Analysis of Sentences
By ‘Analysis of Sentences’ is meant the breaking up of a sentence into its component parts and bringing out the relation which the different parts bear to one another.
Sentences are of three kinds:
- Simple
- Compound
- Complex
1.Simple Sentences- A Simple Sentence is one which contains only one finite verb, expressed or understood: e.g. The train arrives.
2. Compound Sentence- A Compound Sentence is one which is made up of two or more co-ordinate (i.e. independent clauses merely connected by co-ordinating conjunctions), e.g. The Director dissolved the meeting and the members dispersed.
The cuckoo as well as the nightingale is a singing bird.
3. Complex Sentence- A Complex Sentence is one which consists of one principal clause and one or more subordinate clauses. Subordinate clauses are of three kinds: The Noun clause, the Adjective clause and the Adverb clause.
That honesty is the best policy is acknowledged by all. (Noun clause)
These are the boys who played the mischief. ( Adjective clause)
Strike the iron while it is hot. (Adverb clause)