Let's see what the definition in Russian answers

Before we delve into the question of what questions the definition in the Russian language answers, let's briefly consider what it is.

What the Syntax does

The world around us consists of elementary particles, the language repeats this model: the word consists of sounds, denoted by letters in letters, sounds are combined into morphemes, and those into words. Words are phrases and sentences, being, in turn, "the tiniest particles" of syntactic constructions. Syntax is a section of linguistics that studies how phrases and sentences are organized. In his "possessions" parts of speech - nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs and others - get their roles and purposes. There are only five roles in the "theater" of syntax: two main (subject and predicate) and three secondary (circumstance, addition and definition). Responds to questions and highlights each of the members of the proposal in their own way.

Meaning, questions, types and ways of expressing the definition

In the sentence, it characterizes the feature of the object. Which one? Which the? Whose? - that's what the definition answers. It can be of two types: coherent and uncoordinated. It depends on the type of connection it has with the word that it characterizes.

Definition of the agreed

In the proposal for this role can claim:

• Adjectives: affectionate kitten.
• Communion: cooling tea.
• Ordinal numerals: the first flight.
• The quantitative numeral "one": she alone is looking for an answer.
• Pronominal adjectives (except for her, him, them): my bonfire melts in the fog.
• A noun that can vary in numbers: traces of a hare.

There will be no doubt, if we see how each of the listed parts of speech, what it designates and what questions it answers, is likened to the word in question in the number, case and gender (for singular).

Uncoordinated definition

It is associated with the word that characterizes, in two ways: abutting and controlling. Uncoordinated definitions are expressed by the following parts of speech:

• In the noun in the nominative: hotel "California".
• In the noun in indirect cases with a preposition: a ladder made of marble.
• In the noun in indirect cases without a preposition: sponges with a bow.
• Adjective unchangeable: a building in the Baroque style.
• An adjective of a comparative degree: our city is more beautiful than a stranger.
• An adverb: the eyes are bulging.
• A verb in an indefinite form: the danger of dropping out of school.
• Possessive pronouns "his, her, them": to see his face, read her book, go to their house.
• Phraseologism: it is such that you can not get to it on the curve of a goat.
• Syntactically not a termed combination: a man of medium height, a child of seven years.

As we see, and in this case there is no doubt as to which questions the definition expressed by the listed lexemes with the help of control and contiguity answers. These are all the same questions: "what?" Or "whose?"

What is an application

This definition, expressed by a noun, which characterizes the subject with another word. This way makes our language richer and more expressive. Examples: a birch-candle grew on the porch; The child was baptized by Father Athanasius; Vasnetsov, a great Russian painter, created at the turn of the century; Chekhov's play "The Cherry Orchard"; I live in the city of Perm; My favorite publication is Novaya Gazeta.

What are stand-alone definitions?

Separation is the allocation of punctuation marks on the letter and intonationally in oral speech certain fragments of the sentence. Identify, being definitions, can:

• Communion and adjectives, if they are after the determined word: the girl, dressed up and scented, stood in the doorway. In the night, sweet and languid, the nightingale sings.
• Sacraments and adjectives with dependent words after the word being defined: a forest sewn with threads of the sun beckoned me. The boy who jumped out to meet me instantly disappeared around the corner.

Do not detach definitions that are located before the determined word: a dressed and scented girl stood in the doorway. The boy who ran out to me instantly disappeared around the corner.

Homogeneous definitions are also distinguished according to the general rule for homogeneous terms, that is, if they refer to the same definable word, answer one question and are expressed by one part of speech.

A separate definition answers the questions that are characteristic of this minor member of the proposal, namely: "what?", "Whose?", "Which?".

Let's generalize the told

So, the definition is one of the secondary members of the sentence. It can be expressed by different parts of speech and syntactic constructions. It is easy to remember which questions the definition answers, because it always denotes a feature of the subject. In characterizing something, we describe a phenomenon or an object in terms of what it is and whose.