What is the grammatical role of "to do this"

Question

In this sentence:

The woman in black dress told me to do this

Answer 1

Narges asked What is the grammatical role of " to do this."

( to do this) is an is an infinitive, adverbial phrase modifying the verb-- told;

the preposition--to + the verb--do-- is the infinitive; --this-- is its --pronoun object;

the singular demonstrative pronoun--this-- takes the place of the assumed singular

pronoun or noun inanimate object--thing or something; ( to do this-- thing or something.)

The woman in the black dress:

The woman is the subject noun,-- in-- is a preposition and its noun object is- dress--

black is the adjective-- describing the color of the dress.

The prepositional phrase--(in the black dress.) is an adjectival noun phrase.

Hint: Students, someone said anywhere a cat can go is a preposition:

above, along, across, below, beneath, beside, by, down, in, on, over, to, into, under, up, etc.

exceptions: during, for, of, from, ago, since, seems, with, et cetera.

Answer 2

Hi Narges,

In this sentence, “told me to do this” is the predicate while the woman in the black dress is the subject.