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=Grammatical Diagram =
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! '''Grammatical Term'''
! '''Definition'''
! '''Diagram'''
! '''Example'''
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| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; background-color:#81a9cc;" | '''Clausal Additions'''
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| style="background-color:#f3eee6;" | Subject
| The subject performs the action of the active verb or receives the action of a passive verb.<br />With intransitive verbs<br /><br />
| Indicated at the beginning of the main clausal line, and followed<br />by a vertical line that crosses over the main clause line<br />(separating the subject from the predicate).<br />
| [[File: Subject ex2..jpg|825px|class=img-fluid]]
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| style="background-color:#f3eee6;" | Direct Object
| Object that receives the direct action of a (transitive) verb
| Indicate with a vertical line up from main clausal line
| [[File: Direct obj. ex..jpg|825px|class=img-fluid]]
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| style="background-color:#f3eee6;" | Predicate adjective/<br />Subject complement
| A word used with a linking verb (ex. "to be"), renaming or restating the subject.<br />Can be a whole prepositional phrase.<br />
| Indicate with a vertical slanted line up from the main<br />clausal line. It can be on a stand if it is an embedded <br />clause.<br />
| [[File: Subj. Compl. ex..jpg|825px|class=img-fluid]]
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| style="background-color:#f3eee6;" | Object Complement
| Word following a direct object to state what it has become.
| Indicate with a vertical slanted line up from the main <br />clausal line.<br />
| [[File: Obj. Compl. ex..jpg|825px|class=img-fluid]]
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| style="background-color:#f3eee6;" | Infinitives
| Can be subject, adverbial, or an infinitive construct.
| Indicate with double vertical lines that cross the main <br />clausal line. If used adverbially (ie. an embedded clause),<br />place on a stand.<br />
| [[File: Infinitive ex..jpg|825px|class=img-fluid]]
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| style="background-color:#f3eee6;" | Participles
| A verbal noun/adjective that can be used in three positions: (1) substantival;<br />(2) attributive; (3) predicative.<br />
| Indicate with a round vertical line. Substantival<br />participles are placed on a stand (they are embedded).<br />Attributive participles are placed with a rounded line<br />underneath what is modified.<br />
| [[File: Participle ex..jpg|825px|class=img-fluid]]
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| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; background-color:#81a9cc;" | '''Modifiers'''
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| style="background-color:#f3eee6;" | Adjectives
| A word modifying a noun to indicate quality, quantity, extent, or differentiating<br />something from something else.<br />
| Indicate with a slanted line down from what is modified.<br />
| [[File: Adjective ex..jpg|825px|class=img-fluid]]
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| style="background-color:#f3eee6;" | Adverbs
| A word that modifies a verb, adverb, adjective, prepositional phrase, clause, or <br />sentence to express a relation (ex. manner, quality, or time).<br />
| Indicate with a slanted line down from what is modified.
| [[File: Adverb ex..jpg|825px|class=img-fluid]]
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| style="background-color:#f3eee6;" | Construct relationships
| Construction can express many different relationships between two (or <br />more) nouns. English grammarians call this construction a ‘Construct’ <br />(our term) or ‘Genitive’ phrase; Hebrew grammarians call it <br />smīḵūt (סְמִיכוּת).
| Indicate with a stair-step down from the modified<br />word/clause/phrase.<br />
| [[File: Construct ex..jpg|825px|class=img-fluid]]
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| style="background-color:#f3eee6;" | Prepositional phrases
| A phrase that consists of a preposition and its object and has adjectival or adverbial value
| Indicate with a slanted vertical line connecting to a new <br />clause.
| [[File: Prepositional Phrase ex..jpg|825px|class=img-fluid]]
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| style="background-color:#f3eee6;" | Connectives
| (1) Coordinating conjunctions join together words or word groups of equal<br />grammatical rank<br /><br />(2) Subordinating conjunctions join a main clause and a clause which does not form<br />a complete sentence by itself.
| Indicate with a dashed line down from a vertical line <br />marker.<br />
| [[File: Connectives ex..jpg|825px|class=img-fluid]]
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| style="background-color:#f3eee6;" | Embedded clause
| A clause inside another clause which can include substantival participles, adverbial<br />infinitives, and prepositional phrases.<br />
| Indicate using stilts.
| [[File: Embedded Clause ex.final.jpg|825px|class=img-fluid]]
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| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; background-color:#81a9cc;" | '''Particles'''
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| style="background-color:#f3eee6;" | Subordinating particle
| Indicates a dependent clause.<br />
| Indicate with a dashed line down from the antecedent to the<br />pronoun.<br />
| [[File: Particle ex..jpg|825px|class=img-fluid]]
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| style="background-color:#f3eee6;" | Apposition
| A word that is functioning as an explanatory equivalent as another in the sentence
| Place on a line apart from the diagram but next to the word<br />it is the equivalent of with an equal sign in between.
| [[File: Apposition ex..jpg|825px|class=img-fluid]]
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| style="background-color:#f3eee6;" | Vocative
| Indicating a person being addressed (usually with a 2nd person verb)
| style="background-color:#ffffff;" | Place on a line apart from the diagram next to the '()' indicating <br />the gapped subject an equal sign in between.
| [[File: Vocative ex..jpg|825px|class=img-fluid]]
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Master Diagram
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