Pls help me to explain this complicated sentence!

[Mag]

Hi, everyone! I've no idea how to analysis this long, complicated sentence?

What is the subject, object, complement or adverbial? What kind of clauses does it have?..................makes me crazy!

Here is the sentence:

"The Duchess! The Duchess!" he (the White Rabbit) muttered, "Oh, my dear paws! Oh, my fur and whiskers! She's going to get me executed! Where could I have dropped those things?"

Is all the sentences inside the speech bubbles consider as Object? Pls tell....
NO idea at all!
Mag

[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by Mag

Hi, everyone! I've no idea how to analysis this long, complicated sentence?

What is the subject, object, complement or adverbial? What kind of clauses does it have?..................makes me crazy!

Here is the sentence:

"The Duchess! The Duchess!" he (the White Rabbit) muttered, "Oh, my dear paws! Oh, my fur and whiskers! She's going to get me executed! Where could I have dropped those things?"

Is all the sentences inside the speech bubbles consider as Object? Pls tell....
NO idea at all!
Mag

In my opinion, all of the quotations are objects of the verb "muttered". That said, the last two quotations are complete sentences in and of themselves.

[Mag]

Originally Posted by MikeNewYork

In my opinion, all of the quotations are objects of the verb "muttered". That said, the last two quotations are complete sentences in and of themselves.

Thanks for replying! But I still don't know how to start to do my assignment. Would you mind giving me more hints? What is the Subject, Object , any compliments here?
By the way, do I need to analysis the last two quotations independently? Pls give me an answer. Thanks.

If anyone is familiar to this complicated stuff, pls give me a hand!!
Mag

[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by Mag

Thanks for replying! But I still don't know how to start to do my assignment. Would you mind giving me more hints? What is the Subject, Object , any compliments here?
By the way, do I need to analysis the last two quotations independently? Pls give me an answer. Thanks.

If anyone is familiar to this complicated stuff, pls give me a hand!!
Mag

Unfortunately, the answer depends on what your teacher pefers. I would diagram the separate sentences individually, since diagramming is usually done on a sentence level.

Hint: Direct quotations that follow (in the same sentence) a verb such as said, uttered, remarked, etc. are direct objects of those transitive verbs.

[salkinad]

Hi, I feel it is like this
Subject: The white rabbit
Verb: muttered
Object: utterances quoted

[das1404]

Hi
Just some comments:
'The cat sat on the mat.' is a sentence because it has a verb (sat). The subject is cat and the object is mat. A clause is similar to a sentence but it lacks a verb. In your example:
"The Duchess! The Duchess!" he (the White Rabbit) muttered, "Oh, my dear paws! Oh, my fur and whiskers! She's going to get me executed! Where could I have dropped those things?"
it is a quote, which includes two sentences as well as clauses.
Cheers
David