Let's diagram a sentence together! Deck the halls with boughs of holly.

Let's diagram a sentence together!
Deck the halls with boughs of holly.

We had a big winter storm here in Minnesota recently, and it made me especially happy that my family and I had ventured to a dreamy Christmas tree farm earlier in the week to purchase our Christmas tree. It's a task that's much easier completed without 8 inches of snow! 

Today, we're diagramming a sentence from a Christmas song. 

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Deck the halls with boughs of holly.

If you already know how to diagram, try diagramming that sentence before you peek at the answer below.

When you scroll down, you'll also find a key that tells you about each word in the sentence and links to a lesson about that concept. That way, you can easily learn more if you'd like. 

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Let's look at the diagram.

Deck the halls with boughs of holly Sentence diagram

Deck the halls with boughs of holly. = simple sentence, imperative

(you)subject, pronoun (This is called "understood you," and it's the subject of all commands.)

Deck = verb (transitive active

halls = direct object, noun

the = adjective modifying halls

with boughs = prepositional phrase, adverb modifying deck

with = preposition

boughs = object of the preposition, noun

of holly prepositional phrase, adjective modifying boughs

of preposition 

holly object of the preposition, noun

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Psst! I'm running a free email series called Countdown to Christmas: Diagrammed Holiday Song Lyrics.

From December 10-25, I'll send daily emails with sentence diagrams from holiday songs. Click the red sign up button to join us. :)

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