2.5: Sentence elements ( parts, constituents)

* Sub. and Verb are obligatory, other elements

      are optional 

* Sub + Verb + ( sub. comp, obj., adv., …)

     – George arrived.

     -George arrived late.

     – Ali became a teacher.

     – The maid broke the dish.

    – The farmer grew potato last year.

    – The class will elect Salim a monitor tomorrow.

• * Only obj. and adv. Can be more than one:

•     – Bob bought his son new phone last week.

•     – Mother lent her sister a dress.

•     — The girl is now a student at a large university.

•   — The family received their gust warmly in the

•        station yesterday.

Sub., Obj., and adv. Can be lengthened ( have internal constituents of sentences)

• Sub:

•      – The mistake caused the damage.

•         – That the building bases were weak caused the damage.

•   Obj.:

•       -The judge thinks the reverse.

•       -The judge thinks that the accused was totally innocent.

•    Adv.:

•      -The traveller grew  very sad suddenly.

•      -The traveller grew very sad when she missed the train.