Can an adjective clause modify an adverb clause?
I have read this sentence and got slightly confused.
When my mother, who was only 18 when she had me, told me I should wait until I got older to marry Lucy, I knew she was really happy I met the right person.
— Adam from engvid.com via Wikipedia Republished
In this sentence when my mother is an adverb clause and who was only 18 she had me is an adjective clause.
I know an adverb can modify an adjective, but not vice versa. I believe in this sentence that an adjective clause is modifying an adverb clause.
I am curious to know what this adverb clause is modifying.
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I have read this sentence and got slightly confused.
When my mother, who was only 18 when she had me, told me I should wait until I got older to marry Lucy, I knew she was really happy I met the right person.
— Adam from engvid.com via Wikipedia Republished
In this sentence when my mother is an adverb clause and who was only 18 she had me is an adjective clause.
I know an adverb can modify an adjective, but not vice versa. I believe in this sentence that an adjective clause is modifying an adverb clause.
I am curious to know what this adverb clause is modifying.
adjectives adverbs
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The phrase (who was only 18 when she had me) modifies the noun 'mother'.
– Kate Bunting
yesterday
ohh thx @KateBunting ,and does this the adverb clause is modifying something in this sentence?
– joe gates
yesterday
1
A couple of problems: There is no main clause, so your example is not a complete sentence but just one large temporal adjunct headed by "when". The relative clause (your adjective clause) is a supplementary (non-defining) one and hence is not a modifier, though it has "my mother" as its semantic 'anchor'.
– BillJ
yesterday
@BillJ i have updated the sentence, thanks for your consideration
– joe gates
yesterday
1
Your first sentence is still not a sentence. Also your second sentence makes no sense either. If you are making your own sentences up, this is proofreading. If you really are quoting from something you read, please quote it exactly.
– Andrew Leach♦
yesterday
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I have read this sentence and got slightly confused.
When my mother, who was only 18 when she had me, told me I should wait until I got older to marry Lucy, I knew she was really happy I met the right person.
— Adam from engvid.com via Wikipedia Republished
In this sentence when my mother is an adverb clause and who was only 18 she had me is an adjective clause.
I know an adverb can modify an adjective, but not vice versa. I believe in this sentence that an adjective clause is modifying an adverb clause.
I am curious to know what this adverb clause is modifying.
adjectives adverbs
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I have read this sentence and got slightly confused.
When my mother, who was only 18 when she had me, told me I should wait until I got older to marry Lucy, I knew she was really happy I met the right person.
— Adam from engvid.com via Wikipedia Republished
In this sentence when my mother is an adverb clause and who was only 18 she had me is an adjective clause.
I know an adverb can modify an adjective, but not vice versa. I believe in this sentence that an adjective clause is modifying an adverb clause.
I am curious to know what this adverb clause is modifying.
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The phrase (who was only 18 when she had me) modifies the noun 'mother'.
– Kate Bunting
yesterday
ohh thx @KateBunting ,and does this the adverb clause is modifying something in this sentence?
– joe gates
yesterday
1
A couple of problems: There is no main clause, so your example is not a complete sentence but just one large temporal adjunct headed by "when". The relative clause (your adjective clause) is a supplementary (non-defining) one and hence is not a modifier, though it has "my mother" as its semantic 'anchor'.
– BillJ
yesterday
@BillJ i have updated the sentence, thanks for your consideration
– joe gates
yesterday
1
Your first sentence is still not a sentence. Also your second sentence makes no sense either. If you are making your own sentences up, this is proofreading. If you really are quoting from something you read, please quote it exactly.
– Andrew Leach♦
yesterday
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The phrase (who was only 18 when she had me) modifies the noun 'mother'.
– Kate Bunting
yesterday
ohh thx @KateBunting ,and does this the adverb clause is modifying something in this sentence?
– joe gates
yesterday
1
A couple of problems: There is no main clause, so your example is not a complete sentence but just one large temporal adjunct headed by "when". The relative clause (your adjective clause) is a supplementary (non-defining) one and hence is not a modifier, though it has "my mother" as its semantic 'anchor'.
