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Here is another sentence I tried to analyze and would like to know what you think of it:
They wandered where they willed from dwan to dusk and only condescended to come home at dusk because theay were afraid to encounter the horrible things in the dark that might pounce on them.
-They (Subject, realized as Noun phrase)
- wandered (Predicator, realized as verb phrase)
-where they willed (Adverbial, realized as finite clause)
-from dusk to dawn (Attribute, realized as prepositional phrase)
-and only (Adverb, realized as Adverb Phrase)
-condescended (predicator, realized as verb phrase)
-to come home at dusk (direct object, realized as non-finite clause)
the rest could be seen as a long Adverbial, realized as a finite clause, but I tried to do it in more detail:
-they (subject, realized as noun phrase)
-were afraid to encounter (predicator, realized as verb phrase)
-the horrible things in the dark (direct object, realized as non-finite clause)
I think the rest of the sentence is a relative clause which can be analysed as follows:
-that (subject, realized as noun phrase)
-might pounce on (predicator, realized as verb phrase)
-them (direct object) How is this last them realized?

If you spot any misanalysis I'd be happy to know!

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

They (main clause subject) wandered where they willed (clause, adverbial) from dawn to dusk (prepositional phrase, adverbial) and only (adverb) condescended (yellow highlight- compound verb phrase; and is the coordinating conjunction) to come home at dusk because (conjunction, subordinating ) they (subject) were (verb) afraid (complement) to encounter the horrible things (in the dark - prepositional phrase, adjectival) that might pounce on them. (green - non-finite clause, post-modifier of the adjective - but I am not sure about the exact grammatical terminology which should be used here. http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/verbs/infinitive ) (- underlined - relative clause)
"on them" = prepositional phrase, adverbial.

CalifJim · Answer

DebbyyPanother sentence I tried to analyze

There are many ways to analyze sentences. Here's my analysis.

They [ pronoun subject; noun phrase (NP)]

wandered [ verb ]
... ... ... where they willed [fused relative clause] (place - wherever they wanted to wander)
... ... ... from dawn [preposition phrase (PP); modifies "wandered"] ( time )
... ... ... to dusk [PP; modifies "wandered"] ( time )

and [ (coordinating) conjunction; connects "wandered" and "condescended"]
(they)

only [adverb]
condescended [ verb ]
... ... ... to come [infinitive; catenative complement of "condescend"]
... ... ... ... ... ... ... home [adverb; modifies "come"] (destination)
... ... ... ... ... ... ... at dusk [ PP; modifies "come" ] ( time )

because [conjunction]
they [pronoun subject; NP]
were [linking verb]
afraid [adjective; subject complement]
... ... to encounter [infinitive complement of "afraid"]
.............................the horrible things [NP; direct object of "encounter"]
......................................................in the dark [PP; modifies "things"]
......................................................that [relative pronoun (NP) - subject of relative clause - antecedent "things"]
............................................................might pounce [verb phrase (VP) - modal verb, lexical verb]
.................................................................................on them. [PP]

CJ

RandomGuy · Answer

Mine:

They wandered where they willed from dawn to dusk and only condescended to come home at dusk because they were afraid to encounter the horrible things in the dark that might pounce on them.

Subject: NP - they
Predicate: VP/VP-coordination - wandered where they willed from dawn to dusk and only condescended to come home at dusk because they were afraid to encounter the horrible things in the dark that might pounce on them
..... Coordinate 1: VP - wandered where they willed from dawn to dusk
............... Predicator: Verb - wandered
............... Complement of wandered: PP (fused relative construction) - where they willed
.................... Head of NP & Complement in relative clause: PP - where
.................... Modifier of fused noun: Relative clause - where they willed
......................... Subject: NP - they
......................... Predicate: VP - willed
.............................. Predicator: Verb - willed
............... Modifier of wandered: PP - from dawn to dusk
.................... Head: Preposition - from
.................... Complement of from: NP - dawn
.................... Complement of from: PP - to dusk
...... Marker: Coordinator - and
...... Coordinate 2: VP - only condescended to come home at dusk because they were afraid to encounter the horrible things in the dark that might pounce on them
........... Modifier of VP: Adverb - only
........... Head: VP - condescended to come home at dusk because they were afraid to encounter the horrible things in the dark that might pounce on them
................ Predicator: Verb - condescended
................ Catenative complement of condescended: to-infinitival clause - to come home at dusk because they were afraid to encounter the horrible things in the dark that might pounce on them
..................... Marker: VP subordinator - to
..................... Predicate: VP - come home at dusk because they were afraid to encounter the horrible things in the dark that might pounce on them
.......................... Predicator: Verb - come
.......................... Complement of come: PP - home
.......................... Modifier of come: PP - at dusk
.......................... Modifier of come: PP - because they were afraid to encounter the horrible things in the dark that might pounce on them
............................... Head: Preposition - because
............................... Complement of because: Content clause - they were afraid to encounter the horrible things in the dark that might pounce on them
.................................... Subject: NP - they
.................................... Predicate: VP - were afraid to encounter the horrible things in the dark that might pounce on them
......................................... Predicator: Verb - were
......................................... Predicative Complement: AdjP - afraid to encounter the horrible things in the dark that might pounce on them
.............................................. Head: Adjective - afraid
.............................................. Complement of afraid: to-infinitival clause - to encounter the horrible things in the dark that might pounce on them
................................................... Marker: VP subordinator - to
................................................... Predicate: VP - encounter the horrible things in the dark that might pounce on them
........................................................ Predicator: Verb - encounter
........................................................ Direct object of encounter: NP - the horrible things in the dark that might pounce on them
............................................................. Determiner: Determinative - the
............................................................. Modifier of things: AdjP - horrible
............................................................. Modifier of things: PP - in the dark
............................................................. Modifier of things: Relative clause - that ___ might pounce on them
.................................................................. Marker: Subordinator - that
.................................................................. Subject: Gap (___)
.................................................................. Predicate: VP - might pounce on them
....................................................................... Predicator: Verb - might
....................................................................... Complement of might: Bare infinitival clause - pounce on them
............................................................................ Predicate: VP - pounce on them
................................................................................. Predicator: Verb - pounce
................................................................................. Complement of pounce: PP - on them

AlpheccaStars · Answer

They keep getting longer and longer!
I can't imagine any analysis much more detailed than Gus's!

Blue Jay · Answer

I knew CJ and AG would have fun with this one. <img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/1.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/1.gif' alt='Emotion: smile'/>

CalifJim · Answer

AlpheccaStarsThey keep getting longer and longer!

And less and less colorful!

CJ

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