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Jigneshbharati Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Unable.. Received..

The crestfallen and exasperated Virat, unable to comprehend the reasons for his exclusion from the state under-15 team, received a warm and encouraging pat from former India captain Bishen Singh Bedi, who happened to be at the Ferozeshah Kotla as coach of the Delhi Ranji Trophy team.
I read the above interview at Rediff.com
I am learning to analyse the sentence in terms of parts of speech, phrases and clause types. What part of speech do " unable to comprehend" and " received from" in
"unable to comprehend the reasons for his exclusion from the state under-15 team, received a warm and encouraging pat from former India captain Bishen Singh Bedi, "
belong to? And is "Virat" the subject for both sentences? Thanks
Jignesh
  

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Jigneshbharati unable adjective Jigneshbharati to comprehend the reasons for his exclusion from the state under-15 team adjective complement (a non-finite infinitive clause) Jigneshbharati received the main verb in the sentence Jigneshbharati from a preposition Jigneshbharati And is "Virat" the subject for both sentences? There is only one sentence. Virat is the subject.

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  • Jigneshbharati unable adjective Jigneshbharati to comprehend the reasons for his exclusion from the state under-15 team adjective complement (a non-finite infinitive clause) Jigneshbharati received the main verb in the sentence Jigneshbharati from a preposition Jigneshbharati And is "Virat" the subject for both sentences?
  • There is only one sentence.
  • Virat is the subject.
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Jigneshbharatiunable
adjective
Jigneshbharatito comprehend the reasons for his exclusion from the state under-15 team
adjective complement (a non-finite infinitive clause)
Jigneshbharatireceived
the main verb in the sentence
Jigneshbharatifrom
a preposi
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