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Question:Here is the first sentence of Lincoln’s Gettysberg address. Several of its word sequences follow. Determine whether each of these is or is not a constituent of the sentence. If it is what kind of constituent is it.

“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”

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         And seven      Not a constituent

         A new nation      A constituent: NP

?   proposition

?   a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal

?   brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal

?   years ago our fathers brought forth

?   a new nation, conceived in Liberty

?   dedicated to the proposition