A sentence normally contains at least two elements, the subject (x) and the verb (o). These two elements are the most important members of the sentence because they form the actual sentence. A subject is the person or thing that performs the activity which the verb describes (see Mini-dictionary).
In a normal sentence structure the subject comes before the verb. This is called normal word order.
Manden
sover.
The
man
is
sleeping.
x
o
x
o
Han
spiser.
He
is
eating.
x
o
x
o
Comparison:
In English normal word order is the most common sentence structure.
8 Ordstilling
8.1 Ligefrem ordstilling
Sætningen skal normalt indeholde mindst to led, nemlig grundled (x) og udsagnsled (o). De to led er sætningens vigtigste led, fordi de danner selve sætningen. Et grundled er den person eller ting som udfører handlingen, som udsagnsleddet beskriver (se Minileksikon).
I almindelig sætningsbygning kommer grundleddet foran udsagnsleddet. Det kaldes ligefrem ordstilling.
