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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
The analyses of a text #1
The narrator recalls his childhood.
He was forced to work for his own living for Mr. Murdstone's friend Mr. Quinion at London by his stepfather Mr. Murdstone.
When the protagonist started to run away to his grand aunt Miss Betsey, he was robbed his money and box by a porter and then he abandoned pursuing him after a long distance pursuit.
Afterwords, he sold his waist-coat at Mr. Dolloby's for his travelling expenses.
He now intends to sell his jacket.
This modesty of mine directed my attention to the marine-store shops, and such shops as Mr. Dolloby's, in preference to the regular dealers. At last I found one that I thought looked promising, at the corner of dirty lane, ending in an inclosure full of stinging-nettles, against the palings of which some second-hand sailors' clothes, that seemed to have overflowed the shop, were fluttering among some cots, and rusty guns, and oilskin hats, and certain trays full of so many old rusty keys of so many sizes that they seemed various enough to open all the doors in the world.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
I'd like to know what role "which" plays here.
I'd like to know if a subject of "seemed" and "were" is "one."
Thank you in advance for your help.
He was forced to work for his own living for Mr. Murdstone's friend Mr. Quinion at London by his stepfather Mr. Murdstone.
When the protagonist started to run away to his grand aunt Miss Betsey, he was robbed his money and box by a porter and then he abandoned pursuing him after a long distance pursuit.
Afterwords, he sold his waist-coat at Mr. Dolloby's for his travelling expenses.
He now intends to sell his jacket.
This modesty of mine directed my attention to the marine-store shops, and such shops as Mr. Dolloby's, in preference to the regular dealers. At last I found one that I thought looked promising, at the corner of dirty lane, ending in an inclosure full of stinging-nettles, against the palings of which some second-hand sailors' clothes, that seemed to have overflowed the shop, were fluttering among some cots, and rusty guns, and oilskin hats, and certain trays full of so many old rusty keys of so many sizes that they seemed various enough to open all the doors in the world.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
I'd like to know what role "which" plays here.
I'd like to know if a subject of "seemed" and "were" is "one."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
"which" is a relative pronoun referring to "inclosure". The second-hand sailors' clothes were fluttering against the palings of the inclosure. The (logical) subject of "seemed" is "second-hand sailors' clothes".
- "which" is a relative pronoun referring to "inclosure".
- The second-hand sailors' clothes were fluttering against the palings of the inclosure.
- The (logical) subject of "seemed" is "second-hand sailors' clothes".
- The subject of "were" is again "second-hand sailors' clothes".
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"which" is a relative pronoun referring to "inclosure". The second-hand sailors' clothes were fluttering against the palings of the inclosure.
The (logical) subject of "seemed" is "second-hand sailors' clothes". The subject of "were" is again "second-hand sailors' clothes".
The (logical) subject of "seemed" is "second-hand sailors' clothes". The subject of "were" is again "second-hand sailors' clothes".
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Thank you, GPY, for another so very helpful answer from you. 
The (logical) subject of "seemed" is "second-hand sail
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park sang joonThen I was wondering why there is the comma before "that seemed."It is the first of a pair setting off the non-defining relative clause "that seemed to have overflowed the shop".
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