The relative clause (of the integrated type)
This is from "A Student's Introduction to English Grammar" by R. Huddleston and G. Pullum (p.252):
"it was Sue who introduced Jim to Pat
The relative clause is of the integrated type, but it's not dependent of Sue: the words Sue who introduced Jim to Pat do not form a syntactic constituent. In an ordinary integrated relative like They were [people who needed help],
the bracketed sequence people who needed help is a constituent, an NP."
My question is:
Why doesn't the relative clause (of the integrated type) who introduced Jim to Pat modify the noun Sue in it was Sue who introduced Jim to Pat?
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anonymous Why doesn't the relative clause (of the integrated type) who introduced Jim to Pat modify the noun Sue in it was Sue who introduced Jim to Pat? Because that's a cleft sentence. It is formed by highlighting a part of its non-cleft counterpart.
- anonymous Why doesn't the relative clause (of the integrated type) who introduced Jim to Pat modify the noun Sue in it was Sue who introduced Jim to Pat?
- Because that's a cleft sentence.
- It is formed by highlighting a part of its non-cleft counterpart.
- Sue introduced Jim to Pat.
- To make a cleft sentence we take the highlighted element and place it between "It is" (or "It was") and "which", "who", or "that": {It was} Sue {who} introduced Jim to Pat.
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anonymousWhy doesn't the relative clause (of the integrated type) who introduced Jim to Pat modify the noun Sue in it was Sue who introduced Jim to Pat?
Because that's a cleft sentence. It is formed by highlighting a part of its non-cleft counterpart.
Sue introduced Jim to Pat.
To make a cleft sentence we take the highlighted elem
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