Sentence Analysis, part 3

We mentioned earlier that in sentence analysis we deal with the seven functions, six primary materials and five secondary materials as below.

The seven functions:

Subjects (S), Verbs (V), Direct Objects (DO), Indirect Objects (IO), Subject Complements (SC), Object Complements (OC) and Adverbials (A).

The six primary materials:

Verb Phrases (VP), Noun Phrases (NP), Adjective Phrases (Adj.P), Adverb Phrases (Adv.P), Prepositional Phrases (PP) and Clauses.

 The five secondary materials:

Determiners (Det), Heads (H), Premodifiers (PrM), Postmodifiers (PoM) and Prepositional Complements (PC).

The chart below will help you get an overview of the fundamentals of sentence analysis.

Functions:

S, V, DO, IO, SC, OC, A

Primary Level —–>

Primary Materials:

NP, VP, Adj.P, Adv.P, PP, Clauses

Secondary Level —-> Secondary Materials:

D, H, PrM, PoM, PC

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