There is something I am aware of.
This sentence, from OPAR, pg. 7, begs to be diagrammed. There – subject is – linking verb something – predicate nominative And here is where I get a little confused. Is this part a subordinate clause? I – subordinate clause subject? am – subordinate clause linking verb? aware – subordinate clause predicate adjective or nominative ? of – preposition And here is where I get really confused. (which) – understood relative pronoun, object of the preposition "of", whose antecedent is “something”? Most importantly, as Dr. Peikoff explains, this little sentence expresses the three basic axioms of Objectivism. There is (existence) something (identity) I am aware of (consciousness). I don’t know about you, but I think its proper diagram would make one bitchin’ t-shirt. Any grammatical help in this effort would be greatly appreciated. Update: added attribution to OPAR which at the time I wrote this seemed obvious to me. Of course, you weren't all reading the book at the same time ...