核心问题
He looked at the picture. 这类句子,如何进行句法分析?
词典解答
语法学家们对这类句子有两种分析方法:1. 把 look at 看作是介词动词 (prepositional verb), 而把 the picture 看作是介词 at 的宾语 (叫做介词宾语——prepositional object), 而不是 look at 的宾语, 即:
He looked at the picture. S V A
- 把 look at 看作是及物动词, 因而把 the picture 分析为 look at 的直接宾语。
He looked at the picture.
提出这种分析方法的语法学家们有一个很有说服力的论点:这类句子的宾语常常可以转换为被动句的主语:
The picture was looked at by him. 这幅画被他看过了。
练习题
请做下面的英语试题：
The background music in an assembly line is designed ____.
A. not being listened to B. being not listened to
C. not to be listened to D. to be not listened to(全国六级,95.1-47)