Grammatical Unit: Phrase

Phrase is a grammatical unit above word constructed by using a structure of modification. It consist of an obligatory head-word that is optionally preceded by its pre-modifiers, and followed by its post-modifiers. Phrase, based on their functions in building the higher units, are classified into: noun phrase (NP), verb phrase (VP), adjective phrase (adj. p.), adverb phrase (adv. p.), and preposition phrase (pp.). For examples:
-A beautiful girl (NP)
-will not come (VP)
-extremely tired (adj. p.)
-very beautifully (adv. p.)
-in the morning (pp.)
When several kinds of pre-modifier are used together before a noun-head, the question of order arises. The table below gives some guidance about th order:

Determinative, etc.	Adjectives of Quality	Size, Age, Shape, Length, etc.	Color	Origin or Nationally	Noun or Gerund	Noun-Head
A very	valuable	old		Swiss	gold	watch
A		long	brown	American	leather	belt
A really	natural	high	red	Chinese	brick	wall
Quite an	attractive	triangular	green		Cape-Colony	stamp
Those	smart, up to date		brown	Italian	snakeskin	shoes
Some	sour		green	Australian	eating	apple
Several		large	red		pickling	cabbage
Her		small, round	pink			face
A very	useful	oblong			tin	box
A	pretty		purple	Indian	silk	dress
The first ten very	difficult				chemistry	tests
My first	serious				automobile	accident

Note that when a noun-head is modified by another noun or gerund, the modifying noun or gerund immediately precedes the noun-head; then if it is also modified by an adjective that denotes origin, the modifying adjectives precedes the modifying noun or gerund; and that if there is an adjective that denotes color, this precedes the modifying adjective that denotes origin. Adjectives that denote a quality usually precede those that denote size, age, shape, length, etc.