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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Parsing
That is categorically contrary to what I was told was going to happen.
That - a subject;
is - a predicator (linking verb);
categorically contrary to what I was told was going to happen - a complement in which:
categorically contrary - an adjectival subject complement;
categorically - adverbial modifier of the adjective phrase head "contrary";
to what I was told was going to happen - a complement of the adjectival subject complement ("categorically contrary") where:
to - a head of the prepositional phrase;
what I was told was going to happen - object of the preposition "to", a clause in which:
I - a subject;
was told - a predicator;
what was going to happen - an indirect object (a clause) where:
what - a subject;
was going to happen - a predicator.
Is my parsing acceptable?
That - a subject;
is - a predicator (linking verb);
categorically contrary to what I was told was going to happen - a complement in which:
categorically contrary - an adjectival subject complement;
categorically - adverbial modifier of the adjective phrase head "contrary";
to what I was told was going to happen - a complement of the adjectival subject complement ("categorically contrary") where:
to - a head of the prepositional phrase;
what I was told was going to happen - object of the preposition "to", a clause in which:
I - a subject;
was told - a predicator;
what was going to happen - an indirect object (a clause) where:
what - a subject;
was going to happen - a predicator.
Is my parsing acceptable?
Top answer
You did a very good job of parsing. Congratulations! I have one correction for you.
- You did a very good job of parsing.
- Congratulations!
- I have one correction for you.
- what was going to happen - an direct object (a clause) This is interesting because you followed what we usually say about passive structures.
- The subject is the direct object, so you figured "what was going to happen" must be the indirect object.
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You did a very good job of parsing. Congratulations! I have one correction for you.
what was going to happen - an direct object (a clause)
This is interesting because you followed what we usually say about passive structures. The subject is the direct object, so you figured "what was going to happen" must be the indirect object. But if you think about it, you'll see that what wa
what was going to happen - an direct object (a clause)
This is interesting because you followed what we usually say about passive structures. The subject is the direct object, so you figured "what was going to happen" must be the indirect object. But if you think about it, you'll see that what wa
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