Sentence Structure Analysis: Complex and Compound Sentences

Grammatical Analysis of Sentence Structures

Analysis: "I say these cravings..."

This sentence is grammatically complex, containing a main clause and a subordinate clause. It implies a subordinating conjunction, often referred to as a complementizer.

Sentence Structure Overview

• It is a complex sentence because it contains a main clause and a subordinate clause, each with its own verb.
• The main verbs are say and have been.
• There is an implied subordinating conjunction (complementizer) that, which introduces a substantive clause.
• Therefore, there are two propositions related by this complementary link.

Main Clause: "I say these cravings"

• Subject (SN): "I"
• Predicate (SV): "say these cravings"
• Nucleus of Predicate: "say"
• Direct Object (SN): "these cravings"

Subordinate Clause: "that I've been here..."

This is a substantive clause functioning as the direct object of the verb "say". It is introduced by the implied complementizer "that".

• Subject (SN): "I"
• Predicate (SV): "have been here something divine within"
• Nucleus of Predicate: "have been"
• Complement: "something divine"
• Adverbial Phrase of Place (S. Adv. C.C.L.): "here"
• Adverbial Phrase of Place (S. Adv. C.C.L.): "within"

Clause Function

The entire subordinate clause functions as a direct object and can be replaced by the unstressed pronoun "it" (e.g., "I say it").

Analysis of "We will be false and God bless our fraud"

Sentence Structure Overview

• This is a compound sentence, consisting of two coordinated propositions.
• It contains two main verbs: will be and bless.
• The coordinating conjunction and links the two propositions.

First Coordinated Proposition: "We will be false"

• Subject (SN): "We"
• Predicate (SV): "will be false"
• Nucleus of Predicate: "will be" (copulative verb)
• Attributive Complement (Adjective): "false"

Second Coordinated Proposition: "God bless our fraud"

• Subject (SN): "God"
• Predicate (SV): "bless our fraud"
• Nucleus of Predicate: "bless"
• Direct Object (SN): "our fraud"