这句话的语法分析

<>的第一句:
At length I returned from two weeks leave of absence to find that my patrons had arrived three days ago in Roulettenberg

请问这个to 的从句是怎么引出来的呢?At length xxx to Or return from XXX to ?

At length
I returned from two weeks leave of absence这句话就是主句
to find that my patrons had arrived three days ago in Roulettenberg这是不定式作结果状语,一般用only to,往往表示意料之外或者不愉快的结果

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好像确实如果是only to 感觉句子就对了, thanks a lot :grin:

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from A to B结构,A和B是并列成分,此句中from后是名词短语,to后是动词+that从句,故不是from … to …,而是to do不定式结构。进而可知是非谓语成分,找主干时可以直接划掉,就剩下 At length I returned from two weeks leave of absence. 如果知道return from短语,那句意就不难理解了。

你的回答是认真的吗(⊙x⊙;)二楼才是正解。

二楼才是正解!

seriously

I returned
I returned from leave of absence
I returned from two weeks leave of absence
I returned from two weeks leave of absence to find
I returned from two weeks leave of absence to find that my patrons had arrived three days ago in Roulettenberg
At length I returned from two weeks leave of absence to find that my patrons had arrived three days ago in Roulettenberg
不定式里嵌套了that从句
另外,有几个语言点值得学习:
at length, return from, leave of absence

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(only) to find 表达意料之外的结果吧

我猜是不定式引导的从句做伴随状语,省略掉这部分,剩下句子还是完整的。