Question

请教此英文句子的语法结构。

Little did they know when they relocated to this serene area that they would end up rearing their granddaughter, Margie. 句中did是助动词吗？好像是疑问句的句式呃。求高手讲解，分析句子成分。 Little 是主语吗？that是引导定语从句的吗？

Answer 1

这里用的是部分倒装的结构。
当never,
hardly,
seldom,
little,
few,
not
until,
not,
no,
no
sooner,
by
no
means,
under
no
circumstances等否定词置于句首时，其后要用部分倒装。如：
Never
did
I
see
him
again.
后来我再也没见到过他了。
Little
did
I
dream
that
the
girl
was
my
niece.
我做梦也没想到那女孩是我的侄女。
后面的句子用部分倒装，即将主语与助动词倒置，其结构与一般疑问句大致相同
little不是主语。主语还是they，they
know
little
when……是正常的语序。
that是引导定语从句