Курсовая работа: Complex composite sentence

That she knew of his weakness was not believed for a moment. (Braddon) (a subject clause).

What he meant was that he was sorry. (Dickens) (a subject and a predicative clause).

We were sure he would understand it when the time came round. (Daily Worker) (an extension clause, and an adverbial clause of time).

She was convinced he was failing in his duty as he did not possess a great reputation. (Black) (an object clause and an adverbial clause of cause).

They said I could apply for a second week if the doctor sent in a certificate. (Gilbert) (an object clause and an adverbial clause of condition).

Girl or no girl he did not want one that was not pretty. (Dreiser) (an attributive clause).

The mood of the predicate verb of a subordinate clause depends on the principal clause to a greater extent than its tense.

As noted, certain types of principal clauses are commonly correlated with the subjunctive mood in the subordinate clauses.

a) Clauses denoting subjective appraisal.

E. g. It is advisable that she be left in ignorance of the facts for a little while. (Stevenson).

It was essential that I should have a seat in the lower chamber. (Trollope). Incredible that she should never give him a chance to show that she had really loved him. (Galsworthy).

b) Clauses containing verbs and nouns denoting suggestion, demand, recommendation, insistence, perplexity, doubt, fear, anxiety, wish, etc.

He insisted that the boy remain in bed. (Cronin).

The demand that they should be forwarded to the company's office came at midnight. (The Worker).

At that moment she wished that she had not sent for him. (Eliot).

There is usually mood concord in conditional sentences.

E. g. If Savina were with him at this moment, his doubts and loneliness would evaporate. (Wilson). (Subjunctive, in both clauses.)

If she wanted to do anything better or move higher she must have more – a great deal more. (Dreiser). (Indicative, in both clauses.)

6. Types of Subordinate Clauses

Subject Clauses

The subject clause is the only one used in the function of a primary part of the sentence.

The peculiarity of the subject clause is its inalienability from the principal clause. Thus in the sentence What you mean is clear the subordinate clause What you mean is used as the subject. If it is cut off from the rest of the sentence, what remains (is clear) cannot be treated as a clause either in meaning or in structure. It is synsemantic 1 in the sense that it can be understood only in combination with its subordinate part.

Subject clauses are introduced by conjunctions (if, whether, that), conjunctive pro-nouns (who, which, what, whose, whichever, whoever, whatever, etc.) and pro-adverbs (how, when, where, why).

Why she left him is a mystery. (Jerome).

Complement Clauses

a) Predicative Clauses

The sentence The question is where he can be found consists of the principal clause the question is and the predicative clause where he can be found. The predicative complement, as usual, is at the same time the notional predicate.

Predicative clauses are introduced by the same conjunctions and pronouns as subject clauses. They are mostly attached to the link-verb to be in the principal clause, though they may occur with to look, to feel and some other links.

He felt as if something in him were collapsing. (Heym).