Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Analysis of a sentence
A sorcerer, the protagonist got into his best friend Luke's dream about "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."
He can't get out of this dream and stays at a bar sipping beer.
Then a Jabberwock emerges from somewhere.
The burbling grew louder and I saw the shadow of the Jabberwock gliding among distant trees, eyes like landing light, lots of sharp edges for biting and catching. . . .
["Blood of Amber" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny]
I'd like to know if "eyes" and "edges" are objects of "saw."
Thank you in advance for your help.
He can't get out of this dream and stays at a bar sipping beer.
Then a Jabberwock emerges from somewhere.
The burbling grew louder and I saw the shadow of the Jabberwock gliding among distant trees, eyes like landing light, lots of sharp edges for biting and catching. . . .
["Blood of Amber" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny]
I'd like to know if "eyes" and "edges" are objects of "saw."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
This is elliptical. "
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This is elliptical. The complete sentence would be something like: "The burbling grew louder and I saw the shadow of the Jabberwock gliding among distant trees; it (the Jabberwock) had eyes like landing lights, and it had lots of sharp edges for biting and catching..."
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Probably not. It probably means:
The burbling grew louder and I saw the shadow of the Jabberwock gliding among distant trees; his eyes (were) like landing lights; there were / he had lots of sharp edges for biting and catching
The burbling grew louder and I saw the shadow of the Jabberwock gliding among distant trees; his eyes (were) like landing lights; there were / he had lots of sharp edges for biting and catching
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