GRAMMAR II

When analysing a sentence, first delimit the components of the whole sentence then
identify the subject and the predicate and the heads in each one, identify subordinate
or dependent clauses and then the words in each of the clauses.
This is an example of the syntactic analysis of sentences you will have to do in all the
TPs until the end of the semester.
Don’t underline or highlight anything extra.

Analyse the following sentence:

Richard knew that his father was on the way to Aquitaine to settle matters there.

Identify the subject and the predicate then identify the main clause, the
subordinate clauses and the dependent clauses if there were. Then analyze the
words in each of the clauses.

([Richard] [knew {that his father was on the way to Aquitaine)} {to settle matters there.]}

Subject: Richard – noun phrase as head

Predicate: knew that his father was on the way to Aquitaine to settle matters there.
Head: knew

Main clause: Richard knew that his father was on the way to Aquitaine.
Richard: subject – noun phrase as head
knew: verb phrase - head

Subordinate noun clause as direct object

that his father was on the way to Aquitaine.:
that: subordinator
his father: noun phrase
his: determiner, possessive adjective
father: noun phrase
was: verb
on the way to Aquitaine: prepositional phrase as adverbial of place

Dependent clause:

Non-finite to infinitive as adverbial of purpose: to settle matters there

to settle: non-finite to infinitive as adverbial of purpose

matters: noun phrase as head
there: adverb of place

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Analyzing components that are underlined.

First delimit the components of the whole sentence then say what the underlined
phrases are and what function they have in the following sentence:

{Though it is classed with the carnivores,} (the grizzly bear is largely vegetarian and
seldom eats flesh.)

{Though it is classed with the carnivores,} subordinate adverb clause of concession

(the grizzly bear is largely vegetarian and seldom eats flesh.) main clause

the carnivores,: noun phrase as complement of the preposition

is: linking verb

largely vegetarian: adjective phrase as subject predicative

flesh: noun phrase as direct object

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