Thank you very much.

Agree. My major problem, though, is the meaning of the verb place sth. in sth. here. What is meant by place a something in a sentence pattern / syntactical structure. The real problem is the meaning of place something in something (relating to this context) rather than the grammatical sense. It will actually have a grammatical sense here, but It will have other senses in other contexts .

Thank you very much.

I have found the following sentence in the Pons Wörterbuch für Schule und Studium:

They placed the painting in the Renaissance => sie ordneten das Bild der Renaissance zu

Hence in German place sth. in sth. has the meaning of etwas (Akk..) etwas (Dativ) zuordnen in this context. However, I don't know if this is the correct meaning in English relating to the OP..

Thanks again.

Be cautious. I took redcrane's lasr sentence to mean what you say with im Kontext abbilden (what ever that means). But if you say in einen Zusammenhang setzen there is a relation to the German word zuordnen. And that's why I prefer an English reply to this problem, pardon me.

And that's why I prefer an English reply to this problem, pardon me.

You asked for a translation, so I just assumed your German was up to scratch.

"im Kontext abbilden" means "show in context", i.e. in a full sentence or usual collocation.

I would still like to know what your mother tongue is.

I would still like to know what your mother tongue is.

+1, um die Anfrage besser einschätzen zu können.

Ich sehe es im Übrigen ähnlich "einfach" wie #7.

I think you always overlook these sentences:

It is for these reason that each entry recorded in the dictionary is described in terms of the sentence pattern (or patterns ) in which it normally appears.These patterns ( and their transformations ) are not fully described in the entries themselves. Instead, we make use of a small set of abbreviations which for each entry make up a grammatical code.

Note: And the codes are [Vp], [Vn.p], [Vpr], [Vn.pr] and so on given in the OP.

Here is an entry of bring up, recorded in the dictionary:

bring up [Vn <=> p pass adj] raise, rear, educate(sb) S:parent, foster-parent, grandmother, nurse. O:child, family. A: properly, in style; single-handed, in poverty: The nurse, suffering from conscience, adopted Prissie and brought her up....... (other example sentences follow)

p means particle (see OP)

pass means passiv, it's possible to use the passive voice

S means subject

O means object

<=> means particle and nomen can be interchanged

With this I would like to point out the symbolic marks [Vp], [Vn.p], [Vn. pr] and so on given in the OP.

It's only a small part of the meanings recorded, though!

Sorry, I must say, I still don't get your point. Do you want to know

a) the German translation of place a combination in a sentence pattern?

            pengiun already answered this.

b) the meaning of placing a combination in the sentence pattern?

            recranes already explained this. 

c) examples of different meanings of to bring up?

            LEO gives you a list  Dictionary: bring up

d) how to enhance the OED entries?

            Please get into contact with OED

e) the German words for the grammar elements you named?

            Please check LEO, e.g. noun  Dictionary: noun

f) or?

To know you mother tongue might help us understand your problem. Could you, please, let us know?

Ha ha ...! You are laughing at me (#12,#13, #14).Ok ! Those ones should not participate in this thread anymore. I say them good bye, forever.

( As to my mother tongue in this case it's up to me to decide what I have to do and I need not to clarify the reasons.)

Du hast es nicht verstanden und/oder willst es nicht verstehen. - Die Beiträge waren ernst gemeint.

P.S.

I need not to clarify the reasons is grammatically questionable.

Good bye wienergriessler, I don't want to hear any apology. And that's that !

(As to the need not question: need not => don't need )

re #4;

They placed the painting in the Renaissance => sie ordneten das Bild der Renaissance zu

Hence in German place sth. in sth. has the meaning of etwas (Akk..) etwas (Dativ) zuordnen in this context. However, I don't know if this is the correct meaning in English relating to the OP.

I think the answer to that question, at least, is no.

re #18

I think the answer to that question, at least, is no.

May be arrange or put works as a synonym :

..... differences of function cannot be made clear except by arranging / putting a combination in the pattern (or patterns) in which it is regularly used.

and the symbolic grammatical codes like [Vp], [Vn.p]... and so on reflect the sentence patterns.

A few tips for you, megatipp:

LEO isn't Facebook. You can't block people. Once you create a post, it is for public consumption, and, within the rules of LEO, people can respond as they wish.

Since you seem to be very proud of your English skills, here are a few hints regarding English to help you improve. "Maybe" is one word. There is no space between the last letter of a sentence or phrase and the closing punctuation, including an exclamation point and a closing (or opening) parenthesis. "I say them good bye, forever." is not English.

The request for you to indicate your native language is not some nosy question. It's obvious that you are not an NES. Knowing a person's native language helps understand what the source of their difficulties or questions may be. (There are a number of regular users here who are neither NGSs nor NESs, and once they indicated their language skills, it helped people understand the nature of their questions, which are often poorly worded.) You, obviously, seem to take pride in withholding that information, which will be to your disadvantage.

For the most part, people treat each other here with a certain degree of respect (which doesn't mean that they always pussyfoot around with each other, however). Your rudeness and recalcitrance in this thread does not bode well for a great deal of assistance to be forthcoming. I know that I won't even attempt to answer one of your questions concerning which I may have been able to provide a small amount of assistance/clarificaition.

May be arrange or put works as a synonym

I don't see a problem with "place." I think you may be overthinking this. The 'combinations' here are combinations of words, since phrasal verbs use more than one word. Those combinations of words are being placed, or put, or what have you, into sentences, because where else would they go. The symbols give some information as to the ways of doing that that are considered correct for the particular phrasal verb. But ultimately they are just talking about putting words into sentences.

[edit:] With regard to "sentence pattern," the dictionary obviously can't list all of the potentially infinite correctly formulated sentences containing a particular phrasal verb. So the symbols are an attempt to present a generalized schema of the correct usages. But that doesn't really affect what is a pretty straightforward, ordinary use of (the phrasal verb, as it happens) "place in."

[edit: maybe it's not really a phrasal verb]

The paragraph you quote makes two points:

1. Important differences of function cannot be made clear except by placing a combination in the sentence pattern (or patterns) in which it is regularly used.
2. For this reason, each entry recorded in the dictionary is described in terms of the sentence pattern (or patterns ) in which it normally appears.

The first point means that you can only understand how a phrasal verb is being used when you see it placed (=put/written/located/situated) in its position in a sentence.

The second point does not mean that the book also places the combination in a sentence pattern; instead, the book simply describes what patterns fit.

Why so coy about your native tongue here but not on the other forum?

@ bishop_j and CM2DD

Great Help, great replies ! Thank you very much indeed ! This makes things clearer.

A friend in need is a friend indeed ! I'll always remember this saying relating to this thread and - what is more important, - to you.

( Additionally, I must say 'O Captain ! My Captain !'. And each one participating in this thread will find her or his role in this D...P....Society and ...-... there is also one user in our thread who, obviously, seems to take pride in playing the part of Mr.Gale Nolan, the headmaster of the Welton Academy ).

( Please have a look at those two video clips: )

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