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| the person or thing that does the action of the verb (a noun or other nominal) | subject |
| the main word of the predicate; usually describes an action or condition; must agree with subject | verb |
| an adjective or noun(or nominal) in the predicate that means the same thing as (renames or describes) the subject | subjective complement |
| an adjective or noun (or nominal) in the predicate that follows the direct object and renames or describes it | objective complement |
| a noun or other nominal in the predicate that "receives the action" of the verb; a single noun in the predicate that does not mean the same thing as the subject | direct object |
| nominal naming the person or thing to or for whom | indirect object |
| the verb group plus any direct object, indirect object, subjective complement, or objective complement that may be present, plus all modifiers of these structures | predicate |
| the central word (or group of words) in the complete subject; the word or structure with which the verb must agree | simple subject |
| preposition, its object, and any modifiers of the object | prepositional phrase |
| the simple subject and all its modifiers (and their modifiers, etc.) | complete subject |
| the main verb of the sentence plus all the auxiliary verbs | verb group |
| for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so | coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS) |
| traditionally, a word that modifies a noun; most can be compared and will fit in both blanks in the frame sentence "The _____ [appropriate noun] is very ______." | adjective |
| word or structure in a sentence that modifies a noun | adjectival |
| any structure occupying a slot in the sentence that is typically filled by a noun | nominal |
| relative pronoun, adjective, or adverb that has an antecedent in the sentence; serves to introduce an adjective clause | definite relative |
| relative pronoun, adjective, or adverb that does not have an antecedent within the sentence; serves to introduce a noun clause | indefinite relative |
| name used for a, an, and the | article |
| the -ing or -en form of a verb when it is being used as an adjectival | participle |
| the -en form of a verb | past participle |
| the -ing form of a verb | present participle |
| the base form of a verb, usually introduced by to | infinitive |
| the -ing form of a verb when it is being used as a nominal | gerund |
| a dependent clause occupying a nominal slot in a larger clause; often introduced by an indefinite relative or by strategic that | noun clause |
| a dependent clause serving as an adjectival; normally introduced by a definite relative (including that, which in this case is not "strategic" but plays a role in the clause) | adjective clause |
| a dependent clause serving as an adverbial; usually movable; usually tells where, when, why, how, how much, how often, etc. | adverb clause |
| name for that used to introduce a noun clause; plays no role in the clause it introduces | strategic that |
| name used for the and not for a and an | definite article |
| name used for a and an and not for the | indefinite article |
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