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Linguistics (complement and adjunct)?

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Hi, can you divide this sentence into complement & adjunct? which one do you think is an adjunct and complement? Ignore the head and main verb.

On the settee Brooke would grin at me with four teeth and bump gums, one cheek red and flaky.

Don't you think "with four teeth and bump gums" is a complement? Just want to clarify. Thank You.

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  1. 1) "On the settee" is the adjunct.

    2) "me" is the complement for the PP (Prepositional Phrase) at me,

    "with ...gums" is an adverbial, in which "four teeth and bump gums" is the complement for the PP, the head of which is "with",

    "red and flaky" is an Adj P for one cheek,

    but on the hole, if by the head you mean the head of the VP (verb phrase), "at me with four teeth and bump gums, one cheek red and flaky" is the complement.

    I just hope this is the answer to your queston.

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