Is there a user-friendly program that lets you diagram sentences on the computer?

I don’t know about a program but I have enjoyed diagramming sentences. I haven’t done it for many years. I do, however have a suggestion about erasers. I hove found that the white, soft erasers do a much bette job than the harder reddish ones. The white erasers clean pencil marks much better and don’t tear or scrape the paper.

I have some old English books and my start diagramming since I find myself with much time on my hands.

I. too, enjoy diagramming sentences, but I don’t know of a program that sets up for you to do it more easily. English teachers are divided about the value of using diagramming to help teach sentence structure. Those students who understand the structure can diagram, but those students who don’t get it, don’t get much help from diagramming is the argument.

@Sunny2 The thing I appreciate about being able to diagram sentences is that it’s given me the ability to understand poetry. Before I really understood how the English language worked, I was limited by word order – subject, verb, object. Poets tend to throw word order out the window, which always threw me for a loop. Now that I get how they can do that, I can actually read poetry! I haven’t gotten into it yet, but now I feel like I can.

I think anybody that wants to write should try to learn to diagram. I understand that some people’s minds just aren’t wired for it, but I think with the write teacher and curriculum, most people could get a handle on it. My thinking is this: A painter does a lot of learning and observation before they make masterpieces. They learn how different paints and brushes work. They learn about picture composition and how people perceive different pictures. Good writers do this by learning how to make their paint – the language – do what they want it to. Diagramming is a useful tool in that process.