Appearances are Deceptive
One day Bina the ant was scurrying about in search of food. Summer was almost over and autumn was approaching. Soon it would be winter and food would be difficult to find. Bina knew it was necessary to stock as much as possible so that her ant colony could have enough to eat during the difficult months ahead. She had collected quite a bit already. Now she was on the lookout for bits of sweetmeats that younger members of her colony loved to munch on after their meal. Darting to and fro between trees and shrubs, Bina suddenly smelt the sweet aroma of pastry. She quickly went around the bush and there she saw it – a large bit of pastry with a whole raisin in it!.
Just then she looked up and saw something hanging from the leaf of a bush. Looking closer, she saw that it was a tiny tail. It seemed to be all wrapped up in something, as if bandaged. Bina did not know it, but the ‘thing’ was a chrysalis, the pupa of a butterfly.
S : Appearances
P : are
O : Deceptive
1. One day Bina the ant was scurrying about in search of food.
S : Bina the ant
Noun phrase : the ant
P : was scurrying
Preposition : about
Object of preposition : search of food
2. Summer was almost over and autumn was approaching
S : Summer
P : was
O / C : almost over
Adv phrase : almost over
Conj. as an addition / connect an addition : and
S : autumn
P : was approaching
3. Soon it would be winter and food would be difficult to find
Adv : soon
S : it
P : would be
O : winter
Conj. as an addition / connect an addition : and
S : food
P : would be
O : difficult
Infinitive : to find
4. Bina knew it was necessary to stock as much as possible so that her ant colony could have enough to eat during the difficult months ahead.
S : Bina
P : knew
O : it was necessary to stock as much as possible
S : it
P : was
O : necessary
Infinitive : to stock
Complement : as much as possible
Positive Comparison : as much as possible
Dependent Clause : that
S : her ant colony
P : could
Infinitive : to eat
Complement : during the difficult months ahead
5. She had collected quite a bit already.
S : She
P : had collected
O / C : quite a bit already
6. Now she was on the lookout for bits of sweetmeats that younger members of her colony loved to munch on after their meal.
S : she
P : was
Object of preposition : on the lookout for bits of sweetmeats
Noun Phrase : the lookout
Conj. to make it clear : for
Dependent Clause : that
S : younger members of her colony
P : loved
Infinitive : to munch
O : on after their meal
Possession : their meal
7. Darting to and fro between trees and shrubs, Bina suddenly smelt the sweet aroma of pastry.
Complement : Darting to and fro between trees and shrubs
Conjunction to correct the first noun & the second noun : and
S : Bina
Adv : suddenly
P : smelt
O : the sweet aroma of pastry
Noun phrase : the sweet
8. She quickly went around the bush and there she saw it - a large bit of pastry with a whole raisin in it !
S : she
Adv : quickly
P : went
O : around the bush
Noun phrase : the bush
Conjunction as a connection to connect the next sentence : and
S : she
P : saw
Complement of the object : it - a large bit of pastry with a whole raisin in it
9. Just then she looked up and saw something hanging from the leaf of a bush.
S : she
P : looked up
Conjunction to connect the first verb & the second verb : and
P : saw
O : something
Gerund : hanging
Complement : from the leaf of a bush
Noun phrase : the leaf
Noun phrase : a bush
10. Looking closer, she saw that it was a tiny tail.
S : she
P : saw
Dependent Clause : that
S : it
P : was
O : a tiny tail
11. It seemed to be all wrapped up in something, as if bandaged.
S : it
P : seemed
O : to be all wrapped up in something, as if bandaged
12. Bina did not know it, but the 'thing' was a chrysalis, the pupa of a butterfly.
S : Bina
P : did not know
O : it
Conj. Contrast between the first sentence & the second one : but
S : the 'thing'
P : was
O : a chrysalis
Noun phrase : a chrysalis
Noun phrase : the pupa
Complement : the pupa of a butterfly
