Patterns 6 and 7

SN LV
PrN P4

The PrN describes the subject. (bear = panda)
It is a subject complement.

The bear is a panda.

SN LV
PA P5

The PA describes the subject. (gazelle = wild)
It is also a subject complement.

The gazelle are wild.

SN V-t
DO OCN P6

The OCN describes the object. (Joe = captain)
It is an object complement.

We declared Joe captain.

SN V-t
DO OCA P7

The OCA describes the object. (tent = stuffy)
It is also an object complement.

Humidity made the tent stuffy.

Remember from the jingle:
First you find the direct object, then you ask WHAT.
Declared Joe WHAT?
Captain. OCN.

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SN V-t
DO OCN P6

Remember from the jingle:
First you find the direct object, then you ask WHAT.
Made the tent WHAT?
Stuffy. OCA.

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SN V-t
DO OCA P7

Descriptive word

Tent is what?
Tent is stuffy.
You would never write the sentence tent is the stuffy, which gives you a clue that stuffy can only be an adjective.

​Adjective

Person, place, or thing

Joe is what?
Joe is captain.
There is an understood article. The sentence might also be written:
Joe is the captain.

Noun

For example:
I like autumn.
I like autumn weather.

In the first example, autumn is the DO.
In the second, autumn is the Adj (weather is the DO).

The "noun as adjective" always comes first. Autumn modifies weather.

Sometimes we use a noun to describe another noun. In that case, the first noun "acts as" an adjective.

Did the rocking motion of the small ship make many people seasick?

The judge in the difficult case definitely considered him an expert witness.