V878  +  566451 Mon, 15 Sep 08 11:58 PM Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 On what does and will the fame of Turing rest? I'm not sure how to find the subject, object (direct or indirect), and main verb for the above sentence. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks V878 Joined on Mon, Sep 15 2008 New Member 04 Verbs

	Mister Micawber  +  566466 Tue, 16 Sep 08 12:43 AM . Hello V878-- and welcome to English Forums. On what does and will the fame of Turing rest? = The fame of Turing rests and will rest on what? S = Turing V = does and will...rest on what is a prepositional verb complement (or rest on is a phrasal verb with what as direct object) Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,805 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.' Verbs, Prepositional Verbs, Phrasal Verbs, Direct Objects

	Huevos  +  566470 Tue, 16 Sep 08 12:52 AM  Subject, object, lexical verb. On what does and will the fame of Turing rest? On what does he rest? => He rests on it Huevos Joined on Tue, Mar 25 2008 Regular Member 626 British Native Verbs

	Mister Micawber  +  566474 Tue, 16 Sep 08 01:01 AM .  Yes, that's right:  fame, not Turing, of course.  But what about 'on', Eggs? Mister Micawber

	Huevos  +  566483 Tue, 16 Sep 08 01:41 AM Mister Micawber “what about 'on',” Mister Micawber “or rest on is a phrasal verb with what as direct object” I'm not sure. I don't see it as a strictly phrasal verb as the meaning is not idiomatic. He rests on the bed. He rests in bed. He rests at home. The choice of preposition doesn't seem to change the meaning of "rest". Also I'm not sure about "what" as an object. It's function here is interrogative pronoun, right? Does that make it an object (prepositional object)? Huevos Verbs, Prepositions, Nouns, Pronouns, Phrasal Verbs, Direct Objects

	Mister Micawber  +  566595 Tue, 16 Sep 08 08:36 AM .  Yes, the interrogative pronoun is still the object.  Here's a simpler sentence parsed: What [what] <*> <NonMod> <**CLB> PRON INDP WH SG/PL @OBJ are [be] <SVC/N> <SVC/A> V PRES -SG1/3 VFIN @FAUX you [you] <NonMod> PRON INDP PERS NOM SG2/PL2 @SUBJ eating [eat] <SVO> <SV> PING @IMV @#ICL-AUX< Mister Micawber Nouns, Pronouns

	Mister Micawber  +  566905 Tue, 16 Sep 08 11:44 PM .  THIS.  Sometimes it is more trouble than it is worth, though. . Mister Micawber