英语专题讲解-diagrams

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1、Diagrammingsentencesprovidesawayofpicturingthestructureofasentence.Byplacingthevariouspartsofasentenceinrelationtothebasicsubject-verbrelationship,wecanseehowthepartsfittogetherandhowthemeaningofasentencebranchesout,justasthebranchesofaplantramifyfromthestemins

2、paceandtime.Moststudentswhoworkatdiagrammingsentencesderiveaclearerunderstandingofhowsentenceswork—aswellassatisfactioninthepictorialrenderingofsentencestructure.Thispresentationtouchesupononlythebasicsofdiagramming.UsethehyperlinksbacktotheGuidetoGrammarandWri

3、ting(thiscolor)foradditionalinformation.Webegin,naturally,withtherepresentationofaverysimplesentence:Glaciersmelt.Wewillplacethesubject-verbrelationshiponastraighthorizontalline...Glaciersmeltandseparatethesubjectfromitsverbwithashortverticallineextendingthroug

4、hthehorizontalline.Modifiers(includingarticles)gounderthewordstheymodifyonslantedlines.Theglacierismeltingslowly.glacierismeltingTheslowlyAdirectobjectfollowstheverbonthehorizontalline;itisseparatedfromtheverbbyaverticallinethatdoesnotgothroughthehorizontalline

5、.Theglacierisslowlydestroyingtheforest.glacierisdestroyingTheslowlyforestthePredicatenounsandpredicateadjectivesfollowtheverbandareseparatedfromtheverbbyaslantedline.Theglacierisnotreallydangerous.glacierisThedangerousnotreallyJosiahBudnickisprofessorabrilliant

6、JosiahBudnickisabrilliantprofessor.Withcompoundsubjectsandpredicates,thesentencediagrambeginstobranchout.Theprofessorandhercolleaguesarestudyingglaciersandavalanches.professorThecolleaguesherarestudyingandglaciersavalanchesandCompoundverbsareputonbranchesinasim

7、ilarfashion.Theprofessorandhercolleaguesarestudyingandclassifyingglaciers.professorThecolleaguesherandarestudyingclassifyingandglaciersIndirectobjectsarearrangedunderthemainsentenceline.ProfessorHigginsgaveherstudentstwoprojects.ProfessorHigginsgaveprojectstwos

8、tudentsherPrepositionalphrasesarearrangedonbranchesbelowthewordstheymodify.ProfessorHigginsstudiedglaciersinAntarcticaduringthe1950s.ProfessorHigginsstudiedglaciersAntarctic