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Bashyboy Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Analyzing a Sentence
Hello,
I am trying to analyze the following sentences grammatical structure:
"The shock to Nancy's mingled pride and ignorance of the world's evils might even be
too much for her delicate frame"
This sentence comes from the novel Silas Marner; specifically, it comes from chapter
17. To illustrate how liitte my knowledge of grammar is, I do not know what the
subject of the sentence is, nor do I know the main verb.
I would guess that the subject is "Nancy's mingled pride and ignorance of the
world's evils," although I am not sure why. What sort of phrase is this? Presumbably,
it has to be one that serves as a noun, such as an gerund phrase or infinitive phrase,
but it does not appear to be an infinitive phrase. Also, this phrase seems to be
composed of another phrase, a prepositional phrase.
As for the main verb, I would think it would be the shock, and the direct object of
this is "Nancy's mingled pride and ignorance of the world's evils." Is this what is
receiving the action?
I hope you can help me in my endeavor to understand grammar. Thank you!
I am trying to analyze the following sentences grammatical structure:
"The shock to Nancy's mingled pride and ignorance of the world's evils might even be
too much for her delicate frame"
This sentence comes from the novel Silas Marner; specifically, it comes from chapter
17. To illustrate how liitte my knowledge of grammar is, I do not know what the
subject of the sentence is, nor do I know the main verb.
I would guess that the subject is "Nancy's mingled pride and ignorance of the
world's evils," although I am not sure why. What sort of phrase is this? Presumbably,
it has to be one that serves as a noun, such as an gerund phrase or infinitive phrase,
but it does not appear to be an infinitive phrase. Also, this phrase seems to be
composed of another phrase, a prepositional phrase.
As for the main verb, I would think it would be the shock, and the direct object of
this is "Nancy's mingled pride and ignorance of the world's evils." Is this what is
receiving the action?
I hope you can help me in my endeavor to understand grammar. Thank you!
Top answer
Bashyboy I would guess that the subject is "Nancy's mingled pride and ignorance of the world's evils," although I am not sure why. What sort of phrase is this? The subject is everything before might : The shock to Nancy's mingled pride and ignorance of the world's evils might even be too much for her delicate frame.
- Bashyboy I would guess that the subject is "Nancy's mingled pride and ignorance of the world's evils," although I am not sure why.
- What sort of phrase is this?
- The subject is everything before might : The shock to Nancy's mingled pride and ignorance of the world's evils might even be too much for her delicate frame.
- The noun phrase coordination Nancy’s mingled pride and ignorance of the world’s evils functions as complement to the preposition to , and the to -PP in turn functions as complement to the head of the subject NP, shock .
- " Is this what is receiving the action?
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BashyboyI would guess that the subject is "Nancy's mingled pride and ignorance of theThe subject is everything before might:
world's evils," although I am not sure why. What sort of phrase is this?
The shock to Nancy's mingled pride and ignorance of the world's evils might even be too much for her delicate frame.
The
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Okay, I have a few questions. I understand that the prepositional phrase 'of the world's evils" acts as an adjective to modify the noun ignorance, relating to us what she was ignorant of, but what does it mean to have mingled pride? Or is the narrator saying that pride AND ignorance are mingled?
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Bashyboywhat does it mean to have mingled pride?I’m not sure either.
BashyboyOr is the narrator saying that pride AND ignorance are mingled?I think it’s just the pride that’s mingled.
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I can't see how just one thing can be mingled. It seems to me that the two things that are mingled are her pride and her ignorance of the world's evils.
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