Walking as if each step were painful1, she slowly pushed open the glass door and hobbled down the nearest aisle2.
1: Dependant clause (what kind of dependant clause??) I'm kind of confused as to the nature of this subordinate clause... It is reduced clause(While/As she was walking...)
2: Main clause Yes.
Walking: past progressive? (which tense is?) With a big probability it is past progressive.
As if: describes how a situation seems to be Yes.
Each: determiner Yes.
Step: noun Yes.
Were: linking verb (copula) Yes.
Painful: predicator adjective (predicate adjective) I am not sure.
She: personal pronoun, 3rd person
Slowly: adverb
Pushed: V. Simple past, transitive
(pushed open): Verbal phrase’
The: (adjective, determinant, definite article) Yes.
Glass door: compound noun or:
Glass: adjective noun (is there a term for nouns used as adjectives?)
Door: noun Glass door --compound noun.Most compound nouns are formed by nouns modified by other nouns or adjectives.Here is some information for you:We can use a noun as an adjective when it precedes a noun that it modifies; a mountain bike is a bike designed for riding up mountains. 'Mountain' functions as an adjective modifying the noun bike.
And: conjunction, links main clause with verbal phrase (compound verb: pushed + hobbled). Not too sure as to how to define the use of the conjunction here. I would assume "and" here links the main clause with the verbal phrase hobbled down the nearest aisle. It is coordinating conjunction.I think here and links independent clauses.
Hobbled down: verbal phrase
The: definite article
Nearest: adj.
Aisle: noun Yes.