Hi,

Anonymous How do I diagram a sentence?

I'd suggest doing a Google search for "sentence diagram". I'm sure you'll find a great deal of information

on the subject. Good luck!

Regards

Tree-diagrams are a very common kind of sentence diagram. As the name suggests, they are like trees (though the trees are upside down, with the root at the top and the ends of the smallest branches at the bottom). A tree-diagram is a hierarchical composition showing the various constituents of a sentence. The words are the smallest constituents, and the points closer to the root where branches joi

Hi BillJ

"Notice how each constituent has two labels: the first indicates its function in the construction and the second one its category (part of speech). For example, attached to the constituent a bird is the function label "subject", and the category label "NP" (for noun phrase). Similarly, attached to the constituent bird is the function label "head" (it is head of the

AnonymousIs the "D" (determiner) the function label or category one?

The first label is always the function; the second one is always the category.

So 'Det', the first label, is the function 'Determiner'

And 'D', the second label, is the category 'Determinative'

I realise that the two words 'determiner' and

Thank you, BillJ. for your useful reply.