Drawing one’s first couple of trees is always hard for those just starting to learn syntax and in my experience there really aren’t many guides that take people step by step through this process. You may have been provided with some materials by your tutor, but since they known their trade very well, they tend to view things not entirely clear to students as not needing any explanation.

This post is divided into three parts – novice, experienced and expert, each with their own sentence to work on. All structures will be built step by step, with necessary explanations for what is going on.

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