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 ** the test might also try to confuse students over the tense of the past-tense "used" and present-tense "shows"
-Here's another depiction of a relative clause that fits between the subject and verb of an independent clause:
+* Here's another depiction of a relative clause that fits between the subject and verb of an independent clause:
+* ex., for the sentence
+** '''The dog that barks has no bite'''
+*** IC subject-verb = "dog has"
+*** DC (relative clause) subject-verb = "that barks"
 {{#mermaid:flowchart TD;
-  A[SUBECT]-->B[VERB];
+  A[SUBECT]--INDEPENDENT<br>CLAUSE-->B[VERB];
-  A[SUBECT]-->C[SUBJECT OF RELATIVE CLAUSE]
+ A[SUBJECT]-->C[SUBJECT OF RELATIVE CLAUSE]
-  C[SUBJECT OF RELATIVE CLAUSE]-->D[VERB OF RELATIVE CLAUSE];
+ C[SUBJECT OF RELATIVE CLAUSE]--RELATIVE<br>CLAUSE-->D[VERB OF RELATIVE CLAUSE];
+ D[VERB OF RELATIVE CLAUSE]-->B[VERB];
+}}
+* ex., for the sentence
+*** '''The friend that I made in France last year will visit this summer'''
+**** IC subject-verb = "friend will visit"
+**** DC (relative clause) subject-verb = "I made"
+**** DC relative pronoun = "that"
+***** here, the relative pronoun "that" is acting as a "conjunction" or "dependent marker"
+****** as it marks or sets up the the relative clause
+{{#mermaid:flowchart TD;
+  A[SUBECT]--INDEPENDENT<br>CLAUSE-->B[VERB];
+ A[SUBJECT]--DEPENDENT<BR>MARKER>-->Cc[THAT];
+ Cc[THAT]-->C[SUBJECT OF RELATIVE CLAUSE];
+  C[SUBJECT OF RELATIVE CLAUSE]--RELATIVE<br>CLAUSE-->D[VERB OF RELATIVE CLAUSE];
   D[VERB OF RELATIVE CLAUSE]-->B[VERB];
 }}