Those to be killed, most of them peasants or laborers
Could anyone parse the structure of the sentence in blue for me?
When Lyon, France’s second city after Paris, capitulated,=adverbial cause.
those to be killed, most of them peasants or laborers = main sentence? (I think the main sentence is not complete, so it is wrong. It should be 'most of them were peasants or laborers.)
Please advise. Thanks!
On January 21, 1793, Louis XVI was executed. This was too much for some who, until then, had believed in the revolution. General François Dumouriez, the military victor of Valmy, who had been Danton’s friend, deserted to the Austrians; Lafayette had defected after the storming of the Tuileries. The provinces rose against the Paris government and then paid dearly. When Lyon, France’s second city after Paris, capitulated, those to be killed, most of them peasants or laborers. were roped together in groups of two hundred, herded to fields outside the city, and executed by cannon firing grapeshot into the bunched human mass.
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The complete sentence is as follows. I've bolded the main part. When Lyon, France’s second city after Paris, capitulated, those to be killed , most of them peasants or laborers.
- The complete sentence is as follows.
- I've bolded the main part.
- When Lyon, France’s second city after Paris, capitulated, those to be killed , most of them peasants or laborers.
- were roped together in groups of two hundred, herded to fields outside the city, and executed by cannon firing grapeshot into the bunched human mass.
- I hope you will now be able to parse it correctly.
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The complete sentence is as follows. I've bolded the main part.
When Lyon, France’s second city after Paris, capitulated, those to be killed, most of them peasants or laborers. were roped together in groups of two hundred, herded to fields outside the city, and executed by cannon firing gr
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