EEL week 16

Week 16

Complex/Declarative/S-Vt-DO-OCN

Today we are continuing our discussion of the Complex sentence structure and our Declarative sentence purpose, but we are adding a new element to our pattern. The Object Complement Noun.

What is an Object Complement Noun (OCN)?

We can tell by the name that it is a noun, right? If we just look at the pattern, the OCN follows the direct object. Here is where we get in to new territory. A complement completes the thought begun by the subject and the verb. The Object Complement Noun renames what the direct object has become as a result of the action of the verb. Let's look at some examples.

Jesus, who made you an heir, made me a saint. Ind. Clause- Jesus made me a saint. S-Vt-DO-OCN

God called the light day.

God called the dark night.

The Object Complement renames the Direct Object. Day renames light. Night renames dark.

So when we do our Question Confirmation and have identified the Subject, Verb, and Direct Object, we ask the question God called light what/whom? Can day replace/describe light? If yes, then it's an Object Complement Noun.  Light = day.

Here's two more examples:

We considered that car a lemon.

The class elected Tom president. 

Car=lemon and Tom=president

Since we are talking about nouns, I think it would be helpful to go over the jobs a noun can do using our Quid et Quo. Please take these out and we will look at our first example sentence. Let's start with Jesus.  Go to the noun section and let's look at what we can fill in. Answer: Noun, proper, concrete, singular, masculine.

What about the noun me? Answer: Direct Object, singular, gender is unknown unless we know who the speaker is, first person, personal pronoun, objective pronoun

Let's take our first example sentence go through our question confirmation and diagram it.

Jesus, who made you an heir, made me a saint.

SN      SP   Vt     DO AJ OCN  Vt   DO aj OCN

Jesus | made | me \ saint (I can't put in the adjectives)

who | made | you \ heir (remember the dashed line that connects Jesus to who)

Homework:

Go through the example sentences using the task sheet and/or the Quid et Quo and Review Charts

E,F, and N