“Motivation is what a person, or a character, wants. It is the reason he or she acts a certain way.” Point out the root motive, which students may have heard in terms of the motive related to anything from why someone does charity work or commits a crime.
The function of the noun phrase <em>green, leafy vegetables </em>in this sentence is that of the subject of the sentence.
What contains important vitamins for a healthy body? Green, leafy vegetables.
Crossing- present participle
Crossing the street is dangerous and illegal- phrase?
If I'm not mistaken, its a fused run-on sentence. A comma splice is where there is an unneeded comma, and it isn't a simple as it contains a conjunction.