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Form-Function Diagram: Those students are looking at the sculpture.

In the sentence Those students are looking at the sculpture, the noun phrase those students functions as the complete subject. The demonstrative determiner those functions a the determinative of the noun students, which functions as the simple subject. The verb phrase are looking at the sculpture functions as the predicate. The definite article the functions as the determinative of the noun sculpture, which functions as the prepositional complement. The noun phrase some apples functions as the prepositional complement of the preposition at. The prepositional phrase at the sculpture functions as the verb phrase complement of the verb phrase are looking. The predicate also contains the present progressive verb phrase are looking, which functions as the simple predicate. The auxiliary verb are functions as the progressive, and the main verb looking functions as the predicate.

Form-Function Diagram: Those students are looking at the sculpture.

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 9A) (A Form-Function English Grammar) and A Form-Function Description of the Grammar of the Modern English Language: Book 2 (Level 9B) (A Form-Function English Grammar).

A Form-Function Description of the Grammar of the Modern English Language: Book 1 (Level 9A) (A Form-Function English Grammar)
  • Kosur, Heather Marie (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 569 Pages – 03/11/2021 (Publication Date) – Independently published (Publisher)
A Form-Function Description of the Grammar of the Modern English Language: Book 2 (Level 9B) (A Form-Function English Grammar)
  • Kosur, Heather Marie (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 577 Pages – 03/11/2021 (Publication Date) – Independently published (Publisher)

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