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Notes 1. There are at least two equally acceptable
explanations for "some wearing hoods" and "others bareheaded." "Some"
and "others" can be considered appositives
to "throng," "men," or "women." (Note the ambiguity -- does it mean
"some" and "others" of both the men and women, or just the men, or just
the women?) If "some" and "others" are considered appositives, then "wearing"
is a simple gerundive modifying "some." "Bareheaded" can then be explained
as either a predicate adjective after an ellipsed "being" ("others *being*
bareheaded") or as a post-positioned adjective
to "others."
2. Limiting the number of concepts and terms allowed for explanations sometimes results in the need for longer explanations, but it is not, I hope, extremely difficult. First, let's insert the ellipsed infinitive -- "recognized it "to be* (among ... necessities) to allot ...." The prepositional phrase ("among ... necessities") can now be considered as either a predicate adjective to "it," or as an adverb to "to be." (Note the parallel to the clause construction -- "recognized that it was among -- necessities to allot ....") The infinitive phrase is the direct object of "recognized." The subject of that phrase, "it," means "to allot ...." Thus the infinitive phrase "to allot ..." functions as a delayed subject. 3. Although I prefer to see "congenial" as a predicate adjective after an ellipsed "to be," one could probably also consider it as a post-positioned adjective. I prefer the infinitive explanation because it binds "something *to be* congenial" as an infinitive phrase which is then the direct object of "found." The explanation using the post-positioned adjective makes "something" the direct object, but the sentence does not really mean that they found "something." 4. Because "might be imagined" is passive,
"to offer" is a retained direct object.
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