How do you diagram this sentence? Please don't ask me to do the mashing.

I can't show you much diagramming in this forum.

However, this site has excellent explanations and illustrations of diagramming.

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/diagrams2/one_pager1.htm

Note that the subject is the understood you. The infinitive phrase is the object of the verb.

To diagram a sentence, you can follow these steps:

1. Identify the subject and the verb: Find the main subject and the main verb in the sentence. The subject is the noun or pronoun that the sentence is about, and the verb is the action or state of being.

2. Draw a horizontal line: Draw a horizontal line from left to right on a piece of paper. This line will serve as the baseline for the diagram.

3. Place the subject on the left: Write the subject on the left side of the line. If the subject is a noun, place it on a horizontal line and if it's a pronoun, place it on a slanted line.

4. Place the verb on the right: Write the verb on the right side of the line. If the verb is an action verb, draw a vertical line from the baseline and write the verb on top of it. If it's a linking verb, draw a horizontal line from the baseline and write the verb on the line.

5. Add direct and indirect objects: If the sentence has direct or indirect objects, draw a vertical line downward from the verb and label it accordingly. The direct object receives the action of the verb, while the indirect object receives the direct object.

6. Include any modifiers: Add any modifiers (adjectives or adverbs) to the diagram by drawing slanted lines or branches from the word they modify.

Without the specific sentence you would like to diagram, I cannot provide a tailored example. However, by following these steps, you should be able to diagram a sentence accurately. It is important to note that sentence diagramming is a visual representation of sentence structure and can vary in complexity based on the sentence's construction.