Structure
She emerged from the yearlong ordeal relieved she had acted quickly.
Could anyone pls explain the sentence structure to me? There are many verbs and i could not see any conjunction or clause whatsoever? Thx.
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Will Leung She emerged from the yearlong ordeal relieved (that) she had acted quickly. The sentence consists of two clauses. The conjunction that has been omitted.
- Will Leung She emerged from the yearlong ordeal relieved (that) she had acted quickly.
- The sentence consists of two clauses.
- The conjunction that has been omitted.
- Emerged is a finite verb in the past tense, relieved is a past participle used adjectivally to mean what state she was in, and had acted is another finite verb in the past perfect.
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Will LeungShe emerged from the yearlong ordeal relieved (that) she had acted quickly.
The sentence consists of two clauses. The conjunction that has been omitted. Emerged is a finite verb in the past tense, relieved is a past participle used adjectivally to mean what state she was in, and had acted is another finite verb i
0She emerged from the yearlong ordeal relieved she had acted quickly.
The matrix (main) clause consists of the sentence as whole.
"Relieved" is an adjective here with the declarative content clause "(that) she had acted quickly" functioning as its complement.
The adjective phrase is called a 'predicative adjunct': predicative because it refers to the predi
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