Abstract
“_??_”is the noun phrase with two modifiers, one of which is the possessive noun and the other is the prepositional phrase. The form of this noun phrase is [Nl+prep. -Nj+Nz].1) The possessive noun cannot omit the particle “de” in one-modifier circumstance but can omit it in this two-modifiers circumstance.2) Most of Nz of this noun phrase are derivative nonus which come from verbs. The grammatical roles of two modifiers have restraint, that is, N1-Nj must be agent-patient, agent-benefactive or agent-locative.3) Patient noun can not become Nl. If Na takes patient-goal as its modifiers, it can not form this two-modifiers circumstance, but it becomes gerund, which has no such constraint.4) The word order of VO becomes O-V in the derivative nouns. This difference have effect on whether to use derivative nouns or gerunds.
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