有以下几点最为基础的步骤需要考生们记住：

1、找出全句的主语、谓语和宾语，即句子的主干结构;

2、找出句中所有从句的引导词及其所引导的谓语结构;

3、找出句中所有的非谓语结构、介词短语;

4、分析从句和短语的功能(例如，是否为主语从句、宾语从句、表语从句或状语从句等)以及词、短语和从句之间的关系;

5、分析句子中是否有固定词组或固定搭配、插入语等其他成分。

例：

Of course, some regulation is inevitable and undoubtedly necessary, but a free and democratic society functions best when it leaves the resolution of its ethical quandaries to the reasoned judgment of its citizens rather than the regulatory authority of the government.

句子拆分：

拆分点参考：标点，并列连词，从属连词

Of course,// some regulation is inevitable and undoubtedly necessary, //but a free and democratic society functions best //when it leaves the resolution of its ethical quandaries to the reasoned judgment of its citizens rather than the regulatory authority of the government.