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, why and 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.
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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
Im going to speak about (on)/ to report on
Ill start my information saying that
Id like to tell a few words about/ to draw ones attention to
Speaking about I cant 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 readers 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
Thats 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.
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