active VS passive voice

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hela

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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
 

sergeyrais

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1) You
must have been saddened
beyond words when you heard the President’s response.

Part of speech
:
you = pronoun
must = verb
have = verb
been = participle II
saddened = participle II
beyond = preposition
words = noun
when = conjunction

=> sentence in the passive voice

Function
:
You = subject
must have been saddened = predicate
beyond words = adverbial modifier of manner
when... = time clause


2) The parcel
should have been re-routed
to the correct destination.

Part of speech:
parcel = noun
should = verb
have = verb
been =
participle II
re-routed = verb
to = preposition

=> sentence in the passive voice

Function
:
the parcel = subject
should have been re-routed = predicate
to... = adverbial of place
 

sergeyrais

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1) You
must have been saddened
beyond words when you heard the President’s response.

Part of speech
:
you = pronoun
must = verb
have = verb
been = participle II
saddened = participle II
beyond = preposition
words = noun
when = conjunction

=> sentence in the passive voice

Function
:
You = subject
must have been saddened = predicate
beyond words = adverbial modifier of manner
when... = time clause


2) The parcel
should have been re-routed
to the correct destination.

Part of speech:
parcel = noun
should = verb
have = verb
been =
participle II
re-routed = verb
to = preposition

=> sentence in the passive voice

Function
:
the parcel = subject
should have been re-routed = predicate
to... = adverbial of place
 
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