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1. Clause Types from The Heart of Darkness
In the text below, identify each clause by its Main Verb Phrase:
The tidal current runs to and fro in its unceasing
service, crowded with memories of men and ships
it had borne to the rest of home or to the battles of
the sea. It had known and served all the men of
whom the nation is proud, from Sir Francis Drake to
Sir John Franklin, knights all, titled and untitled—
the great knights-errant of the sea.

2. Clause Types from The Heart of Darkness
In the text below, identify each clause by its Main Verb Phrase:
The tidal current runs to and fro in its unceasing
service, crowded with memories of men and ships
it had borne to the rest of home or to the battles of
the sea. It had known and served all the men of
whom the nation is proud, from Sir Francis Drake to
Sir John Franklin, knights all, titled and untitled—
the great knights-errant of the sea.

3. Clause Types from The Heart of Darkness
In the text below, identify each clause by its Main Verb Phrase:
The tidal current runs to and fro in its unceasing
service, crowded with memories of men and ships
it had borne to the rest of home or to the battles of
the sea. It had known and served all the men of
whom the nation is proud, from Sir Francis Drake to
Sir John Franklin, knights all, titled and untitled—
the great knights-errant of the sea.

4. Clause Types from The Heart of Darkness
In the text below, identify each clause by its Main Verb Phrase:
The tidal current runs to and fro in its unceasing
service, crowded with memories of men and ships
it had borne to the rest of home or to the battles of
the sea. It had known and served all the men of
whom the nation is proud, from Sir Francis Drake to
Sir John Franklin, knights all, titled and untitled—
the great knights-errant of the sea.

5. Clause Types from The Heart of Darkness
In the text below, identify each clause by its Main Verb Phrase:
The tidal current runs to and fro in its unceasing
service, crowded with memories of men and ships
it had borne to the rest of home or to the battles of
the sea. It had known and served all the men of
whom the nation is proud, from Sir Francis Drake to
Sir John Franklin, knights all, titled and untitled—
the great knights-errant of the sea.

6. Clause Types from The Heart of Darkness
In the text below, identify each clause by its Main Verb Phrase:
The tidal current runs to and fro in its unceasing
service, crowded with memories of men and ships
it had borne to the rest of home or to the battles of
the sea. It had known and served all the men of
whom the nation is proud, from Sir Francis Drake to
Sir John Franklin, knights all, titled and untitled—
the great knights-errant of the sea.
There are four clauses in this sentence.

7. Identify the clauses by Clause Type:
1. The tidal current runs to and fro
2. [that] it had borne
3. It had known and served all the men
4. whom the nation is proud
Clause Types from The Heart of Darkness

8. Identify the clauses by Clause Type:
1. The tidal current runs to and fro
Form: INDEPENDENT CLAUSE
Function: INDEPENDENT CLAUSE
runs - intransitive verb (followed by optional
adverbial phrase)
Clause Type I
Clause Types from The Heart of Darkness

9. Identify the clauses by Clause Type:
2. [that] it had borne
Form: RELATIVE CLAUSE - DEPENDENT
Function: ADJECTIVAL (modifies MEN AND SHIPS)
had borne - intransitive verb (followed by optional
adverbial)
Clause Type I
Clause Types from The Heart of Darkness

10. Identify the clauses by Clause Type:
3. It had known and served all the men
Form: INDEPENDENT CLAUSE
Function: INDEPENDENT CLAUSE
had known and served - transitive verb (followed
by nominal - direct object)
Clause Type V
Clause Types from The Heart of Darkness

11. Identify the clauses by Clause Type:
4. whom the nation is proud
Form: INTERROGATIVE CLAUSE - DEPENDENT
Function: NOMINAL (object of the preposition OF)
is - linking verb (followed by adjectival subject
complement)
Clause Type III
Clause Types from The Heart of Darkness

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