Syntactic Analysis of Subordinate Sentences: Examples

In Spanish they exist various types of sentences according to the typology of the verb. If it is a main and syntactically independent verb, we are dealing with a main sentence, which can be related to others by coordination or subordination. Coordinate sentences are syntactically independent and are linked by coordinated links, while subordinate sentences they are syntactically dependent on the verb of the main sentence, without which they cannot be enunciated since they lack their proper meaning.

In this lesson from a TEACHER we are going to see what the parsing subordinate clauses in Spanish through many examples.

We are going to show you the steps we must follow if we want to learn to parse a subordinate clause Well, regardless of the type, we will have to follow the following steps:

• 1. The first thing that we must take into account when analyzing a complete sentence, that is, a sentence formed by more than one verb, consists of locate all verbs present so that we can determine how many sentences there are.
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• 2. Next, we have to point out what are the links that unite them and determine if they are coordinated or subordinate links and of what type.
• 3. Later, we delimit each of the propositions, we first analyze the main clause, and from it, the subordinate clause.

In this video of a PROFESSOR we discover the subordinate clause types what's up.

Next, we propose the analysis of some of the subordinate clauses most frequent in Spanish, so that you can take it as a guide for practicing syntactic analysis:

I did it like you told me

In this sentence, the verbs are "I did" and "you said." The main sentence is "I did it" while the subordinate is "as you told me", whose nexus "as" indicates that it is an adverbial subordinate proper of mode, with a circumstantial complement value of mode.

If you come with me, I'll feel so much better

The verbs are "you come" and "I will feel". The main sentence is "I will feel much better" because it can be stated on its own and make full sense, while the subordinate proposition is "if you come with me" which is an adverbial subordinate with conditional value, introduced by the nexus conditional "yes".

I want you to come soon

The verbs are "I want" and "come". The main sentence is "I want" while the subordinate is "that you come soon", introduced substantive subordinate (as you can replace by "that": I want that ") by the nexus" that "and with direct object function, since it can be replaced by" it ":" I want it ".

The book you lent me was boring

"Prestaste" and "era" are the verbs. The subordinate clause "you lent me" is an adjectival subordinate introduced by a nexus "that" with direct object function of the verb "lend".

I will go even if it rains

"Iré" is the verb of the main clause while "llueva" is the verb of the subordinate clause. "Although" is a nexus with a concessive value that introduces the concessive subordinate sentence "even if it rains", which indicates a difficulty in carrying out the action described by the main verb but that in the end does not prevent it from being make.

I love you because you are my boyfriend

"I want" and "you are" are the verbs of both sentences. The main sentence is "I love you" while "because you are my boyfriend" is a subordinate sentence introduced by the nexus "because" that indicates that it is a causal subordinate clause, that indicates the cause of the action of the verb principal.

In this other lesson we will discover the differences between coordinate and subordinate sentences with examples that will help you better understand this concept.