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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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"What possessed the manager to effectively dismantle the side that finally gave England some momentum and impetus with that dramatic 2-1 victory over Wales will be known only to him and his coaching staff." (BBC.)

What possessed the manager to effectively dismantle the side that finally gave England some momentum and impetus with that dramatic 2-1 victory over Wales - a subject;

will be known to - a predicator (prepositional verb, a transitive one);

only - an adverbial;

him and his coaching staff - an object.

Is my parsing acceptable?

Thank you.
  

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I've begun to have a second thought about that parsing and I wonder whether this one may be more convincing. ) What possessed the manager to effectively dismantle the side that finally gave England some momentum and impetus with that dramatic 2-1 victory over Wales - a subject; will be - a predicator (linking verb); known only to him and his coaching staff - a complement.

— Anonymous

  • I've begun to have a second thought about that parsing and I wonder whether this one may be more convincing.
  • ) What possessed the manager to effectively dismantle the side that finally gave England some momentum and impetus with that dramatic 2-1 victory over Wales - a subject; will be - a predicator (linking verb); known only to him and his coaching staff - a complement.
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I've begun to have a second thought about that parsing and I wonder whether this one may be more convincing.

"What possessed the manager to effectively dismantle the side that finally gave England some momentum and impetus with that dramatic 2-1 victory over Wales will be known only to him and his coaching staff." (BBC.)

What possessed the manager to effectively dismantle the
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