Start here:
http://guidetogrammar.org/grammar/diagrams/diagrams.htm
Read as you scroll down. When you get to the blue Enter button, click on it.
Another good place to click is the first link under Summaries.
To get ready to diagram a sentence, you first need to make sure you KNOW what each word in the sentence is. I'll set up the first one for you:
We - main subject
found - main verb
["what we needed for the play" is a subordinate (or dependent) clause]
what - interrogative pronoun, used here to introduce the subordinate clause
we - subject of subordinate clause
needed - verb in subordinate clause
for - preposition
the - article, modifying "play"
play - object of the preposition "for"
Set it up. Then you try the second sentence.
Diagram the Following Sentences. Omit the ordinary prepositional phrases and single-word modifiers.
We Found what we needed for the play.
Terry, does Charles plan to give Nancy the money after class?
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These may help, too.
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https://www.google.com/search?q=diagramming+subordinate+clauses&oq=diagramming+subordinate+clauses&aqs=chrome..69i57.8292j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Thank you!
You're welcome.