prentheses vs. appositive phrase

[LQZ]

It was a cheery ending to a peculiar story, one that sent those watching it unfold on television through emotions from horror and mystification to relief.

Dear teachers,

I am trying to know whether the chunk in red is a parentheses, a appositive phrase or something else. Looking forward to your help. Thanks.


LQZ

[LQZ]

I am looking forward to teacher's help.
Thanks.

[Soup]

Originally Posted by LQZ

Dear teachers,

I am trying to know whether the chunk in red is a parentheses, a appositive phrase or something else. Looking forward to your help. Thanks.


LQZ

Appositives are parenthetical.

If the portion in red, below, were in apposition, then it could be used to replace the noun phrase a peculiar story--but it can't as seen in 2.

1. It was a cheery ending to a peculiar story, one that sent those watching it unfold on television through emotions from horror and mystification to relief.
2. It was a cheery ending to one that sent those watching it unfold on television through emotions from horror and mystification to relief.

The portion in red doesn't rename the noun story, it modifies it:

... a story, one that ...
... a story, a story that ...

[LQZ]

Originally Posted by Soup

The portion in red doesn't rename the noun story, it modifies it:

... a story, one that ...
... a story, a story that ...

Thank you, I think I got it. But I have one more question, could you please tell me whether "one" is a complement in this structure.


Thank you.

[Soup]

Originally Posted by LQZ

Thank you, I think I got it. But I have one more question, could you please tell me whether "one" is a complement in this structure.


Thank you.

It's a pronoun in that context. It refers back to the noun story.

[LQZ]

Thank you, I got it.