Constituent Structure
Constituent structure is common to all forms of English and represents how the sentence in question actually breaks down. Constituents are the groupings that hold together when you break down the a sentence and keep it's meaning. Example being:
The excited child chased the new puppy around the garden.
Who did it? the excited child
What did she chase? the new puppy
Where? around the garden
Did What? chased the new puppy around the garden
Constituents, or groupings, occur at many different levels of English. They can be found from the root, the affix, the word, phrase, clause, and the sentence.
