Sentence = Noun Phrase + Verb Phrase
Noun Phrase = Pronoun, or
Name, or
Noun, or
Determiner + Noun
Verb Phrase = Verb, or
Verb + Place, or
Verb + Manner, or
Verb + Time, or
Verb + Reason, or
Auxiliary + Verb, or
Auxiliary + Verb + Place, or
Auxiliary + Verb + Manner, or
Auxiliary + Verb + Time, or
Auxiliary + Verb + Reason
The following examples are words that may be
found in the phrase structures:
Pronoun = he, she, they, it
Name = Jim, Florida, Moby Dick
Common Noun = house, store, street
Determiner = a, the, that, those
Verb = run, walk, go, read
Auxiliary = is, was, have, did, could
Place = in the house, to a store
Manner = with ease, quickly
Time = in the morning, at noon
Reason = due to the snow, since it rained