The sentence "A commemoration for someone deceased, it is still a requiem." can be broken down as follows:
- "A commemoration for someone deceased" is a noun phrase.
- The main clause is "it is still a requiem," where "it" is the subject (S), "is" is the linking verb (LV), and "still a requiem" functions as a predicate nominative (PN).
Thus, the correct sentence pattern is:
- S-LV-PN