English Sentence Constituents

In English, there are eight major sentence components: subject, predicate, object, epithet, determiner, complement, cognate, and dative.

Subject: the object from which the verb is sent

Predicate: the verb

Object: the object from which the verb is borne

Expression: describes the quality, nature, identity, character and state of the subject, usually in the tense verb (be/become/feel/sound/turn...)

Definitive: used to modify or describe the subject or object, adjectives are usually used as determiners

Complementary: used to supplement the subject or object

Homonym: i.e. "in the same position", a noun is used to explain another noun or pronoun.

Adverbials: They indicate time, place, reason, purpose, result, manner, degree, etc. Adverbs are usually used as adverbs.

Extended information:

Examples:

1. My sister Susan sings very well.

My sister Susan sings very well.

My-dative

sister-subject

Susan-subject

sings-predicate

very well -predicate

2. She is Chinese.

She is Chinese.

She-subject

is-be verb

Chinese-epithet

3. I painted the wall white.

I painted the wall white.

I-subject

painted-predicate

the wall-object

white-complementary