Diagramming Sentences

Diagramming Sentences Adding predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives…

What are PNs and PAs? • If a sentence has a linking verb, there is no action going on, and it cannot have a direct object • However, it MUST have a predicate nominative (PN) or predicate adjective (PA) • A PA is an adjective in the predicate that describes the subject • EX: She is happy • S LV PA • A PN is a noun in the predicate that refers to the subject • EX: She is a teacher. • S LV PN • Both of these things are describing or related to the SUBJECT

Both PAs and PNs are diagrammed on the main baseline like a DO • But this time, the half line after the verb is a diagonal one, slanted back toward the subject to which it refers S V PN or PA

Diagram the following sentence: Susan was very tired. S V adv PA Determine the (S) , the (V), the PA and any modifiers First, draw the base line, add the cross line, and then the diagonal half line—remember to slant the half line toward the subject Place the (S) on the left, then (V) after the cross line, and then the (PA) on the right after the half line Then add any modifiers in their appropriate places—keep the primary rule of diagramming—attach to what is being described Susan was tired very

Diagram the following sentences 1. The dog was very mean. 2. Sharon is really nice. 3. The sun is too bright today.

A PN is diagrammed exactly the same way • Diagram the following: She is a great teacher • S LV adjadj PN • Determine S, V, PN and any modifiers She is teacher great a

Diagram the following sentences: 4. George is an astronaut. 5. Isaac became the best singer. 6. Laura has become a new mother.

You can have compound PN and PA also • The base line is divided wherever you have a compound • Look at the following example: • Susan is tired and hungry • S LV PA conj PA tired Susan is and hungry

Practice diagramming the following sentences 7. Susanne became a teacher and a professor. 8. The dog was dirty and smelly.

Diagramming Sentences