伊索寓言的英文疑問?

2019-01-11 8:31 pm
A slave named Androcles once escaped from his master and fled to the forest. As he was wandering about there he came upon a lion lying down moaning and groaning. At first he turned to flee, but finding that the lion did not pursue him, he turned back and went up to him. As he came near, the lion put out his paw, which was all swollen and bleeding, and Androcles found that a huge thorn had got into it, and was causing all the pain.

turned to flee ,but finding..這裡為何是用finding? 而不是found? 連結詞but後的動詞不是與前句的動詞turned要一樣用過去式嗎?

and was causing all the pain. 這裡was的前面是不是省略了 a huge thorn? 原句是 a huge thorn was causing all the pain?
更新1:

但but當介系詞好像是 "除了"等同於except @@

回答 (2)

2019-01-13 1:18 am
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finding---gerund;
and had but---conjunction+be+adv meaning only.
It being an Androcles-------Absolute construction=It being a slave.
the escaped slave------>=who is the escaped slave, adj phr.----------,
who later had the finding(gerund)(1) as Absolute construction element
who turned to fleeing(2)---->,clause,gerund, Absolute construction element
a thorn in causing all the pain(3)--------->Absolute construction in the (-ing form) non-finite, verbless,as a phrase, causing meaning in past participle element
"and" "had but" the finding (4)that-------->but=adv meaning only;finding=gerund; that="are compelled to" as noun cl.--as Absolute construction phrase element
he(5)------->subject of Absolute Construction ;meaning he was trying to do etc. etc. etc. etc. connecting of 4 noun and 4 participles and perhaps with 4 other accompanying words. An Absolute phrase 4 is usually used adverbially here.
Hence the sentence in Absolute Construction:-
It being Androdes,
the escapes slave,
who later had the finding (1),
who turned to fleeing (2),
a thorn is causing the pain(3),
and had but the finding(4),
he----------subject of the Absolute Construction.
2019-01-12 8:07 pm
1.Turn to 是片語
[TRANSITIVE] [turn to something] to start doing something new or different from what you were doing before – 開始做一件新的或與之前所做不同的事
Karras, the ex-football star who later turned to acting
Karras, 之前是足球明星,後來做表演
所以Turned to flee就是開始逃跑
2.“but” 的詞性可多了,除連接詞,也可是介系詞、副詞、代名詞(請查字典)。
介系詞後面通常接名詞、代名詞或動名詞
所以,but (介系詞) finding(動名詞) that(finding的受詞)
另“and” 的詞性只為連接詞
因此… turned to flee and found that… 則是合理


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