SIMPLE SENTENCE ANALYSIS

1.

Define the type of the sentence according to:

the purpose of the utterance (statement (positive, negative), question, command, exclamation);
the structure (one-member /nominal, verbal/, two-member /complete, incomplete/);
the formula (SV, SVA, SVO, SVC, SVOO, SVOC, SVOA).

2.

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
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
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
if adjective: state whether it is qualitative (gradable) or relative
if it is qualitative mention the degree of comparison: positive
comparative
superlative
if numeral: state whether it is cardinal or ordinal
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

3.

Point out the predicate/verb in the sentence. State whether it is

simple
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)

4.

Point out the other parts of the sentence. State their nature.
object, state whether it is: a) direct or indirect
b) simple or complex
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.

5.

Point out the independent elements of the sentence.

parentheses
direct address
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.