Compound Main Clauses (Ex # 4): from
1. I am not able (PA) to shoot any more [#1]; | my arrows will not fly. | 2. And {with it all} he was gentle (PA) and tender (PA): | he never hurt the weak (DO) nor scorned the poor (DO). | 3. The bitterness and anger had all [#2] melted {out of his heart}; | only sorrow was left (P). | 4. He loved danger (DO); | he loved brave men (DO) and noble deeds (DO). | 5. But he was too excited (P); | besides the gold {under his pillow} made it so hard and knobby [#3] [Adv. to "so" that it was most uncomfortable (PA)]. | Notes 2. This "all" can be considered an adverb meaning "completely," but it also functions as an adjective to "bitterness" and "anger." 3. "Hard" and "knobby" are predicate adjectives after an ellipsed infinitive "to be." "It" is the subject of the infinitive, and the infinitive phrase functions as the direct object of "made." |