TheParser
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On November 12, 1940, Mr. Winston Churchill included these words in his beautiful and moving eulogy for Mr. Neville Chamberlain:
It is not given to human beings, happily for them, for otherwise
life would be intolerable, to foresee or to predict to any large
extent the unfolding course of events.
Of course, I do not expect anyone to diagram all of that for me.
I think that I can diagram the main sentence:
It (to foresee or to predict to any large extent the unfolding
course of events) is not given to human beings.
But I am having trouble diagramming the parenthetical
elements: happily for them, for otherwise life would be
intolerable.
THANK YOU for any help that you may wish to pass along to
your humble servant.
It is not given to human beings, happily for them, for otherwise
life would be intolerable, to foresee or to predict to any large
extent the unfolding course of events.
Of course, I do not expect anyone to diagram all of that for me.
I think that I can diagram the main sentence:
It (to foresee or to predict to any large extent the unfolding
course of events) is not given to human beings.
But I am having trouble diagramming the parenthetical
elements: happily for them, for otherwise life would be
intolerable.
THANK YOU for any help that you may wish to pass along to
your humble servant.