Diagramming Phrasal Verbs?

[EnglishGrammarRevolution]

I'm having phrasal verb problems!

I run a sentence diagramming website, and I like to diagram quotes from celebrities on one section of my site.

You can see my problem on this page:

Walt Disney Quotes- Diagrammed

The second quote is, "All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them."

Since making the diagram, I now know that "come true" is a phrasal verb, but I have no idea how to diagram it!

Any ideas?

[Kondorosi]

I'm having phrasal verb problems!

I run a sentence diagramming website, and I like to diagram quotes from celebrities on one section of my site.

You can see my problem on this page:

Walt Disney Quotes- Diagrammed

The second quote is, "All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them."

Since making the diagram, I now know that "come true" is a phrasal verb, but I have no idea how to diagram it!

Any ideas?

'come true' is a multi-word linking verb construction, an idiomatic verb-adjective combination. Semantically, 'come' is a verb of occurence (reports an event that comes true without an actor). Regarding its syntactical function, it is a linking verb. Your diagram is fine, in my opinion. However, there is one I cannot be at one with:

The way to get started is to [(quit talking) and (begin doing)].

My SmartDraw program is playing up. I can't post my diagram right now. :(



Fixed it.

[Frank Antonson]

Two small things on the "All our dreams..." sentence. First, "All" needs to be capitalized and second in the infinitive phrase at the end there is a direct object -- not predication -- so the descending line should stop at the base line.

I agree with Kondorosi about the second one.

Keep up the good work.

Frank

[Kondorosi]

Two small things on the "All our dreams..." sentence. First, "All" needs to be capitalized and second in the infinitive phrase at the end there is a direct object -- not predication -- so the descending line should stop at the base line.

I agree with Kondorosi about the second one.

Keep up the good work.

Frank

Frank, I admire your ability to notice details. The subordinator links the VP's, yes. The broken line goes diagonally down to the verb 'have'.

[Frank Antonson]

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[Kondorosi]

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[EnglishGrammarRevolution]

Wow, thanks for all of the information, Kondorosi and Frank.

What does the small x after "doing" represent in the diagram?

[Frank Antonson]

An "x" in a Reed-Kellogg diagram stands for a word that is understood. The process is called ellipsis. Many, many naturally spoken sentences are loaded with elliptical phrases and clauses.
R-K even used the "x" for an understood subject in a command instead of a "you" within parentheses. I prefer their way because within their system parentheses are used for appositives and appositive phrases.
If you look at my diagram for , I think it was, "Diagramming Shakespeare 7" you will see how much of that thought -- "That which we call a rose..." is elliptical.

[Kondorosi]

Wow, thanks for all of the information, Kondorosi and Frank.

What does the small x after "doing" represent in the diagram?

Valency reduction. I put that 'x' there because I view 'doing' in the sentence as a mutilated verb: it has been deprived of its obligatory complement (direct object).

[Frank Antonson]

The sentence works without anything being understood there. If something must be understood, it would be a word like "something" which would be a direct object of "doing".