Question

求分析该段英语的句子结构

Many managers have intoned this mantra over the years but plenty of employees have probably thought to themselves that, deep down, executives place a higher value on the machines on the factory floor or cash in the bank

Answer 1

这是一个并列句，以but断开。
but前面的部分除了over the years作状语需要说明外，别的无需多说。
but之后的部分，除了deep down是插入语，用以强调executives place a higher value的程度外，其余部分作用如下：
plenty of employees作主语；
have thought作谓语，probably与to themselves作状语；
由that引导的从句executives…bank作宾语，从句中executives为主语，place为谓语，a higher value为宾语，on the machines…bank为地点状语（其中on the factory floor作定语修饰machines，cash前省略了介词on，严格讲是不应该省略的）。