From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Tue Apr 27 1999 - 14:07:34 EDT
At 10:04 AM -0700 4/27/99, clayton stirling bartholomew wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm currently teaching myself simplified diagramming/sentence flow as a
>> technique for working out how sentences, clauses fit together. Can
>> anybody who 'diagrams' tell me how they treat vocatives or address,
>> usually with 2nd person verb? Do you use put it in the subject 'slot'?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jonathan Ryder
>
>Jonathan,
>
>Like any other clause constituent I would diagram the vocative according
>to the syntactical function it performs within the clause.
And what syntactical function does a vocative perform within any clause? I
would have said that a vocative is not within a clause at all--that it's
simply a direct address to a person: "Psst, hey you!"
Carl W. Conrad
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