This structure is more formal, and the verb appears before the prepositional phrase. 自 means ‘from’ and the verb is frequently 来, 出 or 发.
今天我想说几句发自(or 出自)内心的话。
Jīn tiān wǒ xiǎng shuō jǐ jù fā zì (or chū zì )nèi xīn de huà 。
Today I want to say a few words that come from deep in my heart.
我爸妈都来自农村，没有受过教育。
Wǒ bà mā dōu lái zì nóng cūn ，méi yǒu shòu guò jiāo yù 。
My parents both come from agricultural villages; they never had any education.
[1] Yip, P. C., Rimmington, D., Xiaoming, Z., & Henson, R. (2009). Basic Chinese: a grammar and workbook. Taylor & Francis.
