Written by Deborah White Broadwater. (2004) Diagramming sentences pag. 05 explained
that the adjective is written under the word adjective modifies. Articles are written on a
line under the word to which they refer.
Look at the sentences below.
Karma
lost comb
chose house
The beautiful Karma lost the ivory comb.
Terry and Lola chose the house wisely.
Terry
Lola
Adding Preposition phrases
Subject
Verb
Representation
Object of the prep
Based line +
vertical line plus extra extension
When we work with preposition phrases we need to draw a compound line a vertical line
+ a line similar to the base line and we add a extra line. The preposition is written in the
vertical line while the object of the preposition will go on the extra line that is beside the
vertical line. As another components , they go below the words are modified.
Example of sentence + preposition phrase.
student
The students read quietly in the library
read
library