Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Parsing/Diagraming
Hi!
I'm having problems with this sentence that I am trying to parse:
"No one said that it would be easy."
What I have so far is that it is the subject, would be is the predicate, and easy is the subject complement. I can't figure out what to do with No one said. I would appreciate any help you can give me. I get the feeling that what I have so far may be wrong, but I'm not sure.
Thanks!
I'm having problems with this sentence that I am trying to parse:
"No one said that it would be easy."
What I have so far is that it is the subject, would be is the predicate, and easy is the subject complement. I can't figure out what to do with No one said. I would appreciate any help you can give me. I get the feeling that what I have so far may be wrong, but I'm not sure.
Thanks!
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No one / said (that it would be easy); subject = No one; said that it would be easy = predicate; said = verb; that = conjunction; that it would be easy = noun clause as object of "said"; it = subject of noun clause; would be easy = predicate of noun clause; would be = verb of noun clause ; easy = subject(ive) complement of "it."
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No one - subject
said - verb
that it would be easy - direct object
The verb and direct object together form the predicate.
The direct object is itself a subordinate clause:
it - subject
would be - verb
easy - predicate adjective
The verb and predicate adjective together form the predicate of this subordinate clause.
CJ
said - verb
that it would be easy - direct object
The verb and direct object together form the predicate.
The direct object is itself a subordinate clause:
it - subject
would be - verb
easy - predicate adjective
The verb and predicate adjective together form the predicate of this subordinate clause.
CJ
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