Diagrams

Question 1

Noun clause

How do we diagram a noun clause? Why?

Example:
The teacher asked who could identify dependent clause

Answer 1

With a tower or pedestal.

Because the noun clause is embedded within an independent clause. The tower/pedestal structure raises and seperates the dependent noun clause (subject + verb) above the baseline.

Question 2

Placement of modifiers

Where should adjectives, adverbs, prepositional phrases serving as adjectives/adverbs be placed in a diagram?

Answer 2

Modifiers should be placed UNDERNEATH the word they modify

Question 3

Pattern 2 and 4 use a tower/pedestal structure when the predicate adjective is a … ?

Answer 3

Prepositional phrase

Question 4

In Pattern 9 and 10, objective complement (oc) is necessary to complete the idea of the sentence (modifying or renaming the direct object).

These sentences are generated from a limited number of verbs, usually involving an act of making/selecting. Name some of the verbs.

9: s + tv + do + adjective (oc)
10: s + tv + do + noun (oc)

Answer 4

Make, consider, think, judge, prefer, select, elect, nominate, vote, choose

Question 5

What is special with pattern 8?

How should the indirect object be diagramed?

s + tv + io + do

Answer 5

Pattern 8 is the only pattern with three noun slots: subject, indirect object, direct object (in that order) and are three seperate entities

Diagram the indirect object on a prepositional phrase structure beneath the verb.