Question

请问有哪位英语高手帮我分析下这个句子嘛

Having little understanding of natural causes, it attributes both desirable and undesirable occurrences to supernatural or magical forces, and it searches for means to win the favor of these forces.
Having little understanding of natural causes是原因状语吗？

Perceiving an apparent connection between certain actions performed by the group and the result it desires, the group repeats, refines and formalizes those actions into fixed ceremonies, or rituals.
Perceiving是状语前置吗？这个句子的主语呢？
Perceiving an apparent connection between certain actions performed by the group and the result it desires是目的状语吗？performed by the group是action的定语对吗？这里performed是非谓语动词吗？

Answer 1

1. Having little understanding of natural causes是现在分词短语作原因状语。

2. Perceiving an apparent connection between certain actions performed by the group and the result it desires也是现在分词短语作原因状语。主语是the group。
performed by the group是action的定语，我们知道，短语作定语一般是放在中心词的后面的。

这里performed是非谓语动词。只要是不作谓语的动词，都是非谓语动词。这里performed作定语，当然要用非谓语动词的形式了。

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那请问这句话的定语是什么呢？

追答

这句话的定语是什么？这个问法不科学。只有名词才有定语，句子没有定语。

Answer 2

1. having little understanding of natural causes是现在分词短语作原因状语。
2. perseiving......desires也是现在分词作原因状语。performed by the group是过去分词短语作定语修饰action,整句话的主句是the group repeats, refines and ...，主语是the group