?

Simplified Tree Diagram of Supplementary Adjunct:
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Does the relative clause (which suggests...) here function as an adjunct of the whole clause...

The high notes returned to his compositions towards the end of his life, [which suggests he was hearing the works that were taking shape in his imagination]. Yes, it is an adjunct, more speci …
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Description of various placements of PPs in a syntax tree

I'd say that the adjunct "before this time" belongs not in the matrix clause, but in the catenative complement clause, as shown in this tree:
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