Diagram/Translate a BIG sentence

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#293732 Thu, 16 Nov 06 03:43 AM

Okay, so here's the deal: I'm taking Japanese and I felt like challenging my self, so I decided to try to translate a story I wrote into Japanese. Only, I'm a beginner, so that means that I have to know the exact sentence structure.

Here it is.

The girl (that the sigh came from), though fairly good looking, was currently marred by an expression of sheer boredom.

My questions:
1. What sort of phrase is the phrase in parenthesis?
2. What part of speech is 'that'?
3. How would I diagram this sentence?

Anonymous

Sentence structures, Expressions

Mister Micawber

#293772 Thu, 16 Nov 06 06:22 AM

1-- The parentheses are unnecessary; the clause contained is a nominal clause acting as an adjective modifying girl.
2-- That is a relative pronoun referring to girl; it could be replaced by who(m).
3-- Draw little lines separating the various parts (subject, verb, object, adjuncts) into related units.