This is ironic - we are covering precisely this type of situation in my
grammar and usage class this week.

Please correct me if I am wrong - but I would like to answer this to see how
sound my own thinking is.

I would consider "over" in this case an adverbial modifier of time.  "Over"
in this context implies "Past/completed" rather than place ("The party is
over there.").  This would put it in the NP+be+ADVtime category.

At least, that would be my analysis.

-patty

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Subject: The party is over

How would members parse "over" in "The party is over"?  As an adverbial
modifier in a NP+be+ADV/Time-Place sentence pattern, or as an adjectival
subject complement in a NP+be+ADJ pattern?  Thanks.

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