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In the Noun Phrase ''colorless green ideas'', for instance, ''ideas'' is the head, which is modified by the adjectives ''colorless'' and ''green''. Likewise, in the compound noun ''greensleeves'', ''sleeves'' is the head, which is modified by the adjective ''green''.


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