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ANNE202 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Teachers! Could you explain this sentence to me?

The sentence with which I need your help is...

First of all Carrie Sloane dared Ruby Gillis to climb to a certain point in the huge old willow-tree before the front door: which Ruby Gillis, albeit in mortal dread of the fat green caterpillars with which said tree was infested and with the fear of her mother before her eyes if she should tear her new muslin dress, nimbly did, to the discomfiture of the aforesaid Carrie Sloane.

this!

It came from 'Anne of Green Gables' and I don't understand the structure of the bold part.

The phrase can be divided into two parts like,

albeit

(1)in mortal dread of the fat green caterpillars with which said tree was infested and

(2)with the the fear of her mother before her eyes if she should tear her new muslin dress.

can't it?

Then I've got the meaning of (2) and only left (1).

I suppose the original form of (1) is 'in mortal dread of the fat green caterpillars with which tree was said (to be) infested'.

Is my guess right?

Then why the writer changed arrangement of the words and put 'said' before 'tree was'?

Is it literary expression? T.T

Or is my understanding wrong?

need your help teachers! ???

And last, could you tell me whether 'come from' (underline) can be used like that in my sentence?

Thank you!! ???

  

Top answer

ANNE202 The phrase can be divided into two parts like, albeit (1) in mortal dread of the fat green caterpillars with which said tree was infested and (2) with the the fear of her mother before her eyes if she should tear her new muslin dress. can't it? Yes.

— GPY

  • ANNE202 The phrase can be divided into two parts like, albeit (1) in mortal dread of the fat green caterpillars with which said tree was infested and (2) with the the fear of her mother before her eyes if she should tear her new muslin dress.
  • can't it?
  • Yes.
  • ANNE202 I suppose the original form of (1) is 'in mortal dread of the fat green caterpillars with which tree was said (to be) infested'.
  • Is my guess right?
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ANNE202The phrase can be divided into two parts like,
albeit
(1) in mortal dread of the fat green caterpillars with which said tree was infested and
(2) with the the fear of her mother before her eyes if she should tear her new muslin dress.
can't it?

Yes.

ANNE202I suppose the original form of (1) is 'i
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