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Form-Function Diagram: Our neighbor painted her fence light blue.

Form-function diagram of 'Our neighbor painted her fence light blue'

In the sentence Our neighbor painted her fence light blue, the noun phrase her fence functions as the direct object and the noun phrase light blue functions as the object complement. The verb phrase painted her fence light blue functions as the predicate. The noun phrase our neighbor functions as the subject. The noun phrase light blue contains a null determiner (zero article) and the adjective phrase light blue that functions as a noun phrase modifier.

@ffgrammar A form-function diagram of the sentence 'our neighbor painted her fence light blue'. The predicate contains a direct object and object complement. #grammar #ffgrammar ♬ Fence – Soda Shop

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.

A Form-Function Description of the Grammar of the Modern English Language: Book 1 (Level 7)
  • Kosur, Heather Marie (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 569 Pages – 11/18/2021 (Publication Date) – Independently published (Publisher)
A Form-Function Description of the Grammar of the Modern English Language: Book 2 (Level 8)
  • Kosur, Heather Marie (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 577 Pages – 11/18/2021 (Publication Date) – Independently published (Publisher)
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