See the second sentence in the enclosure, please, and return to my main entry (with theory and the first sentence enclosed).

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See the third sentence in the enclosure, please, and return to my main entry (with theory and the first sentence enclosed).

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That'ss simple (especially when you have a Grade B English High School diploma like myself)

H. Hayfield

DIAGRAMS
I have enclosed the diagrams of your three sentences in three different entries of this page (as if i was 3 experts), of whom this one, because i had no means to reunite them on the same gif page or in the same enclosure (no software under hand or a syntax to put them together in the same entry, if possible however). I am sorry for this inconvenience.
Please consult them (in this enclosure and the ones of the 2 other entries under my name on this page) and come back here for the details.
THEORY
The structure of the phrases are determined by the number of verbs, forming clauses with the subject and object around them. What link them together are conjunctions and pronouns.
Clauses that can stand alone are independant, and may be linked by a coordinating conjunction, forming a compound sentence. Hierarchical clauses depend from each other, are relied by subordinating conjunctions and pronouns, and form a complex sentence. Compound and complex sentences can mix together.
Here, a vertical dot line link 2 independant clauses by the coordinating conjunction. A slanted back dot line link 2 dependant clauses by a subordinating conjunction, or from a pronoun to its dependant object.
Your first sentence is a complex one. "If" is a subordinating conjunction, introducing an adverbial clause; and "that" is a relative pronoun, introducing a relative clause, a kind of adjectival subordinate clause.
The second sentence have a compound sentence, with the coordinating conjunction "and"; and a complex one, with the "that" pronoun again.
The third sentence has too a compound and a complex sentence. "But" is the coordinating conjunction for the compound sentence, and "when" is the subordinating conjunction, of the adverbial kind, like "if" in the first sentence.
The other theoretical details concern the adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, indirect objects, nouns, articles, etc., that we place under the verbs and the subjects and objects at their left and right, respectively, along back slanted lines or on parallel horizontal ones. There is no difficulty with that, because this is only technical, the main idea being the theory of the clauses that i have exposed substantially, regarding the type of sentences you had. When we know the idea of a science, we can better study its technical details.
REFERENCES
My main reference was Eugene Moutoux, in the parts one and two of his "basics of sentence diagramming", on his website:
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http://www.geocities.com/gene_moutoux/diagram s.htm
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Only the adverbial subordinating conjunction "when" was not there. I found it on the Capital Community College website about diagramming, in the second part, "Sentences types, various clauses", second section "Complex sentences", article 7 "Adverb clause modifying the verb", and third section "Compound-complex sentence", article 1 "Compound-complex sentence":
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http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/diag rams2/diagrams_frames.htm
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I saw hundreds of references on internet about grammar diagramming. I picked up less than ten for the purpose of this article. I give you what is interesting:
Here are two websites on schemas of diagramming, the first one being at the very simple level of the clause (verb, object, subject), and the other extended at the relations between clauses:
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http://www.accd.edu/sac/slac/handouts/English /diagramming_sentences.htm
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http://www.gpschools.org/ci /depts/eng/StyleSheet/diagramming.html
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Testimonies:
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http://www.redshift.com/~bonajo/diagram.h tm
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References:
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http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S0 0001595.shtml
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SenDraw,a free software of grammar diagramming, can be found in the last section, "Next steps", of this online Powerpoint Presentation by Rebecca Ann Wall, of the Winston-Salem State University. This website works only with the Internet Explorer browser. After scrolling down to this last section, you must clic on the screen, alike with a remote Powerpoint, because you will see nothing without that. Clic on the "links page", scroll down to the SenDraw paragraph and clic on it. Following this address is the website of the author, if you ever need it:
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http://gorams.wssu.edu/wallr/eng3321ReedKellogg_fi les/frame.htm
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http://myweb.wssu.edu/wallr/
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When diagraqmming English sentences, keep in mind that every sentence must contain two parts: a subject and a verb. All the other words in a sentence merely describe, limit or modify the subject or the verb of the sentence.

The basic pattern for diagramming a sentence involves writing the subject on a horizontal line followed by the verb with a vertical line separating them. So, for example: subject/verb. Thus, sentences such as "If you can understand the homework that our teacher gave us during math class yesterday, will you help me with it?" would be diagrammed as: homework/gave.

As we shall soon see all the other words in a sentence revolve around the two essential parts of every sentence --the subject and the verb. Nevertheless, the complicated thing about this(theses) sentence(s) is that they contain an amount of direct and indirect objects.

The direct object of a sentence is the noun, which names whatever receives the action of the verb. The direct object is placed on the primary horizontal line to the right of the verb and separated from the verb by a vertical line, which does not descend below the line according to the following pattern: subject/verb/direct object.

Thus, a sentence such as "If you can understand the homework that our teacher gave us during math class yesterday, will you help me with it?" would be diagrammed as: teacher/gave/homework. The subject of the sentence identifies who did something (teacher), the verb identifies what action was perfofll1ed (gave), and the direct object identifies what was given (homework).

The indirect object names the person or thing to whom or for whom something is done. An indirect object is diagrammed by placing it on a new horizontal line beneath the verb and connecting it to the verb by a slanting vertical line in the following fashion:

teacher / gave / homework
us the

The subject of the sentence identifies who did something {teacher), the verb identifies what action was performed (gave), the direct object identifies what was given (homework), and the indirect object identifies to whom (us) the homework was given. Prepositional phrases are frequently used to modify the subjects and verbs of sentences.

A prepositional phrase must contain (a) a preposition, (b) the object of the preposition, and (c) any modifiers of the object. To diagram a prepositional phrase, the preposition is placed on a slanted line beneath the subject or verb which the phrase modifies, the object of the preposition is placed on a horizontal line below the primary horizontal, and any modifiers of the object are placed on slanted lines beneath the object of the preposition. The general pattern is as follows in the reference below (C. Diagramming Prepositional Phrases).

Hope this helps you understand!

REFERENCE(S)

1. Monica Orozco, DIAGRAMMING SENTENCES: Visualizing their Basic Parts (Online: Student Learning Assistance Center ( SLAC ), 1995) http://www.accd.edu/sac/slac/Handouts/English/diagramming_sentences.ht m

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