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Mariott Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

Sentence structure?

Maple syrup, the sap of the sugar maple fascinated early Europeans, seeming like a manifestation of the golden age described by Virgil: "Who would not marvel to see realized...in the frozen forest of Canada, those enchanted pictures that the ancient poets have left us of the golden age, when they painted for us the trees distilling honey through their bark?" asked Henri in his book.

This is a very complicated paragragh to understand. I'm not sure how two verbs(see realized) are used together. Is it grammatically right?
And I wonder the poets actually painted the trees, although they were not painters. Is this a kind of metaphor?

Thanks in advance!
  

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'See realized' is an instance of verb complementation by an '-ed' participle. ) and verbs of perception ('hear one's phone ring, see one's idea realized', etc). 'Painted' = wrote about

— Mister Micawber

  • 'See realized' is an instance of verb complementation by an '-ed' participle.
  • ) and verbs of perception ('hear one's phone ring, see one's idea realized', etc).
  • 'Painted' = wrote about
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'See realized' is an instance of verb complementation by an '-ed' participle. It occurs with a small group of causative verbs ('get one's car fixed', etc.), volitional verbs ('need one's gift delivered', etc.) and verbs of perception ('hear one's phone ring, see one's idea realized', etc).

'Painted' = wrote about
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Aha causative verbs!
Thanks a lot! Mister Micawber!
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