The succession of sentences constitutes the basis of a narrative.
Prayer is a concept from the Latin oratio that has various uses. In grammar , this term refers to the word or set of words with syntactic autonomy. This means that it is a unit of meaning that expresses complete grammatical coherence. The sentence is the smallest possible syntactic constituent that can express a logical proposition.
When appearing in writing, sentences are delimited by the presence of a period . Therefore, the period marks the end of the sentence. In oral language, sentences can be separated according to pauses and lowering of the voice.
Types of prayer
Sentences can be classified into two large groups, according to the attitude of the speaker and according to their syntactic structure.
According to the attitude of the speaker, the sentence can be declarative ( "Jorge arrived at five o'clock" ), exclamatory ( "I can't believe it!" ), interrogative ( "What did you say?" ), imperative ( " Get out of here right now ", doubtful ( "Maybe I'll get to the end of the matter" ) or wishful ( "I hope my father gets the job" ).
Regarding the syntactic structure, a sentence can be attributive , predicative , transitive , intransitive , active , passive , reflexive , reciprocal or passive reflex .
The classification of sentences is not limited to these groups. According to the verbal nuclei, for example, we can speak of simple , complex or compound sentences.
The use of quotation marks allows you to indicate that a sentence is a direct quote.
The grammatical subject
Within a sentence there are various parts among which the subject can stand out, one of the essential elements for it to develop.
The subject, also called the noun phrase ( NP ), is the entity that organizes the entire sentence by connecting the various parts and must completely agree with the verb. To introduce a subject within a sentence, it does not carry a preposition unless it is strictly necessary , as is the case of the following example, where said preposition functions as an adjacent: "Between Luís and I we will make the drawing."
According to the grammatical relationship that exists, the subject can be grammatical (in which it must agree in person and number with the verb) or logical (present in indirect sentences. For example: "The city was conquered by Caesar" , where "Caesar" is the logical subject and "city" , the grammatical one.
On the other hand, according to its function, the subject can be an agent (the one who performs the action represented by the verb), patient (the one who receives the action expressed in the verb), pseudo-agent (at first glance it is an agent but in reality it is patient. For example: "John fixed the motorcycle in the workshop" ; in reality the person who fixed it was the mechanic) or causative (he is responsible for an action but not the one who performs it: "Louis XIV built the palace" ; he did not build it). , but ordered it to be built).
In turn, depending on its formation, the subject can be complex (when it carries some clarification or apposition: "Peter, the first man's neighbor, is my friend" ) and multiple (when it has more than one nucleus, as in the sentence "Carmen and José are friends » ).
It is worth mentioning that appositions can be explanatory , when they add some explanation that if not expressed does not make the sentence lose meaning, or specific , which is extremely relevant to understanding the relationship between the subject and the rest of the components of the sentence. prayer. In the first case, said apposition goes between commas and in the second, without a pause.
A declarative sentence expresses an affirmation or a denial.
Sentence Examples
As we have already seen, a sentence can be formed with the combination of nouns, verbs, articles, adjectives, adverbs and other types of words. Its parts, such as the subject and the predicate , are recognized through an analysis of syntax.
We will review more sentence examples below to contribute to the understanding of the concept. The phrase "Tomorrow I will go visit Aunt Elsa" is a statement that the speaker makes about a future act.
Another example of a sentence is the following statement: "Can you hand me the salt, please?" In this case, the question mark shows that it is a question. Instead, the sentence "Beware of the dog!" It is exclamatory, as the exclamation point reveals.
Punctuation and agreement are central issues for a sentence to be understood. For example: "I traveled to the children, the beach, I am alone at home" is a sentence with several errors that is difficult to understand. The correct thing would be to express: "The children traveled to the beach, I am alone in the house."
It is interesting to mention that, in speech, there are sentences whose meaning is determined by intonation . If someone says , "I loved your food, I hope you continue cooking," a particular tone could imply that the expression contains irony and that, in reality, the subject in question did not like the food.
The term in religion
In another sense, a prayer is a supplication , a request or a praise made to God or the saints.
Prayer can be part of a religious rite, as in the case of the Christian mass.