Sentence Parts
Sentence parts are classifications of words, phrases, and clauses according to the way they figure in sentences [1].
Parts of the sentence are divided into:
1. The primary parts of the sentence are the subject and predicate which are its main parts, and words which complete or modify the subject and the predicate or the whole sentence, i.e. secondary parts of the sentence.
2. The secondary parts of the sentence (object, attribute, adverbial modifiers) modify either the main and secondary parts of the sentence or the whole sentence. The secondary parts of the sentence differ from the principal ones in as much as they are not capable of forming a sentence by themselves [Kirvalidze, 60-61].
Sentence parts classification:
1. The Subject: simple (just one word, without any modifiers, usually a noun or pronoun), complete (the simple subject plus all modifiers), compound (made up of more than one subject element).
2. The Predicate: simple (the verb alone), complete (a verb or verb phrase along with its objects, complements, and/or adverbial modifiers), compound ( consists of two different actions).
3. The Object: direct object (the thing being acted upon by the verb) indirect object (includes more information about the person or thing towards which the action is directed, answer the questions that begin with who).
4. Complements: subject complements (modify the subject by describing it further) and object complements (modify the object by describing it further).
5. Modifiers: adverbial modifiers (modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs), adjectival modifiers (modify nouns and pronouns) [3].
⠀ 1. Retrieved from: Dictionary.com [https://www.dictionary.com/browse/parts-of-a-sentence].
⠀ 2. Nino Kirvalidze. (2013). Theoretical Course of English Grammar. Tbilisi: Ilia State University.