004 Simple Sent Analysis
.docSimple SENTENCE ANALYSIS
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Define the type of the sentence according to:
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the purpose of the utterance (statement (positive, negative), question, command, exclamation);
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the structure (one-member /nominal, verbal/, two-member /complete, incomplete/);
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the formula (SV, SVA, SVO, SVC, SVOO, SVOC, SVOA).
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Point out the subject of the sentence.
Mention whether it is notional or formal.
If formal: it /impersonal, introductory, emphatic/, there.
If notional: state what it is expressed by
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if noun: a) state whether it is common or proper
if proper: is it animate (human/non-human) or inanimate
is it name of a person
geographical name
name of hotel, ship, newspaper, etc.
if common: is it countable or uncountable
is it class/ concrete noun
collective noun
abstract noun
material noun
b) state whether it is in singular or plural
c) state whether it is in common or genitive case
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if pronoun: define the class of the pronoun
a) personal ( person: first, second, third;
number: singular, plural
case: nominative, objective)
b) demonstrative (singular or plural)
c) indefinite
d) negative
e) possessive (the conjoint form /my/ or the absolute form /mine/)
f) reflexive (state person and number)
g) reciprocal (common case or genitive case)
h) detaching
i) universal
j) interrogative
k) conjunctive
l) relative
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if adjective: state whether it is qualitative (gradable) or relative
if it is qualitative mention the degree of comparison: positive
comparative
superlative
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if numeral: state whether it is cardinal or ordinal
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if the finite verb: point the person
number (singular or plural)
tense
voice: active or passive
mood: indicative, imperative, subjunctive
mention if it is transitive or intransitive
- if the verbal: state the nature (gerund, infinitive, participle)
voice (active or passive)
aspect ((for infinitive only) common or continuous)
perfect or non-perfect
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Point out the predicate/verb in the sentence. State whether it is
simple (verbal or phraseological) or
compound (nominal, verbal /modal, aspect/, or mixed)
State the nature of the components of the compound predicate: type of the link verb and the predicative (see above)
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Point out the other parts of the sentence. State their nature.
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object, state whether it is: a) direct or indirect
b) simple or complex
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adverbial, state whether it is: of time, of frequency, of place and direction, of manner, of attendant circumstances, of degree and measure, of cause, of result or consequence, of condition, of comparison, of concession, of purpose, of exception.
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Point out the independent elements of the sentence.
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parentheses
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direct address
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interjection
SIMPLE SENTENCE ANALYSIS example
In the morning I packed my bags and carried them to the elevator (Shaw).
This is a simple, declarative, affirmative, two-member, complete, extended sentence.
I is the subject, expressed by a personal pronoun, first person, singular, in the Nominative case;
packed and carried are homogeneous simple verbal predicates expressed by the verbs to pack and to carry in the past indefinite tense, the active voice, the indicative mood;
my bags is a direct object to the verb to pack expressed by a common noun in the common case, plural;
my is an attribute to the noun bags expressed by a possessive pronoun, first person, singular, in the conjoint form;
them is a direct object to the verb to carry expressed by a personal pronoun, third person, plural, in the objective case;
to the elevator is an adverbial modifier of place expressed by a prepositional noun phrase;
in the morning is an adverbial modifier of time expressed by a prepositional noun phrase.