Sentence analysis: Introduction; Subject & Predicator

Objectives
  • I know what parsing is.
  • I know what syntactic sentence analysis is.
  • I can divide a simple sentence into sentence elements.
  • I can identify the subject in a sentence.
  • I can identify the predicator in a sentence.
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Objectives
  • I know what parsing is.
  • I know what syntactic sentence analysis is.
  • I can divide a simple sentence into sentence elements.
  • I can identify the subject in a sentence.
  • I can identify the predicator in a sentence.

Slide 1 - Diapositive

Sentence analysis: Subject and Predicator

Slide 2 - Diapositive

Ontleden - Analysis
At the beginning of the year 1 Grammar course you looked at word classes. Labelling words according to their part of speech like this is called parsing. In Dutch: taalkundig ontleden.
Now we are going to look at the function of sentence elements in building the sentence. This is called syntactic analysis. In Dutch: redekundig ontleden.

Slide 3 - Diapositive

Book
             For this part of the grammar course 
you need the book 
Sentence Analysis 
by Koning & Van der Voort

Slide 4 - Diapositive

"Birds fly." - Can you analyse this simple sentence?
Birds
fly
Parsing:
Analysis:
predicator
noun
verb
subject

Slide 5 - Question de remorquage

Which word classes
do you remember?

Slide 6 - Carte mentale

Which sentence elements
do you know?

Slide 7 - Carte mentale

Can you divide a simple sentence into sentence elements? Examples:
Birds fly.
Birds | fly.

Birds fly high.
Birds | fly | high.

Birds fly high in the sky.
Birds | fly | high | in the sky.

Slide 8 - Diapositive

Now you! Divide this sentence into sentence elements:
She waved.

Slide 9 - Question ouverte

Again! Divide this sentence into sentence elements:
She waved at me.

Slide 10 - Question ouverte

Once more! Divide this sentence into sentence elements:
She waved at me frantically.

Slide 11 - Question ouverte

Another one! Divide this sentence into sentence elements:
"He met her yesterday."

Slide 12 - Question ouverte

Again! Divide this sentence into sentence elements:
"Her father met her mother at the high school prom ten years ago."

Slide 13 - Question ouverte

What do the previous example sentences show you?
A
Simple sentences often start with first subject, then predicator.
B
A sentence element can consist of one or more words.
C
The predicator always consists of at least one verb.
D
A, B and C are all correct.

Slide 14 - Quiz

Identify Subject:
I love chocolate chip cookies.

Slide 15 - Question ouverte

Identify Predicator:
I have always loved chocolate chip cookies.

Slide 16 - Question ouverte

Identify Subject:
How long have you been practising for the recital?

Slide 17 - Question ouverte

Identify Predicator:
How long have you been practising for the recital?

Slide 18 - Question ouverte