What tone does this passage convey? Ryan’s face was purple with rage as he picked up the phone to dial the insurance company. “A 200-foot tree fell on my car!” he screamed into the phone. “This is the worst disaster in the history of modern man!” Ryan continued to scream at the agent. humorous satirical pessimistic optimistic

The tone is RAGE because it said: "Ryan’s face was purple with rage as..."

Explanation:

it creates a visual picture of the man.

it conveys what the scene sounds like.

it describes the actions of the boy.

it reveals the poet’s opinion of the characters.

it encourages readers to care for the characters.

the sentence does not violate the phrase structure second rule (introduced by noam chomsky) because noun phrases consist of a determiner such as a, the or every, and a noun. in the sentence, the noun phrase the cake includes a determiner (the) and a noun (cake).

on the other hand, the first rule indicates that a sentence encloses a noun phrase, followed by a verb phrase. the example sentence can be analysed as follows:

john (n) + ate (v) + the (det) + cake (n).