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Tkacka15 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Parsing

He was pleased to be wherever it was he had come to.

He - subject (pronoun);

was pleased to be wherever it was he had come to - predicate (verb phrase);

was - predicator (verb - head of the verb phrase);

pleased to be wherever it was he had come to - complement (adjective phrase);

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pleased - head of the adjective phrase (adjective);

to be wherever it was he had come to - complement of pleased (infinitival clause);

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to be - head of the infinitival clause (verb);

wherever it was he had come to - complement in the infinitival clause (finite clause);

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it - subject (dummy one);

was - predicator (linking verb);

wherever - fronted complement [in the clause wherever it was] (adverb);

he had come to - complement of the adverb phrase wherever (finite clause);

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he - subject (pronoun);

had come to - predicate (verb phrase);

to - stranded preposition.

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Is my parsing correct?

  

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He was pleased to be wherever it was he had come to . Yes, but think again about "wherever". Is it really an adverb in modern grammar?

  • He was pleased to be wherever it was he had come to .
  • Yes, but think again about "wherever".
  • Is it really an adverb in modern grammar?
  • And is it really functioning as a complement?
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He was pleased to be wherever it was he had come to.

Yes, but think again about "wherever". Is it really an adverb in modern grammar? And is it really functioning as a complement?

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