Omar has a unique diet, as his owners feed him raw
kangaroo meat for dinner. "We buy human-grade kangaroo meat at the
supermarket," Hirst told the BBC. "It's the only meat we could find
that he actually wants to eat."
THIS KANGAROO-EATING MAINE COON
MAY BE WORLD’S LONGEST CAT
O V s complement
Elements:
This Kangaroo = Noun (Commoun noun)
Eating = Gerund
Maybe = Modal auxiliary verb
Longest = Superlative degree
Ø PARAGRAPH 1
Meet Omar the cat. He is a breed known as a Maine coon cat, owned by Stephy Hirst,
V O S V O COMPLEMENT
of Melbourne, Australia. He may be the world’s longest cat.
COMPLEMENT S V COMPLEMENT
Analyses :
First sentence: a sentence containing three independent clauses but separate by punctuation.
Independent clause I: Meet Omar the cat
Independent clause II: He is a breed known as a Maine coon cat, owned by Stephy Hirst, of Melbourne, Australia.
Independent clause III: He may be the world’s longest cat
=> Meet Omar the cat. He is a breed known as a Maine coon cat, owned by Stephy Hirst, of Melbourne, Australia. He may be the world’s longest cat.
The sentence above in accordance with the type of compound sentences. Compound sentences is sentence containing two or more independent clauses and no dependent clause. The independent clauses connected with coordinator conjunction such as for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so or also with punctuation like semicolon (;) or comma (,). In this case compound sentences with coordinator ‘punctuation’.
Element:
Meet = Verb
Omar the cat = Object
He = Pronoun
Is = Verb to be
as = Conjunction
a maine coon cat = Article (indefinity article)
owned by stepy hirst = Passive voice
of = Preposition
Melbourne, Australia = Adverb of place
He = Pronoun
Maybe = Modal auxiliary verb
Omar the cat = Object
The world’s = Article (Definity article)
Longest = Superlative degree
Ø PARAGRAPH 2
Hirst told the BBC that Omar measures 3 feet 11 inches (120 centimeters) in length,
S V O S V Complement
which would make him the longest cat in the world. The current record-holder is
V O Complement S V
a cat named Ludo,
from West Yorkshire in the United Kingdom, who
measures
O Complement V
3 feet 10.59 inches (118.33 centimeters). Hirst says she has submitted
Complement S V
the measurements to Guinness but the record hasn’t yet been confirmed.
V O S Complement
Analyses:
First sentence: a sentence containing one independent clause and two dependent clauses. The dependent clause begins with relative pronoun.
Independent clause: Hirst told the BBC
Dependent clauses I: Omar measures 3 feet 11 inches (120 centimeters) in length
Dependent clauses II: would make him the longest cat in the world’s
=> Hirst told the BBC that Omar measures 3 feet 11 inches (120 centimeters) in length, which would make him the longest cat in the world.
The sentence above in accordance with the type of complex sentences. Complex sentences is sentences containing one independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. The dependent clauses connected with sub-ordinate conjunction. In this case sub-ordinate conjunction used is ‘that’ and ‘which’.
Elements:
Hirst told the BBC: Active Voice
That: Relative Pronoun
In length: Preposition
Which: Relative Pronoun
Would: Modal Auxiliary Verb
Make: Causative Verb
Him: Pronoun
Longest: Superlative degree
Cat: noun (common noun)
In the world: adverb
Second sentence: a sentence containing one independent clause and two dependent clauses. The dependent clause begins with relative pronoun.
Independent clause: The current record-holder is a cat named Ludo
Dependent clause I: from West Yorkshire in the United Kingdom
Dependent clause II: measures 3 feet 10.59 inches (118.33 centimeters)
=>The current record-holder is a cat named Ludo, from West Yorkshire in the United Kingdom, who measures 3 feet 10.59 inches (118.33 centimeters).
The sentence above in accordance with the type of complex sentences. Complex sentence is sentence containing one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. The dependent clauses connected with sub-ordinate conjunction. In this case sub-ordinate conjunction used is ‘who’.
Elements:
The current record-holder: Subject
Is: Verb to be
A cat: articles (indefinite articles)
From: Preposition
West Yorkshire: Adverb of place
In: Preposition
The United Kingdom: Article (Definite Article)
Third sentences: a sentence containing two independents and connected with coordinator conjunction.
Independent clauses I: Hirst say she has submitted the measurement to Guinness
Independent clauses II: The record hasn’t yet been confirmed
=> Hirst say she has submitted the measurement to Guinness but the record hasn’t yet been confirmed.
The sentence above in accordance with the type of compound sentences. In this case compound sentences with coordinator ‘but’.
Elements:
Hirst: Subject
Say: Verb
She: Pronoun
Has submitted: Auxiliary Verb
The measurement to Guinness: Object
But: Conjunction
The record: Subject
Hasn’t: Auxiliary Verb
Yet: Conjunction
Been: Linking Verb
Ø PARAGRAPH 3
Omar has a unique diet, as
his owners feed him raw
kangaroo meat for dinner.
S V O S V O Complement
"We buy human-grade kangaroo meat at the
supermarket," Hirst told the BBC.
Direct speech Active voice
"It's the only meat we could find
that he actually wants to eat."
Direct speech
Analyses:
First sentence: The sentence containing one independent clause and one dependent clause. The dependent clause connected with sub-ordinate conjunction.
Independent clause: Omar has a unique diet
Dependent clause: his owners feed him raw kangaroo meat for dinner
=> Omar has a unique diet, as his owners feed him raw kangaroo meat for dinner.
The sentence above in accordance with the type of complex sentences. In this case sub-ordinate conjunction used is ‘as’
Elements:
Omar: Noun
Has: Verb
A unique: adjective
As: Conjunction
His: Pronoun
For: Preposition
Dinner: Adverb
Second and three sentences: The sentence above included the characteristics of direct speech.
These characteristics can be seen from the quotation marks, and the sentence always begin with a capital letter. That's in intent with the direct speech. Direct speech is the original quote in a
conversation, without any changes.
=> "We buy human-grade kangaroo meat at the supermarket,"
=> "It's the only meat we could find that he actually wants to eat."
