Simplified parsing
"Issuing the latest warning for Theresa May amid mounting division over her Brexit plans as Britain’s withdrawal ticks ever closer, the governor of the Bank of England said failure to reach any deal with Brussels would leave the country worse off."
(The Guardian.)
the governor of the Bank of England - a subject;
said - a predicator (a main verb);
failure to reach any deal with Brussels would leave the country worse off - an object;
Issuing the latest warning for Theresa May amid mounting division over her Brexit plans as Britain’s withdrawal ticks ever closer - an adjunct (a non-finite clause Issuing the latest warning for Theresa May amid mounting division over her Brexit plans modified by the subordinate finite adverb clause as Britain’s withdrawal ticks ever closer ).
Is my simplified parsing acceptable?
Top answer
tkacka15 Is my simplified parsing acceptable? Yes, but I would say that failure to reach any deal with Brussels would leave the country worse off is a complement rather than an object. Also, I would say that the subordinate clause as Britain’s withdrawal ticks ever closer modifies mounting division .
- tkacka15 Is my simplified parsing acceptable?
- Yes, but I would say that failure to reach any deal with Brussels would leave the country worse off is a complement rather than an object.
- Also, I would say that the subordinate clause as Britain’s withdrawal ticks ever closer modifies mounting division .
- CJ
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tkacka15Is my simplified parsing acceptable?
Yes, but I would say that failure to reach any deal with Brussels would leave the country worse off is a complement rather than an object.
Also, I would say that the subordinate clause as Britain’s withdrawal ticks ever closer modifies mounting division.
CJ
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