Analysis of Simple Sentence

Analysis of Simple Sentence is a process of analysing the construction of a Sentence, in order to understand the relationship of its parts. A Simple Sentence can be very short, or it can be very long. A Simple Sentence can be composed of a Subject and Predicate or it might have Article, Adjective, Verb or Adverb. The Subject tells us who or what the sentence is about, and the Predicate tells us what that subject is doing, sensing or is. The most basic part of the Predicate is the verb. In fact, sometimes the predicate may consist of only a verb, but it still tells us what the subject is doing.

To understand it, let us analyse the following Simple Sentence:

Rabindranath Tagore, the writer of Indian national anthem, was deeply versed in ancient learning.

Rabindranath Tagore, the writer of Indian national anthem, is the Subject.

Was deeply versed in ancient learning is the Predicate.

Rabindranath Tagore is the Principal Word of the Subject and is modified by the appositive writer.

The writer is modified by the Adjective the which is an Article, and by the Adjective phrase of Indian national anthem.

Was is the Predicate Verb and is modified by the Predicate Adjective versed, by the Adverb deeply and by the Adverbial Phrase in ancient learning.

Learning is modified by the Adjective - Ancient.

From the Analysis of this sentence we can say that Analysis of a Simple Sentence is to name:

1. It’s Subject.
2. It’s a Predicate.
3. The principal word of the Subject with its modifiers.
4. The modifiers of any other words in the Subject.
5. It’s a Predicate Verb.
6. The modifiers of its Predicate Verb.
7. The modifiers of any other words in its Predicate.