The one - place adjective predicate clauses in Zhuangzi can be typed into the following four sentence patterns : ( 1 ) S + PAnl(310 clauses) (2) S + Adv + PAnl(227clauses) (3)S + PAnl + C(26clauses) (4)S + PAnl + 0(2 clauses). Sentence pattern( 1 )has four structural models; pattern (2)generally takes the following as its adverbial: a. adverbs b. adjectives with ending de( ~ ) c. phrases consisting of prepositions and their objects; pattern (3) usually takes prepositions plus their objects as its complement; in ...