Diagramming a sentence

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
1

“He left town a pauper. He came home a millionaire.”

Does anyone have an idea about how to diagram the first sentence?

Thank you very much.

2

Don’t know about diagramming it, but

He left town (as) a pauper.
(When) he left town (he was) a pauper.

  • He was a pauper when he left town.
3

Good evening, James. Welcome back! By the way, what do you mean by diagramming, a term Greek to me in this context? (Tree diagram?)

4

A simple Google search for ‘diagram a sentence’ (especially an image search) would provide many examples.

Here’s a clear explanation:
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5

Thank you, Beeesneees and Anglophile, VERY much for your replies.

6

Let me make an attempt to visualize a tree diagram here.

Syntactical Unit

Clause-cum-sentence
l
He left town a pauper

Grammatical Units

Pronoun Verb Noun Determiner Noun
l l l l l
He left town a pauper

Constituent Units

left
l
leave + ed

7

A valiant effort but diagramming is not possible on the forum using the message box unless a picture is added.