How to Diagram a Sentence

Clause as Direct Object

A noun clause can serve as a direct object. It is diagrammed like a word, with a vertical line preceding it, but it stands on a second, raised baseline.

Treat the clause as a sentence by separating the noun from the verb.

• Subject and Verb
• Direct Object and Predicate Adjective
• Clause as Direct Object
• Two Direct Objects
• Adjectives and Adverbs that Modify
• More Modifiers
• Clause as Predicate Nominative
• Indirect Object and Understood You
• Complex Sentence
• Appositives