1. Diagramming Sentences
Patterns 7, 8, 9, and 10

2. Pattern 7: Subject – transitive verb - direct object
S-tv-do
A transitive verb is followed by a direct object while an intransitive verb is not
The direct object answers the questions whom or what after the verb
Objects of the preposition cannot be direct objects
Pattern 7 is the basic transitive verb pattern upon which Pattern 8, 9, and 10 are built
\ a backslash indicates a relationship between the subject and the subjective complement
| a line indicates there is not relationship between the subject and the object

3. Subject – transitive verb - direct object
Example 1
The king proclaimed the news of his divorce.

4. Subject – transitive verb - direct object
Example 2
Henry VIII banished Catholicism from England.

5. Subject – transitive verb - direct object
Example 3
We are studying grammar.

6. Subject – transitive verb - direct object
Example 4
The nurse spilled the medicine

7. Subject – transitive verb - direct object
Example 5
All of the teachers have submitted their lesson plans

8. Pattern 8: subject – transitive verb – indirect object – direct object
S- tv- io- do
Pattern 8 has two objects: the indirect object and the direct object
To determine the direct object ask whom or what of the verb
To determine the indirect object ask to whom, form whom, of whom, to what, for what, or of what
An indirect object is a short way of expressing a prepositional phrase and therefore it is treated like a prepositional phrase that is always placed under the verb

9. Subject – transitive verb – indirect object – direct object
Example 1
The king gave Anne Boleyn his love.

10. Subject – transitive verb – indirect object – direct object
Example 2
The manager handed everyone a cash bonus.

11. Subject – transitive verb – indirect object – direct object
Example 3
Knowledge can give us power.

12. Subject – transitive verb – indirect object – direct object
Example 4
The reporter asked the politician many intrusive questions about her personal habits.

13. Subject – transitive verb – indirect object – direct object
Example 5
Our walk on the beach gave us a sense of freedom.

14. Rare in the English language
Pattern 9: subject – transitive verb – direct object – objective complement: adjective
S – tv – do – adj
Rare in the English language
An objective complement is an adjective or noun that modifies or renames, respectively, the direct object
Although sometimes an adjective, it does not precede the noun it modifies as a normal adjective would
Thus it is diagrammed on the base line
An indirect object is a short way of expressing a prepositional phrase and therefore it is treated like a prepositional phrase that is always placed under the verb

15. Subject- transitive verb – direct object – objective complement: adjective
Example 1
The king considered Anne beautiful.

16. Subject- transitive verb – direct object – objective complement: adjective
Example 2
We found the bakery out of food.

17. Subject- transitive verb – direct object – objective complement: adjective
Example 3
The child spoke himself hoarse.

18. Subject- transitive verb – direct object – objective complement: adjective
Example 4
The dog lay out of doors.

19. Subject- transitive verb – direct object – objective complement: adjective
Example 5
The woman was thought gracious.

20. Subject – transitive verb – direct object - objective complement: noun
S- tv – do –n
Rare in the English language
An objective complement is an adjective or noun that modifies or renames, respectfully, the direct object
An indirect object is a short way of expressing a prepositional phrase and therefore it is treated like a prepositional phrase that is always placed under the verb

21. Subject – transitive verb – direct object – objective complement: noun
Example 1
The king considered Anne a beauty.

22. Subject – transitive verb – direct object – objective complement: noun
Example 2
The king made Anne Boleyn a queen

23. Subject – transitive verb – direct object – objective complement: noun
Example 3
The committee selected the budget as its top priority for the year

24. Subject – transitive verb – direct object – objective complement: noun
Example 4
Tolkien selected Smaug as the name of the dragon.

25. Subject – transitive verb – direct object – objective complement: noun
Example 5
Bilbo offered the dwarf a handkerchief.