In the sentence My mom has bought my sister a gift, the verb phrase has bought my sister a gift. The noun phrase my sister functions as the indirect object. The noun phrase a gift functions as the direct object. The predicate also contains the present perfect verb phrase has bought. The noun phrase my mom functions as the subject.
@ffgrammar A form-function diagram of the sentence 'my mom has bought my sister a gift'. The predicate contains an indirect object and a direct object. #grammar #ffgrammar ♬ Sister – TSHA
A form-function diagram is a visualization of the layers of grammar. The top identifies forms, or what words, phrases, and clauses look like. The bottom identifies functions, or what words, phrases, and clauses do. For more information about form-function diagrams, see A Form-Function Description of the Grammar of the Modern English Language: Book 1 (Level 7) and A Form-Function Description of the Grammar of the Modern English Language: Book 1 (Level 8) of A Form-Function English Grammar.
- Kosur, Heather Marie (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 569 Pages – 11/18/2021 (Publication Date) – Independently published (Publisher)
- Kosur, Heather Marie (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 577 Pages – 11/18/2021 (Publication Date) – Independently published (Publisher)