Grammar Patterns

The Monkey's Paw 作品中の完了形・仮定法の文を、種類別に分類して並べています。

• 完了形 過去完了

  had lacked

  Trigger: had + lacked

  There was an air of prosaic wholesomeness about the room which it had lacked on the previous night, and the dirty, shrivelled little paw was pitched on the sideboard with a carelessness which betokened no great belief in its virtues.

• 完了形 過去完了

  had been

  Trigger: had + been

  White, in a dazed fashion, “yes.” He sat staring blankly out at the window, and taking his wife’s hand between his own, pressed it as he had been wont to do in their old courting-days nearly forty years before.

• 完了形 過去完了

  had lost

  Trigger: had + lost

  The talisman was in its place, and a horrible fear that the unspoken wish might bring his mutilated son before him ere he could escape from the room seized upon him, and he caught his breath as he found that he had lost the direction of the door.

• 完了形 過去完了

  had burned

  Trigger: had + burned

  The candle-end, which had burned below the rim of the china candlestick, was throwing pulsating shadows on the ceiling and walls, until, with a flicker larger than the rest, it expired.

• 完了形 完了不定詞

  to have taken

  Trigger: to have + taken

  Now look at him.” “He don’t look to have taken much harm,” said Mrs.

• 完了形 完了分詞

  having seen

  Trigger: having + seen

  White, who, having seen a fatal mistake after it was too late, was amiably desirous of preventing his son from seeing it.

• 完了形 完了分詞

  having examined

  Trigger: having + examined

  White as he took it from his son, and having examined it, placed it upon the table.

• 完了形 現在完了

  has caused

  Trigger: has + caused

  It has caused enough mischief already.

• 完了形 現在完了

  has been

  Trigger: has + been

  “He has been dead ten days, and besides he—I would not tell you else, but—I could only recognize him by his clothing.

• 完了形 現在完了

  have nursed

  Trigger: have + nursed

  “Do you think I fear the child I have nursed?” He went down in the darkness, and felt his way to the parlour, and then to the mantelpiece.

• 完了形 現在完了進行形

  has been telling

  Trigger: has + been + telling

  “If the tale about the monkey’s paw is not more truthful than those he has been telling us,” said Herbert, as the door closed behind their guest, just in time for him to catch the last train, “we sha’nt make much out of it.” “Did you give him anything for it, father?” inquired Mrs.

• 仮定法 as if 構文

  as though of something else to happen

  Trigger: as if/though + to-inf (happen)

  It was all over so quickly that at first they could hardly realize it, and remained in a state of expectation as though of something else to happen —something else which was to lighten this load, too heavy for old hearts to bear.

• 仮定法 助動詞 + 完了形

  must have been

  Trigger: must + have + been

  “As I wished, it twisted in my hand like a snake.” “Well, I don’t see the money,” said his son as he picked it up and placed it on the table, “and I bet I never shall.” “It must have been your fancy, father,” said his wife, regarding him anxiously.

• 仮定法 助動詞 + 完了形

  might have carried

  Trigger: might + have + carried

  “I beg that you will understand I am only their servant and merely obeying orders.” There was no reply; the old woman’s face was white, her eyes staring, and her breath inaudible; on the husband’s face was a look such as his friend the sergeant might have carried into his first action.

• 仮定法 仮定法過去

  If you only cleared the house, you’d be

  Trigger: if + past ... you’d + base

  “It seems to me I’ve got all I want.” “If you only cleared the house, you’d be quite happy, wouldn’t you?” said Herbert, with his hand on his shoulder.