I took him into the kitchen, where, so far as it was possible, he cleaned himself.
It is a declarative, affirmative sentence. It is a complex one because it consists of a principal (main) clause and two subordinate clauses.
The principal clause is “I took him into the kitchen”.It is a simple, two-member, complete, extended, declarative, affirmative sentence. The subject is “I” expressed by a personal pronoun in the first person, singular, in the Nominative Case. The predicate is “took”. It is a Simple Verbal Predicate expressed by the irregular verb “to take” in the Past Indefinite Tense, Active Voice.
“Him” is a direct object to the predicate. It is expressed by a personalpronoun in the third person, singular, in the Objective Case.
“Into the kitchen” is an adverbial modifier of place expressed by a prepositional phrase – a noun with the preposition into.
The first subordinate clause is “where he cleaned himself”. It is an attributive clause to the word “kitchen”introduced by the relative adverb where. It is a simple, two-member, complete, extended, declarative, affirmative sentence. The subject is “he”expressed by a personal pronoun in the third person, singular, in the Nominative Case. The predicate is “cleaned”. It is a Simple VerbalPredicate expressed by the regular verb “to clean” in the Past Indefinite Tense, Active Voice.
“Himself” is a direct object to the predicate. It is expressed by a reflexivepronoun in the third person, singular.
The second subordinate clause is “so far as it was possible”. It is an adverbial clause of manner to the first subordinate clause introduced by the conjunction so far as. It is a simple, two-member, complete, unextended, declarative, affirmative sentence. The subject is “it” expressed by a personalpronoun in the third person, singular, in the Nominative Case. The predicate is “was possible”. It is a Compound Nominal Predicate which consists of the link-verb “to be” in the Past Indefinite Tense, singular, Active Voice and the predicative “possible” expressed by an adjective.
The Scheme of the Newspaper Article Rendering
The newspaper article has all of the important information in the opening paragraph.
This information includes who, what, when, where, whyand how. It is written this way because most people do not read an entire newspaper article all the way through.
So newspaper writers put the most important information at the beginning.
A typical newspaper article contains five (5) parts:
Headline:This is a short, attention-getting statement about the event.
Byline:This tells who wrote the story.
Lead paragraph:This has ALL the who, what, when, where, why and how in it. A writer must find the answers to these questions and write them into the opening sentence(s) of the article.
Explanation:After the lead paragraph has been written, the writer must decide what other facts or details the reader might want to know. The writer must make sure that he/she has enough information to answer any important questions a reader might have after reading the headline and the lead paragraph. This section can also include direct quotes from witnesses or bystanders.
Additional Information:This information is the least important. Thus, if the news article is too long for the space it needs to fill, it can be shortened without rewriting any other part. This part can include information about a similar event.
| I am supposed was | to analyze to read to render to translate | the following article… |
This article is taken from the newspaper …
the journal ….
the magazine …
The article is entitled/ headlined …
“…” dated the …the of September carries the article entitled …
I’m going to speak about (on)/ to report on …
I’ll start my information saying that …
I’d like to tell a few words about/ to draw one’s attention to …
Speaking about … I can’t help mentioning about …
As it was pointed out in …
As the title implies …
In the opening lines (in the very beginning) of this article the author tells us about …
| The author | calls points out tells explains states reports emphasizes demands resorts shows reveals describes draws depicts approves condemns exposes portrays analyses | the events the characters the lacks the shortcomings the achievements the faults the problems the drawbacks the evils the competitions the result | |
| The article | deals with … is devoted to … discusses concentrates … highlights …. sums up … reports on international affairs … informs the reader … reviews the latest events abroad … touches upon … gives full attention to … gives wide coverage of … presents the general picture of … focuses the reader’s attention on … |
The next part of the article is devoted to …
The contents of the article …
The purpose of the article is to discuss (show) …
Much attention is given to …
The key-note of the article is to provide much information on / to give front-page prominence to …
The substance of the problem is …
The widest spectrum of …
At the end of the article …
We can draw a conclusion …
That’s about all I wanted to tell you …
That brings me to the end of my report …
[1] Should + infinitive (or the subjunctive I which was mostly the feature of A.E. but nowadays is widely accepted by B.E.) may be used in subordinate clauses if there is an expression of order, proposal, request, recommendation, suggestion, desire, necessity, importance, obligation, arrangement, demand, advise, etc. in the principal clause.
The type of the subordinate clause depends upon the syntactic structure of the principal clause. Thus, ... that we should start early may be a) the subject clause; b) the predicative clause; c) the object clause; d) the attributive appositive clause like in the following examples:
a) It was suggested that we should start early.
b) Her suggestion was that we should start early.
c) She suggested that we should start early.
d) We discussed her suggestion that we should start early.
[2] The forms of the subjunctive mood show that the action is unreal, i.e. "she speaks like a native, but she is not a native in fact". In colloquial English the indicative mood is often used in these clauses: She speaks English so well as if she is a native; She is so pale as if she was ill for some time. Clauses following link verbs be. feel, look, seem, smell, sound, taste should be treated in the analysis as predicative clauses(see pattern 7.2.3). E.g.: She looks as if she were angry.