A SYNTACTICAL ANALYSIS OF PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE FOUND IN NARRATIVE AND DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS OF BAHASA INGGRIS: WORK IN PROGRESS GRADE TENTH TEXTBOOK

Prepositional phrases represent sentence elements that indicated certain relationships between words in a sentence that contributed to the coherence and understanding of the sentence. Understanding prepositional phrases through syntactic structure with tree diagrams provided a visual understanding of the elements from which the phrase was formed. Here was why, this research aimed to describe the types of prepositional phrase and their syntactic analysis found in narrative and descriptive texts of Bahasa Inggris: Work in Progress Grade Tenth textbook.This research used a qualitative descriptive method with content analysis where data collection by using documentation technique. Data classification and analysis were based on the theory by Downing (2015).Findings from this research, from 2 narrative texts and 2 descriptive texts found 97 prepositional phrases data with a simple type of 60.8%, and a complex type with two prepositions of 30%, and a complex type with three prepositions of 9.2%. The results of this research proved that prepositional phrases existed and were used in both narrative and descriptive texts because prepositional phrases had the function of providing related information in sentences so that the sentences were clear. This was the importance of studying prepositional phrases in relation to complete reading comprehension. Understanding the formation of prepositional phrases through syntactic structure with tree diagrams provided a visual description of the elements from which the phrase was formed which made it easier for students or English language learners, especially prepositional phrase learners, to easily understand the prepositional phrase itself.