– BillJ
yesterday
@BillJ i have updated the sentence, thanks for your consideration
– joe gates
yesterday
1
Your first sentence is still not a sentence. Also your second sentence makes no sense either. If you are making your own sentences up, this is proofreading. If you really are quoting from something you read, please quote it exactly.
– Andrew Leach♦
yesterday
2
2
The phrase (who was only 18 when she had me) modifies the noun 'mother'.
– Kate Bunting
yesterday
The phrase (who was only 18 when she had me) modifies the noun 'mother'.
– Kate Bunting
yesterday
ohh thx @KateBunting ,and does this the adverb clause is modifying something in this sentence?
– joe gates
yesterday
ohh thx @KateBunting ,and does this the adverb clause is modifying something in this sentence?
– joe gates
yesterday
1
1
A couple of problems: There is no main clause, so your example is not a complete sentence but just one large temporal adjunct headed by "when". The relative clause (your adjective clause) is a supplementary (non-defining) one and hence is not a modifier, though it has "my mother" as its semantic 'anchor'.
– BillJ
yesterday
A couple of problems: There is no main clause, so your example is not a complete sentence but just one large temporal adjunct headed by "when". The relative clause (your adjective clause) is a supplementary (non-defining) one and hence is not a modifier, though it has "my mother" as its semantic 'anchor'.
– BillJ
yesterday
@BillJ i have updated the sentence, thanks for your consideration
– joe gates
yesterday
@BillJ i have updated the sentence, thanks for your consideration
– joe gates
yesterday
1
1
Your first sentence is still not a sentence. Also your second sentence makes no sense either. If you are making your own sentences up, this is proofreading. If you really are quoting from something you read, please quote it exactly.
– Andrew Leach♦
yesterday
Your first sentence is still not a sentence. Also your second sentence makes no sense either. If you are making your own sentences up, this is proofreading. If you really are quoting from something you read, please quote it exactly.
– Andrew Leach♦
yesterday
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When the car
which was full of circus clowns
passed through the remote village,
the villagers just shook their heads and said "These city folk".
The temporal adjunct clause is "When the car ... passed through the village".
The relative clause "which was full of circus clowns" describes "the car", but the clause is not distinguishing the car from other nearby cars so that you would know which car was meant; the clause is merely a descriptor, extra info.
The main clause is "the villagers just shook their heads and said 'These city folk' "
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Upvoted for your wonderful example.
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In English all adverb clauses are introduced by a subordinator "when my mother" is an adverb clause of time(dependent clause). The next grammatical item "who was just 18" is a relative or adjectival clause and it functions as a complement to the Subject "my mother"
Let us look critically at this structure;
- "When my mother, who (she) was just 18.....,"
Hence, who refers to the antecedent...."my mother" and it functions as the Subject.
So let us look at it in this way
1. ".........she was just 18"
In English only complements (Adjectives) come after a copula or linking verb.
Therefore, making it an an adjective clause.
However, the adjective clause "who was just 18" does not modify the any adverb in this context.
Moreover, the clause when she had me is an adverb clause of time which qualifies the NP my mother.
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When the car
which was full of circus clowns
passed through the remote village,
the villagers just shook their heads and said "These city folk".
The temporal adjunct clause is "When the car ... passed through the village".
The relative clause "which was full of circus clowns" describes "the car", but the clause is not distinguishing the car from other nearby cars so that you would know which car was meant; the clause is merely a descriptor, extra info.
The main clause is "the villagers just shook their heads and said 'These city folk' "
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When the car
which was full of circus clowns
passed through the remote village,
the villagers just shook their heads and said "These city folk".
The temporal adjunct clause is "When the car ... passed through the village".
The relative clause "which was full of circus clowns" describes "the car", but the clause is not distinguishing the car from other nearby cars so that you would know which car was meant; the clause is merely a descriptor, extra info.
The main clause is "the villagers just shook their heads and said 'These city folk' "
answered yesterday
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Upvoted for your wonderful example.
– Peter Shor
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When the car
which was full of circus clowns
passed through the remote village,
the villagers just shook their heads and said "These city folk".
The temporal adjunct clause is "When the car ... passed through the village".
The relative clause "which was full of circus clowns" describes "the car", but the clause is not distinguishing the car from other nearby cars so that you would know which car was meant; the clause is merely a descriptor, extra info.
