Elementary New Testament Greek, 2014a

The Vocative: The whole
sentence is addressed
to “Teacher.” Such an
address stands outside the
grammar of the sentence, as
is demonstrated by placing
the vocative on a dotted line
hovering above the rest of the
diagram.
The Subject: The subject of
our sentence, “apostles,” is
the one who is carrying out the
action of the verb. Subjects
should be placed just to the
left of the primary vertical
axis.
Oh Teacher
The Direct Object: In our
sentence, “crowns” stand as
the direct object, that which is
“blank-ed” by the verb. Such
an object should be placed
immediately to the right of
the verb, beyond a vertical
axis which descends down to
meet the main horizontal axis
without passing through it.
apostle are giving crowns to children
of gold
The Indirect Object: Those
to whom the crowns are
given are “children,” the
indirect objects. In a slight
variation on the traditional
Reed-Kellogg approach, we
will place the indirect object
on the main horizontal axis
just beyond the direct object.
The two objects should be
separated by a large caret, or
wedge.
The Verb: The verb in our
sentence, “are giving,” is
placed just to the right of
the rst vertical line. Notice
that this vertical line passes
completely through the main
horizontal axis, extending
just as far below the main
axis as above it. The main
verb of every sentence should
appear just to the right of this
primary vertical division in
the diagram.
The Genitive: The genitive
expression “of gold” claries
the nature of the crowns. In
other words, it “modies”
crowns, and therefore is
suspended beneath that
word to help us visualize the
supportive role the genitive
plays. As you probably are
guessing, a genitive expression
should be suspended beneath
whatever noun it claries,
whether that noun is the
subject, the direct object, or
the indirect object.
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