Clause elements

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Anonymous  #316916  Thu, 18 Jan 07 07:38 PM

(1) How would you identify the functions (S, V, DO, IO, SC, OC, AC, A, Vt (transitive), Vi (intransitive), Vd (dative), Vf (factitive), Vc (copulative), Vs (sense)) from the following sentence?

He ran onto the balcony of his flat in Oslo's exclusive docklands apartment Complex to see a man turn and empty the clip of a .375 Magnum in the direction of a chasing guard.

(2) Identify the clauses:

I was also of course curious about Mr Astley as I am convinced he is in love with Polina.

Urgent and thanks,
Eva

 

  
Kimm  #317732  Sat, 20 Jan 07 06:45 PM
How would you analyse these sentences? Where do you run into trouble?

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Buddhaheart  #319110  Wed, 24 Jan 07 02:57 AM

As per your request, the following is an attempt to determine the word class & clause type of your sentence (1):

S: He

Vi: ran, turn

Vt: empty

Vd:

Vf:

Vc:

Full infinitive: to see

Bare infinitive: turn, empty

Verb, sense: see

Preposition: onto; of; in; to

Article, definite: the

Article, indefinite: a

Noun, common: balcony, flat, apartment, Complex, man, clip, direction, guard.

Pronoun, genetive: his

Noun, possessive: Oslo’s, Dockland’s(?)

Adjective: exclusive, apartment, .375, chasing

Gerund: chasing

Noun, proper: Docklands(?), Magnum

Conjunction: and

DO: the balcony of his flat in Oslo’s exclusive Dockland’s apartment Complex; the clip of a .375 Magnum

IO:

SC:

OC:

ACl: in Oslo’s exclusive Dockland’s apartment Complex

AdvCl: to see a man turn ...; in the direction of a chasing guard

Please note I’m not sure about the infinitive clause "to see a man ..." If the guy ran onto the balcony in order to see the man ..." then it’s infinitive clause functioning as an adverb clause. The subclause "turn and empty ..." is another infinitive clause with "man" as the grammatical subject, and "clip" the object.

The following is the clause breakdown for sentence (2):

Main clause: I was... Mr. Astley

AdvC of reason: as I am convinced ...

Noun clause: he is in love with Polina

  
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