Exercise # 3 on Subordinate Clauses as Delayed Subjects or Sentences
Nevertheless, the miller said the brutal thing (DO) openly {to many} {of his neighbors} {in the day} [Adj. to "day" that followed]; | and [Adv. to "got bruited" though no serious charge was ever preferred (P) {against the lad}], it got bruited (P) about [Del Subj that Nello had been seen (P) {in the mill-yard} {after dark} {on some unspoken errand}], and [Del Subj that he bore Baas Cogez (IO) a grudge (DO) {for forbidding his intercourse [#1]} {with little Alois}]; | and so the hamlet, [Adj. to "hamlet" which followed the sayings (DO) {of its richest landowner} servilely], and [Adj. to "hamlet" whose families all hoped to secure (DO) the riches [#2] {of Alois} {in some future time} {for their sons}], took the hint (DO) to give grave looks [#3] and cold words [#3] {to old Jehan Daas' grandson}. | Notes 2. "Riches" is the direct object of the infinitive "to secure." The infinitive functions as the direct object of "hoped." Before students have studied infinitives, I would accept "hoped to secure" as the finite verb. 3. "Looks" and "words" are direct objects of the infinitive "to give" which functions as an adjective to "hint." |