what words go where when digraming sentance / Aunt Ellie sent me a beautiful "kitten
When diagramming the sentence "Aunt Ellie sent me a beautiful kitten," the words can be organized as follows:
Aunt
↓
Ellie
↓
sent
↓
me
↓
kitten
beautiful
The arrow ↑ represents the subject-verb relationship, while the arrows ↓ show the object-verb relationship in the sentence.
To diagram the sentence "Aunt Ellie sent me a beautiful kitten," you would break it down into its grammatical components and arrange them in a diagram. Here's how you could do it:
1. Start by drawing a horizontal line, which represents the baseline of the sentence.
2. Place the subject (Aunt Ellie) above the baseline, on the left side.
3. Draw a diagonal line from the subject down to the baseline to represent the verb phrase. Place the verb (sent) on this line.
4. Draw a vertical line from the verb phrase up to the left side of the baseline, slightly higher than the subject. This line represents the indirect object (me).
5. Draw a diagonal line from the verb phrase down to the baseline, slightly to the right of the verb. This line represents the direct object (kitten).
6. Finally, draw a horizontal line extending from the right side of the baseline to represent the adjective phrase (a beautiful). Place the adjective (beautiful) on this line.
The diagram should look like this:
Aunt Ellie sent
┌── ● ──┐
me └─► kitten
│
a beautiful
In this diagram:
- The subject (Aunt Ellie) is shown at the top left.
- The verb (sent) is shown as a diagonal line connecting the subject to the baseline.
- The indirect object (me) is shown as a vertical line connecting the verb phrase to the baseline.
- The direct object (kitten) is shown as a diagonal line connecting the verb phrase to the baseline on the right side.
- The adjective phrase (a beautiful) is shown as a horizontal line extending from the right side of the baseline.
Note: The "►" symbol indicates the direction of the line connecting the verb phrase to the indirect object.
To diagram the sentence "Aunt Ellie sent me a beautiful kitten," we can break it down into its parts of speech and their respective locations in the diagram.
1. Start by drawing a horizontal line. This line represents the baseline of the sentence.
2. Above the line, draw a slanted line downward from the middle. This line represents the subject of the sentence.
3. Write "Aunt Ellie" on the slanted line to indicate that it is the subject.
4. Below the baseline, draw a vertical line with branches coming out of it. This line represents the object of the sentence.
5. Write "me" on one of the branches, indicating that it is the indirect object.
6. Draw a diagonal line connecting the horizontal line to the vertical line. This line represents the verb of the sentence.
7. Write "sent" on the diagonal line to indicate the verb.
8. Lastly, draw another diagonal line from the same point on the horizontal line as the previous line, connecting to the object branch.
9. Write "kitten" on the second diagonal line to indicate the direct object.
So on the diagram, it should look something like this:
```
Aunt Ellie /
sent /
\ me
\
kitten
```
By following this method, you can diagram more complex sentences as well.