The main clause is "the villagers just shook their heads and said 'These city folk' "
answered yesterday
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When the car
which was full of circus clowns
passed through the remote village,
the villagers just shook their heads and said "These city folk".
The temporal adjunct clause is "When the car ... passed through the village".
The relative clause "which was full of circus clowns" describes "the car", but the clause is not distinguishing the car from other nearby cars so that you would know which car was meant; the clause is merely a descriptor, extra info.
The main clause is "the villagers just shook their heads and said 'These city folk' "
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Upvoted for your wonderful example.
– Peter Shor
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Upvoted for your wonderful example.
– Peter Shor
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Upvoted for your wonderful example.
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In English all adverb clauses are introduced by a subordinator "when my mother" is an adverb clause of time(dependent clause). The next grammatical item "who was just 18" is a relative or adjectival clause and it functions as a complement to the Subject "my mother"
Let us look critically at this structure;
- "When my mother, who (she) was just 18.....,"
Hence, who refers to the antecedent...."my mother" and it functions as the Subject.
So let us look at it in this way
1. ".........she was just 18"
In English only complements (Adjectives) come after a copula or linking verb.
Therefore, making it an an adjective clause.
However, the adjective clause "who was just 18" does not modify the any adverb in this context.
Moreover, the clause when she had me is an adverb clause of time which qualifies the NP my mother.
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In English all adverb clauses are introduced by a subordinator "when my mother" is an adverb clause of time(dependent clause). The next grammatical item "who was just 18" is a relative or adjectival clause and it functions as a complement to the Subject "my mother"
Let us look critically at this structure;
- "When my mother, who (she) was just 18.....,"
Hence, who refers to the antecedent...."my mother" and it functions as the Subject.
So let us look at it in this way
1. ".........she was just 18"
In English only complements (Adjectives) come after a copula or linking verb.
Therefore, making it an an adjective clause.
However, the adjective clause "who was just 18" does not modify the any adverb in this context.
Moreover, the clause when she had me is an adverb clause of time which qualifies the NP my mother.
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In English all adverb clauses are introduced by a subordinator "when my mother" is an adverb clause of time(dependent clause). The next grammatical item "who was just 18" is a relative or adjectival clause and it functions as a complement to the Subject "my mother"
Let us look critically at this structure;
- "When my mother, who (she) was just 18.....,"
Hence, who refers to the antecedent...."my mother" and it functions as the Subject.
So let us look at it in this way
1. ".........she was just 18"
In English only complements (Adjectives) come after a copula or linking verb.
Therefore, making it an an adjective clause.
However, the adjective clause "who was just 18" does not modify the any adverb in this context.
Moreover, the clause when she had me is an adverb clause of time which qualifies the NP my mother.
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In English all adverb clauses are introduced by a subordinator "when my mother" is an adverb clause of time(dependent clause). The next grammatical item "who was just 18" is a relative or adjectival clause and it functions as a complement to the Subject "my mother"
Let us look critically at this structure;
- "When my mother, who (she) was just 18.....,"
Hence, who refers to the antecedent...."my mother" and it functions as the Subject.
So let us look at it in this way
1. ".........she was just 18"
In English only complements (Adjectives) come after a copula or linking verb.
Therefore, making it an an adjective clause.
However, the adjective clause "who was just 18" does not modify the any adverb in this context.
Moreover, the clause when she had me is an adverb clause of time which qualifies the NP my mother.
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The phrase (who was only 18 when she had me) modifies the noun 'mother'.
– Kate Bunting
yesterday
ohh thx @KateBunting ,and does this the adverb clause is modifying something in this sentence?
– joe gates
yesterday
1
A couple of problems: There is no main clause, so your example is not a complete sentence but just one large temporal adjunct headed by "when". The relative clause (your adjective clause) is a supplementary (non-defining) one and hence is not a modifier, though it has "my mother" as its semantic 'anchor'.
– BillJ
yesterday
@BillJ i have updated the sentence, thanks for your consideration
– joe gates
yesterday
1
Your first sentence is still not a sentence. Also your second sentence makes no sense either. If you are making your own sentences up, this is proofreading. If you really are quoting from something you read, please quote it exactly.
– Andrew Leach♦
yesterday