Sentence analyse

Question

Can you help me analyze the following sentence:

Before the boat had been underway for ten minutes, I realized that Miss Bradley was a remarkable bore.

It has to be this pattern Example When I came home, I realized that I had forgotten to buy milk. 1) The sentence is composite because it contains three clauses( When I came home (1), I realized (2), that I had forgotten to buy bread (3). 2) The sentence is complex with the principal clause (I realized) and two subordinate clauses (When I came home; T had forgotten to buy bread) 3) The type of the first subordinate clause (When I came home) is adverbial clause of time, the type of the second subordinate clause (that I had forgotten to buy bread) is objective. 4) When I (personal subject) came (simple verbal predicate) home, I (personal subject) realized (simple verbal predicate) that I (personal subject) had forgotten (simple verbal predicate) to buy milk. 5) When (adverbial modifier of time) I came home (adverbial modifier of place), I realized that I had forgotten to buy (object) milk (object). 6) When (adverb) I (personal pronoun: 1st person, singular, nominative case), came (verb: past tense, indicative mood, non-perfect non-continuous aspect, active voice, first person, singular number) home, I (personal pronoun: 1st person, singular, nominative case), realized (verb: past tense, indicative mood, non-perfect non-continuous aspect, active voice, first person, singular number) that (demonstrative pronoun, singular) I (personal pronoun: 1st person, singular, nominative case), had forgotten (verb: past tense, indicative mood, perfect non-continuous aspect, active voice, first person, singular number) to buy (infinitive: active voice, non-perfect, no-continuous)

milk (uncountable noun: singular number, nominative case)

Answer 1

Before the boat had been underway for ten minutes, I realized that Miss Bradley was a remarkable bore.

(1) The sentence contains a non-restrictive clause at the beginning, meaning the author does not consider the words before the comma as absolutely necessary to the sentence's full meaning. The author indicates this by using a comma after the word "minutes." (2) The sentence refers to two different times. The first part uses a past perfect tense, "had been," indicating that the boat had left before the "I" realized Miss Bradley was boring. (3)

Before (adverb) the (definite article) boat (noun) had been underway (verb) for ten minutes (adverbial phrase), I (pronoun) realized (verb) that (conjunction) Miss Bradley (noun) was (verb) a (indefinite article) remarkable (adjective) bore (noun). (4) complex sentence (one independent and one dependent clause)

The best way to learn the sentence's structure is for you to write one with the same pattern.