SIMPLE PREDICATE ENLARGED
Simple Subject and Predicate—Soldiers obey.
Object added—Soldiers obey orders.
Adverb added—Soldiers obey orders quickly.
Phrase added—Soldiers obey orders quickly and without question.
Clause added—Soldiers obey orders quickly and without question because they are taught to do so.
Combining our enlarged subject and predicate we have the sentence:
- The enlisted soldiers in the trenches, who are doomed to die, obey orders quickly and without question because they are taught to do so.
This is a complex sentence because it contains dependent clauses. We might add another independent clause and make of this a compound sentence. For example:
- The enlisted soldiers in the trenches, who are doomed to die, obey orders quickly and without question because they are taught to do so, and this is patriotism.