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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Parsing

Hi.

Any dream they have of being able to rescue this situation is pie in the sky.

they - a subject;
have - a verb;
any dream of being able to rescue this situation is pie in the sky - an object.

Is my parsing correct?

Thank you.
  

Top answer

any dream (that) they have of being able to rescue this situation = noun phrase as subject of the main clause is a pie in the sky = predicate of the main clause they = subject of the relative clause have of being able to rescue this situation = predicate of the relative clause

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  • any dream (that) they have of being able to rescue this situation = noun phrase as subject of the main clause is a pie in the sky = predicate of the main clause they = subject of the relative clause have of being able to rescue this situation = predicate of the relative clause
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any dream (that) they have of being able to rescue this situation = noun phrase as subject of the main clause
is a pie in the sky = predicate of the main clause

they = subject of the relative clause
have of being able to rescue this situation = predicate of the relative clause
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Thank you, AG, for your useful reply.

In more down-to-earth terms the clause Any dream they have of being able to rescue this situation is a subject, the verb is is a linking verb and the phrase pie in the sky a complement. Is that correct?
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