got together to resurrect the innings

[Jignesh77]

Grammar check please <-----Request from original thread title added to post by moderator (Florentia52)----->

Steven Smith (59) and Travis Head (39) got together to resurrect the innings, ending up with a 76-run stand

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Steve smith and Travis Head :subject

Got together: main verb

To resurrect the innings: infinitive phrase acting adverbially( why question or purpose)

Ending up with a 76-run stand: present participle phrase modifying the innings and thus acting as an adjective

Thanks.

 

[PaulQ]

As I see it.

Steve Smith and Travis Head :subject -> agree

Got together: main verb -> agree

To resurrect the innings: infinitive phrase acting adverbially( why question or purpose) -> agree - in order to resurrect...

Ending up with a 76-run stand: present participle phrase as a supplementary modifier of the noun phrase Steve Smith and Travis Head

The sentence can be seen as
Steven Smith (59) and Travis Head (39)... ending up with a 76-run stand.

 

[Jignesh77]

Thanks. If it modifies the NP, is it not adjective then? Are supplementary modifiers different than normal adjectives?
Something ends up so I thought something must "inings"-
Ininings ending up...

 

[PaulQ]

If it modifies the NP, is it not adjective then

It is probably a reduced non-defining relative adjectival clause, and thus

Consider:
Steven Smith (59) and Travis Head (39), ending up with a 76-run stand, got together to resurrect the innings =
Steven Smith (59) and Travis Head (39), who ended up with a 76-run stand, got together to resurrect the innings.

 

[Jignesh77]

Perfect! So like a reduced relative clause is it an adjective?

 

[Jignesh77]

Sorry I think you have mentioned it already!