Sentence Analysis, part 1
Sentence Analysis Simplified
In order to be able to analyse sentences, you should learn the fundaments of sentence analysis as named below:
- the eight word classes
- the seven functions
- the six primary materials
- and the five secondary materials.
Below is a list of each group.
The eight word classes:
- Verbs (v)
- Nouns (n)
- Articles/Determiners (Det)
- Adjectives (Adj)
- Adverbs (Adv)
- Pronouns (Pron)
- Prepositions (p)
- Conjunctions (Conj.)
The seven word functions:
- Subjects (S)
- Verbs (V),
- Direct Objects (DO),
- Indirect Objects (IO),
- Subject Complements (SC),
- Object Complements (OC)
- Adverbials (A)
The six primary materials:
- Verb Phrases (VP)
- Noun Phrases (NP)
- Adjective Phrases (Adj. P)
- Adverb Phrases (Adv. P)
- Prepositional Phrases (PP)
- Clauses
The five secondary materials:
- Determiners (Det)
- Heads (H)
- Premodifiers (PrM)
- Postmodifiers (PoM)
- Prepositional Complements (PC)