I get out the car. For at least seven hours I don't have to talk about One-Fifteen. I don't have to think about Khalil. I just have to be normal Starr at a normal Williamson and have a normal day. That means flipping the switch in my brain so I'm Williamson Starr. Williamson Starr doesn't use slang--if a rapper would say it, she doesn't say it, even if her white friends do. Slang makes them cool. Slang makes her "hood."

S5. That means flipping the switch in my brain so I'm Williamson Starr

S1.I get out the car.

S2.For at least seven hours I don't have to talk about One-Fifteen.

S3. I don't have to think about Khalil.

Sentence Pattern VII

Np1= I

get out = phrasal verb (Vp1)

Np2 = the car

Car = headword

Np1 + transitive verb + Np2

get = main verb

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at least = intensifying adverbial phrase

seven hours = Adv NP/how long/Obj of Prep

For at least seven hours = adverbial PP

Np1 = I

to talk about One-Fifteen= Inf VP (VI) = NP2=Dir Obj

One Fifteen = headword= obj of prep

about One-Fifteen = Adv PP

One-Fifteen = being used as a name/title = badge number of cop

Sentence Pattern VII

Np1 + Transitive Verb + Np2

about = preposition

do have = VP

Np1 = I

to think about Khalil = Inf VP = Nominal = NP2 = Dir Obj

do have = Do Support + Main Verb

about = preposition

Khalil = Obj of Prep

Sentence Pattern VII

Np1 + Transitive Verb + Np2

Don't = Do Not; Not = Adv

Not = adverb

S4. I just have to be normal Starr at a normal Williamson and have a normal day.

means = Main Verb

Simple Sentence

S6. Williamson Starr doesn't use slang--if a rapper would say it, she doesn't say it, even if her white friends do.

S7. Slang makes them cool.

S8. Slang makes her hood.

Np1 = I

normal = adjective

at a normal Williamson = Adv PP/Where?

normal = adjective describing Williamson

to be normal Starr at a normal Williamson and have a normal day = Inf VP = Nominal = NP2 = Dir Obj; Compound: "I am normal Starr" (III) and "I have a normal day" (VII)

and = conjuction

have = main verb of second compound

normal = adjective describing day

a normal day = NP2=Dir Obj of Inf VP

flipping the switch = Pres Part VP = Nominal = NP2 = Dir Obj/ What does that mean? "flipping the switch." -> "I flip the switch" is the expanded sentence = VII

in my brain = Adv PP/Where? "in" = Prep; "my brain" = NP = Obj of Prep

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I'm = contraction = I am

so that I am Williamson Starr = Adv Dep Cl

am = be verb

I = Np1

Williamson Starr = Np1

Sentence Pattern III

Williamson Starr is renaming I

Np1 + be verb + Np1

That means flipping the switch (1st part)

Sentence Pattern VII

That = Demonstrative Pronoun=NP1

Williamson Starr - Np1

doesn't - contraction - does not - Do Support + Adv

use = main verb

slang = Np2

Williamson Starr doesn't use slang - 1st part - Sentence Pattern VII

Np1 + Transitive Verb + Np2

if a rapper would say it = Adv Dep Cl (VII)

even if her white friends do (say it) = Adv Dep Cl (VII)

Slang = Np1

makes = main verb

cool = adjective

them = Np2

Sentence Pattern IX

Np1 + transitive verb + Np2 + adjective

Sentence Pattern IX

Np1 + transitive verb + Np2 + adjective

hood - adjective

makes - main verb

slang - Np1

her - np2/Williamson Starr, antecedent for pronoun "me"

white - adjective

For = Head PP

not = Adv

just have = Adv + Main Verb

she doesn't say it = Ind Cl (VII)