[Grammar] Stumped on a sentence diagram

[ahook]

I'm embarrassed to admit this, but my husband and I are having a disagreement about 4th grade grammar. And my son has a 3rd option.

So, here goes: "The pig turned up its nose." How is this one diagrammed?

We homeschool, so we ARE his teachers! We just want to make sure we're correct on this one!

Thanks in advance.

 

[SoothingDave]

I'm not a teacher, but I believe "turned up" is a phrasal verb and "his nose" is the direct object of the verb phrase.

 

[TheParser]

I'm embarrassed to admit this, but my husband and I are having a disagreement about 4th grade grammar. And my son has a 3rd option.

So, here goes: "The pig turned up its nose." How is this one diagrammed?

We homeschool, so we ARE his teachers! We just want to make sure we're correct on this one!

Thanks in advance.

***** NOT A TEACHER *****

Hello:

(1) I love to parse (analyze) sentences. May I give you my two cents' worth?

(2) I think that Soothing Dave was spot-on. ("Spot-on" is a British expression that I just learned, and I like to use it. = absolutely correct.)

(3) The pig turned up its nose.

Subject = The pig.

the = adjective. (Newer books might use another term for the definite article. Maybe "determiner.")

pig = noun.

Verb phrase = turned up.

turned = verb.

up = adverb/particle

As Soothing Dave told us, I guess "turn" + "up" go together, so we

can call it a so-called "phrasal verb."

(direct) object = its nose.

its = possessive adjective.

nose = noun.

(4) Hopefully, a teacher will answer you very soon. Whatever the

teacher says will be spot-on!!!



James


P.S. It's great that you are teaching old-fashioned grammar. I think that
parsing is ignored in many (most?) public schools.

 

[SoothingDave]

She's homeschooling. I think the idea is to teach the tried-and-true methods and not whatever is the fad in public schools today.