Which excerpt from "The Catch” contains an example of direct characterization? “You should have tied him up,” Rohan said, as the two of them tried to catch their breath.
As young Rohan stretched his long muscular legs one last time, he looked around.
As they waited for morning, Rohan felt that things would never be the same again.
Deciding that trailing behind an elf was unacceptable, Ethane tried to trip Rohan on several occasions. on edg

the sentence does not violate the phrase structure second rule (introduced by noam chomsky) because noun phrases consist of a determiner such as a, the or every, and a noun. in the sentence, the noun phrase the cake includes a determiner (the) and a noun (cake).

on the other hand, the first rule indicates that a sentence encloses a noun phrase, followed by a verb phrase. the example sentence can be analysed as follows:

john (n) + ate (v) + the (det) + cake (n).

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