Jun 16 2008
Sentence Typology Key
Several readers have asked for an indexed key to the sentence typology (i.e. diagramming) system found on DailyHebrew.com. The basic units are listed below with examples and sundry notes. Please remember that these posts were written over a four-year period, so some variation exists within how these categories are applied.
Abbreviations used:
S Subject
O Object
V Verb
M [Adverbial] Modifier
P Predicate (no explicit verbal element)
IO Indirect Object (*see note below*)
OC Object Complement
SC Subject Complement (*see note below*)
Examples:
- Joshua 2:23
וַיָּשֻׁ֜בוּ שְׁנֵ֤י הָֽאֲנָשִׁים
And-they-returned the-two men.
V-S
- Genesis 33:20
וַיַּצֶּב־שָׁ֖ם מִזְבֵּ֑חַ
And-he-built there an-altar.
V-M-O
- Exodus 3:1
וּמֹשֶׁ֗ה הָיָ֥ה רֹעֶ֛ה אֶת־צֹ֛אן יִתְר֥וֹ חֹתְנֹ֖ו כֹּהֵ֣ן מִדְיָ֑ן
Now-Moses was pasturing the-flock of-Jethro, his father-in-law, the-priest of-Midian.
S-V-O
- Ezekiel 4:10
וּמַאֲכָֽלְךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֹּאכֲלֶ֔נּוּ בְּמִשְׁק֕וֹל עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שֶׁ֖קֶל לַיּ֑וֹם
And-your-food which you-shall-eat-it [will be] by-weight twenty shekels for-each-day
S-P
Embedded Clause (תֹּאכֲלֶ֔נּוּ): V-O
Notes:
- Only explicit constituents (Subject, Object, Verb, etc.) are listed; when necessary elided constituents are placed in brackets [ ].
- Multiple modifiers will not be designated separately.
- Verbal Negation, though technically a modifier, is not marked.
- Conjunctions are ignored.
- The function of the relative particle is not designated in relative clauses.
- Multi-part verbs (e.g. composite tenses and verbal hendiadys) shall be marked as one verbal unit.
- The content of a quotation is considered the object of the verb of speech.
- Older posts may use the SC and IO designations; however, newer posts will designate these merely as O and M (respectively).