Sentence analysis

I have been discussing this sentence with some of my friends, and we don't seem to agree.

'Each of the books in the projected seven-volume series follows Harry through an academic year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry'

What are the basic clause elements?

And one more question:

The word 'that', how many functions does it have? And what are they?

Trying out this place for the first time, I am hoping someone will help me!

Hello Maria


Welcome to this EnglishForum. I myself am a mere English learner from Japan. I'm glad if we can learn English together here.

I think you'd better parse your sentence this way;
Main frame:
Each follows Harry.
Modify some of its elements a little, you'll get:
Each (of the books) follows Harry (through an academic year at Hogwarts School).
'in the projected seven-volume series' modifies 'the books'.
'of Witchcraft and Wizardry' modifies 'Hogwart School'.

As for the usages of 'that', 'that' can be used basically in five ways.
1] conjunctive : make a noun clause/an adverbial clause.
(EX) I think {that the woman is his mother}.
(EX) The movie is so wonderful {that I saw it five times}.
2] relative : explain the antecedent noun.
(EX) I am reading a book [that I bought yesterday].
3] pronoun : almost equal to 'it'
(EX) That is a good idea!
4] adjective : modify the next noun.
(EX) I don't like (that teacher).
5] adverb : modify an adjective, almost equal to 'such'
(EX) You know English grammar is (that difficult).

I'm happy if this helps you someway. Enjoy English learning!

paco

Thank you for your very clear explanation of the grammatical function word 'that'. Very helpful...

P.S. I must say I like the little proverb at the end of your message. Es verdad!