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SPOAC

The SPOAC model is a pedagogically oriented tree diagram based model of sentence analysis in which each node is marked in terms of both form and function. In addition to sentence components being analyzed in terms of form and function, the sentence itself is marked in terms of its utterance function as well as its structural form.

Comments

The model operates with the following form and function labels:

Syntactic functions
S	subject
P	predicator
O	object
Od	direct object
Oi	Indirect object
A	adverbial
C	complement
Cs	subject complement
Co	object complement
CO	coordinator
CJT	conjoint
DEP/D	dependent
H	head
Ø	zero function
X	stacking function
Utterance functions
STA	statement
QUE	question
COM/DIR	command/directive
EXC	exclamation
PER	performative
OPT	optative
CON	condition
Forms
n	noun
v	verb
adj	adjective
adv	adverb
art	article
pro	pronoun
prep	preposition
conj	conjunction
infm	infinitive marker
num	numeral
intj	interjection
cl	clause
g	group
cu/par	compound unit/paratagm
ø	Zero form
x	Stacking form

Synonyms

The SPOAC model is also known as the "Odense model".

Origin

The term "SPOAC" is an acronym derived from the five primary sentence functions in the model of analysys - namely, subject, predicator, object, adverbial and complement.

References

• Bache, Carl & Niels Davidsen-Nielsen. 1997. Mastering English: an Advanced Grammar for Non-native and Native Speakers. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
• Bache, Carl, Mike Davenport, John Dienhart & Fritz Larsen. 1999. An Introduction to English Sentence Analysis. 3rd ed. (1st ed. 1991). Copenhagen: Gyldendal.
• Visual Interactive Syntax Learning