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The image displays a syntactic dependency tree diagram used in linguistics to analyze sentence structure. The background is white with black text and lines. At the bottom of the image, arranged horizontally from left to right, are the words: "Maria", "baked", "a", "big", "cake", "for", "Isabel".

Above these words, a series of curved arrows and labels illustrate the grammatical relationships between them.

1.  **ROOT:** Directly above the word "baked" in the center, there is a vertical line labeled "ROOT" with an arrow pointing straight down to "baked." This identifies "baked" as the main verb or head of the sentence.
2.  **NSUBJ (Nominal Subject):** To the left, an arc connects "Maria" and "baked." The label "NSUBJ" sits above this curve. An arrowhead at the end of the line points to "Maria," indicating that Maria is the subject performing the action.
3.  **DOBJ (Direct Object):** A long curved line labeled "DOBJ" connects the word "baked" to the word "cake." The arrowhead points down to "cake," identifying it as the direct object receiving the action.
4.  **DET and AMOD:** Nested within the connection to "cake" are two smaller arcs originating from the word "cake":
    *   An arc labeled "DET" (Determiner) curves leftward with an arrow pointing to the word "a."
    *   An arc labeled "AMOD" (Adjectival Modifier) curves leftward with an arrow pointing to the word "big." These indicate that "a" and "big" modify the noun "cake."
5.  **IOBJ (Indirect Object):** A very long, overarching arc connects "baked" to the name "Isabel" on the far right. The label "IOBJ" is above this line. An arrowhead points down to "Isabel," identifying her as the indirect object or recipient of the action.
6.  **CASE:** Finally, a small arc connects "for" and "Isabel." The label "CASE" sits above it. An arrowhead points leftward to the word "for," indicating that "for" acts as a case marker for the name Isabel.

The diagram effectively maps out the sentence "Maria baked a big cake for Isabel," showing that Maria (subject) performed the action of baking (root) on a cake (direct object, modified by 'big' and 'a') for Isabel (indirect object).
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