A Reed-Kellogg Diagram, please

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Would you kindly R-K this sentence:

Tom received a gift from his relatives back home.

I am having a terrible problem trying to diagram it correctly.

Thank you so much!!!
 

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Thank you, sir, for the BEAUTIFUL diagram.
 

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It may not be the best interpretation, but it works.

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Two thoughts on your sentence . . .

Thank you, sir, for the BEAUTIFUL diagram.

Parser,

Sorry for the late post, but I just arrived!

Curious as to the diagram. I'm thinking about it, and back home seems to modify relatives (meaning which ones?). Yet I cannot help but think of back home (showing where?)as an adverbial objective, therefore placing it underneath the verb.

What is your take?

Dea
 

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Re: Two thoughts on your sentence . . .

Parser,

Sorry for the late post, but I just arrived!

Curious as to the diagram. I'm thinking about it, and back home seems to modify relatives (meaning which ones?). Yet I cannot help but think of back home (showing where?)as an adverbial objective, therefore placing it underneath the verb.

What is your take?

Dea

Thank you for your kind note.

Perhaps I do not understand. When you say that "back home" is

an adverbial objective that modifies a verb, may I ask which verb

you are referring to?

According to the diagram above, it does belong to the implied verb

"live."

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back home relatives

relatives back home

relatives living nearby

second cousin relatives

relatives by marriage

all adjectives telling what kind of relatives.
 
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wow, this looks like complicated stuff. I sure would love to learn how to do this. I've read many other forums from a man named "Frank Antonson" and he seems like a very wise man at these kinds of things.
 

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wow, this looks like complicated stuff. I sure would love to learn how to do this. I've read many other forums from a man named "Frank Antonson" and he seems like a very wise man at these kinds of things.


Yes, Mr. Antonson is great at this. He will be delighted to help you. Just

post a question, and he'll help you. I always recommend this forum to

people who are interested in Reed-Kellogg. This diagramming system will

truly help you better understand the parts of an English sentence.
 

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Thank you.

But I honestly don't think it is that complicated. I suspect that some of my students will be better at R-K than I am after about one more month of partial instruction. I say "partial" because they are studying other matters from me at the same time.

I just think that it is completely new to so many people outside the USA or under the age of 40.

Following closely the site that my students are creating will probably make anyone who tries to be as expert as I am.
 

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dude you rock young homie G you a total gangsta mr. AAAAAA! yo kids are lucky to have a teach like you. you be makin em all turne theyre heads at dem nouns and adverbs dey look reallll nice like peanut butter and jellie samwhichies yous a smart man yo dude yo man yo man yo man yo man you gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood at this stuff :up::-o:-D:):roll::shock:
 
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