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ANAL YSIS

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3. Adverbial Phrases or Clauses, the
Clauses being Sub-ordinate Sentences preceded by Conjunctions, thug: -
"After the capture of this important city (Adverb 1
of Cause or Tlme), this great general (S'ubject) -
tle Hannibal of his day (Adjective qualcifying
Sublject) -unsurpassed for military intuition and
promptness of action (Adjective quallnyig Subject), incurring the suspicion of having betrayed
the town (i.e. ' since he incurred,' tlerefore
Adverb of Cause) was (part of Principal TVerb) so
completely (Adverb) distrusted (rest of Pricipal
Verb) even by his own solliers (Adverb of
Agency) who had( won so many battles under
him (i.e. 'tlough they had won,' therefore
Adverb 2) that lie was deprived of his command,
and would have been executed, but for the
influence of his wife (Adverb of Result)."
EXERCISE.
251
Expand the following Simple Sentences into Complex Sentences by introducing Adverbial Phrases to
describe cause, purpose, material, agency, instruments, manner, place, time, circumstances, i.e., condition, obstacle, cc.:1. The house was built. 2. Napoleon died at St. Helena.
3. Clarles I. was executed. 4. James II. was deposed.
1 For brevity, the terms Adverb, Adjective, &c., are used for Adverbial Phrase, Adjectival Phrase, &c.
2 If it had beeni "The soldiers that liad won," the Relative Clause
"that blitd won," &e., wonli lhave described the solliers; thereftore
it woulll have been an Adjective Clause. But "who" also sometimes
introduces an Adjective Clause.