hela
Senior Member
- Joined
- Apr 12, 2004
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Arabic
- Home Country
- Tunisia
- Current Location
- Tunisia
Dear teachers,
I would like to parse the following sentences, is this the way to do it ?
1) You must have been saddened beyond words when you heard the President’s response.
Part of speech :
you = personal pronoun
must = modal auxiliary
have = auxiliary
been = main verb
saddened = adjective
beyond = preposition
words = noun
when = subordinating conjunction ?
=> sentence in the active voice
Function:
You = subject
must have been = verb
saddened = complement
beyond words = part of the complement or adverbial ?
when... = adverbial of time
2) The parcel should have been re-routed to the correct destination.
Part of speech:
parcel = noun
should = modal
have been = auxiliaries
re-routed = main verb
to = preposition
=> sentence in the passive voice
Function:
the parcel = direct object or subject ?
should have been re-routed = verb
subject = unknown ??
to... = adverbial of place ?
Thank you very much for your help.
Hela
I would like to parse the following sentences, is this the way to do it ?
1) You must have been saddened beyond words when you heard the President’s response.
Part of speech :
you = personal pronoun
must = modal auxiliary
have = auxiliary
been = main verb
saddened = adjective
beyond = preposition
words = noun
when = subordinating conjunction ?
=> sentence in the active voice
Function:
You = subject
must have been = verb
saddened = complement
beyond words = part of the complement or adverbial ?
when... = adverbial of time
2) The parcel should have been re-routed to the correct destination.
Part of speech:
parcel = noun
should = modal
have been = auxiliaries
re-routed = main verb
to = preposition
=> sentence in the passive voice
Function:
the parcel = direct object or subject ?
should have been re-routed = verb
subject = unknown ??
to... = adverbial of place ?
Thank you very much for your help.
Hela