* "The cat sat on the mat." This sentence only contains nouns, verbs, and prepositions.
* "She walks." This sentence has a subject and verb, but no modifiers.
* "I went to the store." Again, just a subject, verb, and prepositional phrase.
To be more specific, a sentence can exist with only a noun phrase and a verb phrase. Adjective and adverb phrases are optional elements that add detail and description to the sentence.