In your sentence, "I saw a red fox under the willow tree in the backyard" there are three nouns, one pronoun, one verb, five adjectives and two prepositions. There are no adverbs.
Nouns: Tree, fox, and backyard are all common, singular nouns.
Pronouns: I is the first-person singular pronoun.
Verbs: ...
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In your sentence, "I saw a red fox under the willow tree in the backyard" there are three nouns, one pronoun, one verb, five adjectives and two prepositions. There are no adverbs.
Nouns: Tree, fox, and backyard are all common, singular nouns.
Pronouns: I is the first-person singular pronoun.
Verbs: Saw is an action verb expressed here in the past tense (note: the present tense is "see").
Adjectives: A, red, the, willow, and the all modify/qualify nouns in this sentence.
(note: "a" and "the" are both articles, which function as adjectives)
Adverbs: There are no adverbs in this sentence. Adverbs function to modify/qualify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. To insert one in this sentence, one could write:
"I clearly saw a red fox under the willow tree in the backyard."
Prepositions: Under and in denote a relationship between the fox and its environment.
“I saw a red fox under the willow tree in the backyard.” Main clause
I – first person singular pronoun; subject of main clause.
saw – past tense (action) verb; predicate of main clause
a – indefinite article
red – adjective modifying noun “fox”
fox – noun; direct object of main clause
under – preposition
the – definite article
willow – noun modifier of “tree”
tree – noun, object of prepositional phrase “under the willow tree”; adverbial prepositional phrase.
in – preposition
the – definite article
backyard – noun, object of prepositional phrase “in the backyard”; adverbial prepositional phrase
No adverbs, no linking or auxiliary verbs or helping verbs, no clause other than the main clause.