| 构式 | 缩写 | 例子 |
| Noun phrase: |
| Data were collected via a survey that asked about participants understanding and use of L2 research. |
| SN + complement clause | N-cl | |
| Variants: that-clause | N-that | |
| wh-clause | N-wh | |
| infinitive clause | N-to | |
| prepositional phrase | N-prep | |
| Clause structure: |
| Hangzhou is the most efficient city and the most important factor is the high expense and the least important factor is the consumption. Results showed that Filipino post-primary school students possessed positive attitudes toward physical education. |
| SN + be/V + nominalization* | N-be/v-cl | |
| Variants: that-clause | N-be/v-that | |
| to/doing infinitive clause | N-be/v-to | |
| wh-clause (whether, where, why, how, when, etc.) | N-be/v-wh | |
| noun phrase | N-be/v-NP* | |
| Noun phrase + be + SN | NP-be-N* | The qualitative analysis, however, revealed that individual learner differences may be a critical factor in the effectiveness of implicit versus explicit instruction. |
| SN + Appositive Clause (phrases headed by such as, for example, including) | N-APP* | There are many factors causing its popularity: contents, guests, editing, caption forms and so on. |
| Signalling nouns in adjunct groups | N in AG | According to the data results, researcher can see that there is pressure in high school students. |