Transcript Chapter_12_Grammar_Diagram

Chapter 12c
Sentences:
Grammatical Diagram
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Diagramming sentences provides a way of
picturing the structure of a sentence. By
placing the various parts of a sentence in
relation to the basic subject-verb relationship,
we can see how the parts fit together and how
the meaning of a sentence branches out, just
as the branches of a plant ramify from the
stem in space and time.. This presentation
touches upon only the basics of diagramming.
Use the hyperlinks to the Guide to Grammar
and Writing (this color) for additional
information.
We begin with a very simple sentence:
Glaciers melt.
We will place the subject-verb
relationship on a straight horizontal
line . . .
Glaciers
melt
and separate the subject from its verb
with a short vertical line extending
through the horizontal line.
Modifiers (including articles) go under
the words they modify on slanted lines.
The glacier is melting slowly.
glacier
is melting
A direct object follows the verb on the
horizontal line; it is separated from the
verb by a vertical line that does not go
through the horizontal line.
The glacier is slowly destroying the
forest.
glacier
is destroying forest
Predicate nouns and predicate
adjectives follow the verb and are
separated from the verb by a slanted
line.
The glacier is not really dangerous.
glacier
is
dangerous
Josiah Budnick is a brilliant professor.
Josiah Budnick
is
professor
With compound subjects and predicates,
the sentence diagram begins to branch
out.
The professor and her colleagues are
studying glaciers and avalanches.
glaciers
colleagues
are studying
and
and
professor
avalanches
Compound verbs are put on branches
in a similar fashion.
The professor and her colleagues are
studying and classifying glaciers.
colleagues
are studying
and
and
professor
classifying
glaciers
Indirect objects are arranged under
the main sentence line.
Professor Higgins gave her students
two projects.
Professor Higgins
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gave
projects
students
Prepositional phrases are arranged on
branches below the words they modify.
Professor Higgins studied glaciers
in Antarctica during the 1950s.
Professor Higgins
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studied
glaciers
1950s
Antarctica
Gerund and infinitive phrases are
displayed on standards — except when
the infinitive is a modifier.
Jorge likes to study glaciers.
study glaciers
Jorge
likes
Studying glaciers is fun.
ing
glaciers
is
fun
His decision to study glaciers was
fortunate.
decision
was
study
fortunate
glaciers
The relationship between clauses in
compound and complex sentences is
shown with a dotted line.
Glaciers are powerful forces, but they
move very slowly.
Glaciers are
forces
but
they
move
One last diagram: a complex sentence.
Professor Higgins invited Jorge to the
conference because he had written the
best research paper.
Professor Higgins invited
Jorge
conference
he had written paper
Be sure to review the rest of the
material on DIAGRAMMING
SENTENCES in the Guide to
Grammar and Writing. Soon, you
will be diagramming sentences in
your sleep.
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created by
Charles Darling, PhD
Professor of English and
Webmaster
Capital Community College
Hartford, Connecticut
copyright November 1999
A grammatical diagram is slightly
different from a regular diagram.
1.There are no lines before or after
the verb.
2.Modifiers are not always below the
line.
3.The order of the words is
preserved, if possible.
Diagramming
Practice
Diagram Gal. 6:8
For the one who sows to his own
flesh will from the flesh reap
corruption, but the one who
sows to the Spirit will from the
Spirit reap eternal life.
Diagram of Gal. 6:8
For
the one
will
reap corruption
who sows
the flesh
but
his own flesh
the one
will reap eternal life
who sows
the Spirit
Diagramming
the Spirit
Practice
Diagram of Gal. 6:8
For
the one
will
reap corruption
who sows
the flesh
but
his own flesh
the one
will reap eternal life
who sows
the Spirit
the Spirit
Write 3 things God is
telling you through
Gal 6:8.
Be ready to share these.
Diagram James 1:12.
Blessed is a man who
perseveres under trial; for
once he has been approved, he
will receive the crown of life
which the Lord has promised
to those who love Him.
Blessed is a man
James 1:12
I will
who perseveres be tried
God wants
for to bless
trial
We
must
once he has been approved
be proved
he will receive the crown
God gives
life
crowns
the Lord has promised
He promises
those who love Him
Diagram 1 Pt. 2:24a
without lines.
He Himself bore our sins
in His body
on the cross
so that we might die to sin
and
live to righteousness
Have a good time
with the homework.
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