Diagramming sentences

I do not understand what you mean when you say "How do you diagram the sentence?".

Please explain.

(Small point. The children were elementary-school children. They went to an elementary-school.)

On a slightly different note, but still about diagramming. Would anyone know of any diagramming software that teachers could use to create a diagram on the computer that could be printed?

Hello,
have you found any such software? I'm interested in developing one. If you have any comments on what you are exactly looking for in such systems, please write to me.

I found this:
http://visl.sdu.dk/visl/en/parsing/automatic/trees.php

James

verb: were

subject: children

the very young elementary school: all modfiers to the subject on slanted lines underneath

misbehaving: gerund acting as direct object,

during...performance: prepositional phrase modifying were

in...auditorium: prepositional phrase modifying performance

i can't paste the diagrammed sentence on here but i have it. i wish i could show you...


sorry

sorry to bother you but this is also acceptable:

verb:were misbehaving
subj:children (w/ the very young elementary school as modifiers)
prep phrase: during performance (the annual Christmas)
prep: in auditorium (the schools)



BTW i'm a 7th grader
thanx,

daigramming sentences is a complex form of labeling the subject, verb, prepositional phrases et cetera. it is a simple way to check your grammar by breaking down the sentence. you should check your library for a book on it, considering it is an intriguing art.

Great sentence-diagramming software can be downloaded from http://www.sendraw.ucf.edu/

How do you diagram and label this:
The woman that was arrested is my teacher.