diagramming the sentence

LATE IN THE EVENING ROBERT CAME LATE TO DINNER RIDING ON JOHN'S HORSE AND WE GAVE HIM HAM AND SOME BOILED BEANS

THANK YOU BUT WHAT IS RIDING ON JOHN'S HORSE?

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In your sentence, I see these elements:

Clause 1 = Late in the evening Robert came late to dinner, riding on John's horse,

and

Clause 2 - we gave him ham and some boiled beans.

The phrase "riding on John's horse" is a participial phrase.
* riding = participle modifying "came"
* on John's horse = prepositional phrase modifying "riding"

I APPRECIATE THAT

"Riding on John's horse" is a verb phrase in this sentence. It describes the action that Robert was performing when he came late to dinner. To diagram this sentence, we can break it down into its different parts:

1. Subject: "Robert"
2. Verb: "came"
3. Adverbial phrase: "late in the evening"
4. Object: "to dinner"
5. Verb phrase: "riding on John's horse"
6. Coordinating conjunction: "and"
7. Subject: "we"
8. Verb: "gave"
9. Object: "him"
10. Direct object compound: "ham and some boiled beans"

Here's the diagram:

(Late in the evening)
|
Robert
/ \
came to dinner
/ |
(Riding on John's horse) (and)
|
we
/ \
gave him
|
(Ham and some boiled beans)

This diagram helps to visually represent the structure and relationships between the different elements of the sentence.