Note.—Do not talk about “complete subject” and “simple subject,” neither “logical predicate” and “grammatical predicate.” The subject is the subject; the predicate is the predicate. That ends it.
6. If the sentence is complex, containing an adjective clause, proceed the same as in the analysis of simple sentences, analyzing the clause last.
7. When the clause is given as an adjunct of some noun, state whether it is restrictive or unrestrictive, and give its introductory word.
8. If any subject or predicate is partially compound, state that fact before analyzing it.
Always proceed logically. In analyzing the sentence, “The city editor laid a clipping from the morning paper on the desk,” do not say that from the morning paper is a phrase modifying clipping. Say instead that clipping is modified by the prepositional phrase from the morning paper. In other words, get new elements by reaching out from elements that you already have.
Always proceed from the whole to the part. Do not say that laid is completed by the object clipping, for that is only part of the object. The object is a clipping from the morning paper. After giving this as a unit, or whole, separate it into base-word and modifiers.
Do not analyze a simple prepositional phrase like on the desk. It is a waste of time. If the phrase is complex, that is, contains a phrase, like from the morning paper of July first, it should be analyzed.
Model for Analysis
The Merced Yosemite was created by the action of five immense glaciers, traces of which still exist upon every rock in the valley.—Muir.
This is a complex declarative sentence.