I need help in breaking down this cumulative sentence
“The radiators put out lots of heat, too much, in fact, and old-fashioned sounds and smells came with it, exhalations of the matter that composes our own mortality, and reminiscent of the intimate gases we all diffuse.” - More Die of Heartbreak (by Saul Bellow)
THE BREAKDOWN
The radiators put out lots of heat and old-fashioned sounds = Independent clause
too much, in fact, = Interrupters
smells came with it = Independent clause
exhalations of the matter = Noun phrase
that composes our own mortality = Dependent clause
reminiscent of the intimate gases we all diffuse = Independent clause (I believe: we - subject, diffuse - verb, gases - direct object)
About the noun phrase, I doubt if I'm right about it since noun phrases must at least be a subject or an object of a clause, but it's not in a clause; therefore, I'm having a major doubt around that area.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Top answer
XilenceCE The radiators put out lots of heat, too much, in fact, and old-fashioned sounds and smells came with it, exhalations of the matter that composes our own mortality, and reminiscent of the intimate gases we all diffuse. ] ] independent clause exhalations of the matter that composes our own mortality - noun phrase in apposition to 'old-fashioned sounds and smells' that composes our own mortality - relative clause modifying 'matter' reminiscent of the intimate gases we all diffuse - adjective phrase modifying 'exhalations' we all diffuse - relative clause modifying 'gases' CJ
- XilenceCE The radiators put out lots of heat, too much, in fact, and old-fashioned sounds and smells came with it, exhalations of the matter that composes our own mortality, and reminiscent of the intimate gases we all diffuse.
- ] ] independent clause exhalations of the matter that composes our own mortality - noun phrase in apposition to 'old-fashioned sounds and smells' that composes our own mortality - relative clause modifying 'matter' reminiscent of the intimate gases we all diffuse - adjective phrase modifying 'exhalations' we all diffuse - relative clause modifying 'gases' CJ
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XilenceCEThe radiators put out lots of heat, too much, in fact, and old-fashioned sounds and smells came with it, exhalations of the matter that composes our own mortality, and reminiscent of the intimate gases we all diffuse.
[ [The radiators put out lots of heat], [too much, in fact,]] independent clause
and - coordinating conjunction
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