ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Link grammar

Link grammar is a way of understanding how words in a sentence are connected to each other. Imagine you are playing with blocks, and you want to build a tower. You can only connect the blocks together if they have the right shape and size to fit snugly. In the same way, words in a sentence need to connect properly to make sure the sentence makes sense.

For example, the sentence "The cat chased the mouse" has a subject (cat), a verb (chased), and an object (mouse). Link grammar helps us understand how these words are related to each other in the sentence. We can use link grammar to figure out that the subject is doing the action to the object.

Link grammar also helps us understand how prepositions (like "in" or "on") and conjunctions (like "and" or "but") connect different parts of a sentence. For example, the sentence "I went to the store and bought some apples" has two clauses connected by the conjunction "and." Link grammar helps us see that the two clauses are related and connected by the conjunction.

Overall, link grammar helps us understand how words are connected in a sentence so that we can make sense of it. It's like building a tower with blocks that fit together perfectly.