+448.+ To analyze a complex sentence; that is, to break it up into its
different parts--treat the sentence first as a whole, then find the
simple subject and the simple predicate. If a noun clause is the
subject, treat it first as a noun. Treat adjective clauses as adjectives
modifying certain words and the adverb clauses as adverbs modifying
certain words.
In other words, analyze the sentence first as a simple sentence with
dependent clauses considered as modifying words; then analyze each
dependent clause as though it were a simple sentence. Make an outline
like the following and use it in your analysis of the sentence. Let us
take this sentence and analyze it:
Conscious solidarity in the ranks would give the working class of the
world, now, in our day, the freedom which they seek.
+Simple subject+, _solidarity_.
+Simple predicate+, _would give_.
Modifiers of the subject:
Adjective, _conscious_.
Adjective phrase, _in the ranks_.
Adjective clause, (_none_).
+Complete subject+, _Conscious solidarity in the ranks_.
Modifiers of the predicate:
Adverb, _now_.
Adverb phrase, _in our day_.
Adverb clause, (_none_).
+Direct object+, _freedom_.
Modifiers of direct object:
Adjective, _the_.
Adjective phrase, (_none_).
Adjective clause, _which they seek_,
+Indirect object+, _class_.
Modifiers of indirect object:
Adjectives, _the_, _working_.
Adjective phrase, _of the world_.
Adjective clause, (_none_).
+Complete predicate+, _would give the working class of the world,
now, in our day, the freedom which they seek_.
Analyze the dependent clause, _which they seek_, just as a principal
clause is analyzed. _They_ is the simple subject, _seek_ is the simple
predicate, _which_ is the direct object. The complete predicate is _seek
which_.
+449.+ Notice that the first two sentences given in the exercise below
are imperative sentences,--the subject, the pronoun _you_, being omitted
so that the entire sentence is the complete predicate. As for example:
_Take the place which belongs to you_. The omitted subject is the
pronoun _you_. _Take the place which belongs to you_ is the complete
predicate, made up of the simple predicate _take_; its object, the noun
_place_; the adjective _the_, and the adjective clause, _which belongs
to you_, both of which modify the noun _place_.