It's a verb, notably a phrasal verb: to pass X by or to pass by X Present: pass Past: passed Participle: passed The soldier (Subject) passed (Verb) (Object of the Verb) by (Adverb) The soldier (Subject) passed (Verb) by (Adverb) (Object of the Verb).
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