Theme: syntax in oe contents I. Introduction II. Main body. Structural relations of old english

Verb + Preposition + Substantive (Pronoun) Here we find a number of different prepositions involved, e. g. secʒan to him 'say to him', feohtan wip pone here 'fight with the (enemy's) army', cwæp to him 'said to him', secʒan ymb Asia londʒemære 'speak about the land of Asia'.

3. THE SENTENCE

3.1The Simple Sentence

A sentence, as is well known, is a unit of a different kind from a phrase. It is a unit of communication, that is, it has its own intonation, and is used by speakers or writers to communicate their thoughts. A sentence may consist of one word only, or of a phrase, or of a group of phrases, etc.: it all depends on the thought to be expressed. In speaking about parts of the sentence, we will use a more or less traditional system in this respect, speaking of two main parts: the subject and the predicate, and several secondary ones: the object, the attribute, the apposition, the adverbial modifier, direct address, and parenthesis.