| A | B |
| Birds fly. (birds) | Subject = Nominative |
| Birds fly. (fly) | Verb |
| Birds fly in the sky. (sky) | Object of the preposition = ablative |
| Birds fly low in the sky. (low) | adverb |
| Bird's beaks are sharp. (Bird's) | Possessive = Genative |
| Israel gave Gunner a bird's beak. (Gunner) | indirect object = dative |
| Israel gave Gunner a bird's beak. (beak) | Direct object = accusative |
| Bird's beaks are sharp. (sharp) | Predicate adjective |
| Tweety is a cartoon bird. (bird) | Predicate nominative |