Noun Phrase (NP)

- Phrase is a group of words without subject and verb.
- Noun phrase is a phrase (a group of words without subject and verb) which has a noun as a head (core ) word.
- Words which come before a head word are called Pre Modifier and words which comes after a head word are called Post Modifier.

- The formula of a noun phrase is:

Pre-Modifier — H — Post Modifier
E
A
D

- A group of words in this case means more than one word, namely a head word with at least one pre or post modifier

Examples:

Books, rice, and money are nouns while two books, a book, much money, some rice,
a beautiful large garden and the students in the class are Noun Phrases.


a book
Pre M H
NP

a very good book on the table
Pre M H Post M
NP