The proposal outline is not just a whim of the instructors. It allows you to better understand the structure of a sentence, to determine its specifics, and finally to parse it faster. Any scheme is, first of all, clarity; agree that when you are dealing, for example, with Lev Nikolaevich, clarity is very necessary for understanding the proposal.
Instructions
Step 1
You need to start by defining which members of the sentence are words. First, define the subject and predicate - the grammatical basis. So you will already have a very definite "stove" from which you can "dance". Then we distribute the remaining words among the members of the sentence, given that they are all divided into a subject group and a predicate group. The first group includes definition, the second - addition and circumstance. Keep in mind that some words are not members of the sentence (for example, conjunctions, interjections, introductory and inserted constructions), and it also happens that several words all together make up one member of the sentence (adverbial and participial phrases).
Step 2
So, you already have some kind of initial proposal outline. If you remove the words themselves and leave only the lines that underline the members of the sentence, then this can already be considered a diagram. However, suppose in your case everything is more complicated. For example, you have a complicated sentence, that is, for example, it has an adverbial turnover. Such a turn is fully emphasized as a circumstance, and on the diagram it will be separated from the rest of the lines by vertical lines:, | _._._._._ |,
Step 3
If you have a complex sentence, then the diagram will need to reflect all the predicative parts that you find in this community. The predicative part can be distinguished by searching for all grammatical stems in the sentence: one grammatical stem - one predicative part. That is, if we have a compound sentence (that is, the parts in it are equal and one does not depend on one another), then we will separate both parts with square brackets, and between them we will put a punctuation mark and the union that connects them: , and.
Step 4
If you have a complex sentence, then you have to show all the relationships between the parts, since in such a sentence one part obeys the other. The one to which they obey is the main one, the one that obeys is a subordinate clause. The main one is indicated by square brackets, the subordinate clause - by round brackets: , (which…). Such a scheme would be appropriate for a sentence, for example: "We saw the house that Jack built", and the sentence will be complex with a subordinate clause.
Step 5
Consider your instructor's requirements when designing the diagram, as these may vary. Also, do not forget that the diagram is like a prelude to the analysis of the sentence, so the more you write in the diagram, the more you can understand and then say. But do not overload the diagram: for example, it is often unnecessary to show all the members of the sentence that are there on the diagram of a large complex sentence. Only the grammatical basis can be noted.
