Paragraphs

from The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Dideon

 

 

sentence 11: When Quintana was at Columbia-Presbyterian, his own hospital although she was not his patient, he had stopped in to see her every evening. (Didion, 2006, p. 170)

 

DEP #1

When Quintana was at Columbia-Presbyterian, his own hospital

 

 

subordinator: When

function: adds a time reference to IND

DEP type: adverbial clause of time

 

subject: Quintana (proper noun)

verb: was

adverbial: at Columbia-Presbyterian (prepositional phrase)

structure: SVA

 

DEP #2

although she was not his patient

 

 

subordinator: although

function: adds an element of contrast to IND

DEP type: adverbial clause of contrast

 

subject: she (pronoun)

verb: was

complement: patient (common noun; identifies the subject she)

structure: SVC

 

IND

he had stopped in to see her every evening

 

 

subject: he (pronoun)

verb: had stopped

adverbial: in (preposition)

structure: SVA

 

clause combination: 1+2

sentence type: X

 

 

Reference: Didion, J. (2006). The year of magical thinking. New York: Vintage International.