Word order

• Subject verb object

Content clause

Declarative content clause

1. As direct objects

   He told her (that) she was smart.

2. Similarly with verb-like adjectives

   Convinced (that) he could manage it without help, he decided to proceed.

Complement

Subject complement

Tells more about the subject by means of the verb.

She looks sick.

Apples are red.

Object complement

Subject

1. Determinerless noun phrase

   Builders are at work.

2. Determiner phrase

   The large car stopped at my house.

3. Gerund – can form a determiner phrase

   Eating is pleasure.