1. The structure of prepositional phrases
Kuiper and Allan Chapter 7.1.5

2. Prepositional phrases
prepositions as head
modifiers
noun phrases, e.g. in a room
prepositional phrases, e.g. up on the plateau
degree adverbs, e.g. just inside the door

3. Representing the structure of prepositional phrases
noun phrase
determiner
noun in
the
garden

4. Exercise Find the prepositional phrases in the following extract.
At first it seemed there was no one about. Then he saw a single figure, a girl, far down the beach, close to where the surf was breaking, sitting under a beach umbrella. He went towards her. When he was close enough to see her clearly he sat down on the white sand.
From Smith's Dream
by C.K. Stead