Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Automatic sentence diagrammer

Okay, this is just freaking cool. :) I stumbled upon this as a means to help ds9 better understand sentence structure. It's the Reed-Kellogg Diagrammer - a (free) tool that lets you type in your own sentence and then diagrams it for you, and lets you mouse over each section to see the word type and function in the sentence. I remember diagramming sentences as a kid, but I get the impression that this practice has been lost in most workbooks and classrooms since then. It's too bad - this little exploration was REALLY helpful to ds9 in understanding how a sentence is much like a skeleton, which "holds up" the other parts of the structure. And because this nifty little tool diagrams for you, ds9 can plug in sentence after sentence to see how the structure changes as he makes changes in the sentence. TOO COOL!!!
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33 comments:

  1. GretchenMarch 8, 2011 at 8:17 PM

    Wow, thank you! We totally needed this. Grace is getting into some scary diagramming and I can't remember much about it.

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  2. Scott RaymoureAugust 28, 2011 at 1:18 PM

    This is sweet,thanks! I'm a teacher and looking for an online interactive sentence diagramming game/website. Do you know of one?

    Thanks again,

    Scott

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  3. Ditzy CadetOctober 18, 2011 at 8:18 PM

    Thank you!!! THis is helping me get through my grammar homework in college!

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  4. SilverTechnologyJanuary 8, 2012 at 3:39 PM

    The program wont let me type my sentence into it, any suggestions on what might be wrong?

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  5. Darling GwendyJanuary 8, 2012 at 5:36 PM

    Sometimes I've noticed it doesn't like complex sentences with bad grammar. Try something simple like "the dog ate the cat". If that doesn't work, it might be a problem with your browser, in which case I'd simply try a different browser. That's all I can think of...

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  6. SilverTechnologyJanuary 8, 2012 at 7:22 PM

    Thanks for the reply, when I switched to safari it worked right away thanks! I guess it just doesn't like chorme...

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  7. MaxMarch 4, 2012 at 12:19 PM

    it doesnt work anymore

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  8. Darling GwendyMarch 4, 2012 at 3:07 PM

    I just tried it. It's working fine for me. I'm using Chrome.

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  9. zwcupcakeloverApril 30, 2012 at 2:09 PM

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  10. Jon RolandMay 24, 2012 at 9:36 AM

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  11. Jon RolandMay 24, 2012 at 9:38 AM

    It often gets the diagram wrong on more complicated or subtle sentences, so don't depend on it as authoritative. Better is to use SenDraw from University of Central Florida Department of English, which doesn't do the diagram for you but can enable you to draw a diagram on the computer after you have analyzed the sentence yourself. That makes it a better tool for learning.

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  12. SoferioJuly 8, 2012 at 2:56 PM

    Try SenGram on the iPhone app store. (http://www.soferio.com). It is a sentence diagram puzzle game. (full disclosure: we are the publishers)

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  13. nickyjettSeptember 7, 2012 at 10:50 AM

    Thank you so much! I have to follow you now!

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  14. Lindsey LassonMarch 29, 2013 at 12:45 PM

    Wow thank you so much! (I am diagramming each sentence as I speak) :P

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  15. CarlozDecember 19, 2013 at 3:06 AM

    It doesn't work on Windows 8.

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  16. UnknownJune 22, 2014 at 11:27 AM

    It diagrams wrong even for quite simple sentences. Don't trust it.

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  17. AnonOctober 29, 2014 at 3:12 PM

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  18. AugustMay 15, 2016 at 6:07 PM

    I just saw this while looking for one for scripture.
    Thank you so very much! :-)

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  19. UnknownJanuary 17, 2017 at 6:55 AM

    It's not a free tool.

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  21. TimAugust 4, 2018 at 7:46 AM

    Sadly, that URL is now 404.

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  22. UnknownOctober 2, 2018 at 8:39 AM

    FYI: It's not a free app. You have to pay for either a month or a year. :(

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  23. UnknownDecember 6, 2018 at 8:59 AM

    I have installed the program but nothing has happened how do I access it

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  24. An Enemy Hath Done ThisMay 28, 2019 at 11:46 AM

    don't know

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  25. UnknownJune 24, 2019 at 3:37 PM

    Warning for the program, it is really bad at it's job

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  26. UnknownOctober 1, 2019 at 5:09 PM

    I cant find were to pt in my sentence


    :( .

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  27. UnknownOctober 1, 2019 at 5:10 PM

    heeeelllllllp

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  28. Michael PorterOctober 14, 2019 at 10:47 AM

    I wish people would stop recommending this. It is NOT a free tool.

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  29. UnknownOctober 14, 2019 at 12:35 PM

    not free?
    nevermind

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  30. UnknownNovember 5, 2019 at 4:22 PM

    How do you get the free version? I see the word free, but I keep getting sent to a purchasing page.

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  31. dkoNovember 8, 2019 at 4:26 PM

    The author says, "Yep, this is a subscription app but I cannot make it more visible unfortunately. Unlike other stores Windows doesn't understand subscriptions, it allows only Free or Paid apps. Paid is no go because it'll incur a onetime payment on top of the subscription just for download. So Free is the only option. Sorry for that."

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  32. AnonymousApril 10, 2020 at 12:13 PM

    this is bull

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  33. MapaApril 28, 2021 at 6:57 PM

    This tool is terrible, I paid for it but cannot use it. Piece of junk

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