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There was a very interesting remark in a bookey by an Englishman that I read recently giving what he though was a reason for this American characteristic.
这句话的主干是不是There was a very interesting remark，后面的
in a bookey by an Englishman that I read recently是不是介词短语作后置定语?
介词短语作后置定语的标准格式是不是介词+名词？
而giving what he though was a reason for this American characteristic是分词短语作后置定语?
分词短语的标准形式是不是也是分词+名词？
这里是一个what引导的名词性从句？
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这句话的主干是There was a very interesting remark。
in a bookey by an Englishman that I read recently是介词短语作后置定语。
介词短语作后置定语的标准格式是介词+名词。

giving what he though was a reason for this American characteristic是过去分词短语作Englishman的后置定语。
分词短语的标准形式是不是也是非谓语+宾语。
这里是一个what引导的宾语从句。

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可是解析上说giving那个后置定语是还是修饰remark的，如何避免判断失误？

追答

后面有个give he thought ，那么可以知道是作者给出一个他的一个什么想法。
所以，虽然解析可以蒙混过去，但是，实际的结构还是上述。