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Sentence Diagramming

Sentence diagramming is a visual method to represent the grammatical structure of sentences using symbols and lines. It can help learners and teachers understand how parts of speech relate and form meaningful units. There are different types of diagrams, including Reed-Kellogg and syntactic tree diagrams. Syntactic tree diagrams show the hierarchical relationships between words and phrases in a sentence through nodes and branches labeled with syntactic categories.

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Sentence Diagramming

Sentence diagramming is a visual method to represent the grammatical structure of sentences using symbols and lines. It can help learners and teachers understand how parts of speech relate and form meaningful units. There are different types of diagrams, including Reed-Kellogg and syntactic tree diagrams. Syntactic tree diagrams show the hierarchical relationships between words and phrases in a sentence through nodes and branches labeled with syntactic categories.

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ENL 2208 - Teaching and Assessment of Grammar

SENTENCE DIAGRAMMING

Sentence diagramming is a method of visually representing the grammatical structure of a sentence


using symbols and lines. It can help learners and teachers of grammar to understand how different parts
of speech and sentence elements relate to each other and form meaningful units of language. Sentence
diagramming can also be helpful for linguists who study the syntax and morphology of natural languages
and want to analyze the patterns and rules that govern their formation and variation.

There are different types of sentence diagramming. Some of the most common types are Reed-Kellogg
Diagram and Syntactic Tree Diagram.

1. Reed-Kellogg Diagram
This uses horizontal, vertical, diagonal, and dotted lines to show the parts of speech, phrases, and
clauses in a sentence.

The dog brought me his old ball in the morning.

Both the teachers and the students wanted a half day.


ENL 2208 - Teaching and Assessment of Grammar

2. Syntactic Tree Diagram


A sentence tree diagram is a visual representation of the structure and components of a
sentence. It shows how the words and phrases in a sentence are related to each other and to the
main idea of the sentence. A syntactic tree diagram consists of nodes and branches. Nodes are
labeled with the syntactic categories of the words or phrases they represent. Branches connect
the nodes and indicate the hierarchical relationships between them.

Syntax Nodes:
S - sentence Adj - adjective
NP - noun phrase V - verb
VP - verb phrase Adv - adverb
Det - determiner PP - prepositional phrase
N - noun P - preposition
Pro - pronoun

Phrase Structure Rules:


(The nodes in parenthesis are optional; they may not be always present in a diagram)
● S ➡ NP + VP
● NP ➡ Det (Adj) N, Pro
● VP ➡ V NP (PP) (Adv)
● PP ➡ P NP

Now, let us analyze the phrase structure and make a tree diagram using the following sentences.

Step 1: Set down the basic pair of branches the subject (NP) and the predicate (VP).

Bea bought many snacks.


Subj. Predicate
NP VP

Step 2: Label the syntactic category (parts of speech) of each word that make up the sentence. In the
example below, the VP consists of a V and NP.
NP
Bea bought many snacks.
N V Det N

Step 3: Under NP, identify the noun (N). If there is a determiner then you should make another branch. If a
pronoun is used as a subject, label it as Pro.

Step 4: Under VP, label the V and NP. In case PP and Adv are present, both would fall under VP.

NP PP
Bea bought many delicious snacks at the market yesterday.
N V Det Adj N P Det N Adv
ENL 2208 - Teaching and Assessment of Grammar

Step 5: Connect the remaining words to the constituents (subject, predicate, or phrase) or nodes they
belong to.

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