Tree diagrams
- 1. TREE DIAGRAMS Nadir Emanuel Ocampo 2019
- 2. Grammar is a set of rules for constructing and analyzing sentences and their constituents. This latter process is known as parsing.
- 3. The best way to give a clear picture of the relation between the constituents in a sentence is the TREE DIAGRAM
- 4. RANK Scale Sentence Clause Phrase Word Largest Unit of Language Unit of grammar that consists of a subject and a verb. It’s a complete thought A phrase is a group of words that stand together as a single unit, typically as part of a clause A single distinct meaningful element of speech or writing. N, V, Adj, Adv, P
- 5. Gladys seemed grumpy recently. W W WW Ph Ph Ph Ph Cl S TREE DIAGRAM
- 6. 1. Main Clause (M.C) The cat is all red 2. Subordinate Clause (Sub.C) …because he fell into the paint bucket • Relative Clause (RC) …who is a good neighbour • Noun Clause (NC) …what she’s done • Adverbial Clause(PP) …when she was drunk CLASSES OF CLAUSES
- 7. Noun Phrase (NP) the blue car (in the lot) Adjective Phrase (AdjP) very pretty Adverb Phrase (AdvP) too slowly Verb Phrase (VP) has done Prepositional Phrase (PP) in the big house CLASSES OF PHRASES (Det.) (M) H (M) (M) H (M) H (Aux.) H P (det) (M) N
- 8. Aunt Gladys has seemed rather grumpy just recently. NP VP AdjP AdvP M.Cl S TREE DIAGRAM E.G. 1 Aux M MM H H H H
- 9. He did his homework because he’s very responsible. NP VP Cj AdjP M.Cl S TREE DIAGRAM E.G. 2 M N MN H H H H Sub. Fin. Cl NP NP VP
- 10. Subject = NP Predicator = VP Complements = NP, AdjP Objects = NP Adverbial = NP, AdvP, PP CLASES within the clause
- 11. He did his homework because he’s very responsible. NP VP Cj AdjP M.Cl S TREE DIAGRAM E.G. 1 M N MN H H H H Sub. Fin. Cl NP NP VP S V dO AR S V Sc
- 12. She made the house pretty again because she is an interior decorator. NP VP AdvP NP M.Cl S TREE DIAGRAM E.G. 2 M H MH H H H H Sub. Fin. Cl NP NP VP S V dO AR S V Sc AdjP Cj H H H Oc AT