Grammar Patterns

The Happy Prince 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 gone

  Trigger: had + gone

  His friends had gone away to Egypt six weeks before, but he had stayed behind, for he was in love with the most beautiful Reed.

• 完了形 過去完了

  had stayed

  Trigger: had + stayed

  His friends had gone away to Egypt six weeks before, but he had stayed behind, for he was in love with the most beautiful Reed.

• 完了形 過去完了

  had met

  Trigger: had + met

  He had met her early in the spring as he was flying down the river after a big yellow moth, and had been so attracted by her slender waist that he had stopped to talk to her.

• 完了形 過去完了

  had been

  Trigger: had + been

  He had met her early in the spring as he was flying down the river after a big yellow moth, and had been so attracted by her slender waist that he had stopped to talk to her.

• 完了形 過去完了

  had stopped

  Trigger: had + stopped

  He had met her early in the spring as he was flying down the river after a big yellow moth, and had been so attracted by her slender waist that he had stopped to talk to her.

• 完了形 過去完了

  had gone

  Trigger: had + gone

  After they had gone he felt lonely, and began to tire of his lady-love.

• 完了形 過去完了

  had opened

  Trigger: had + opened

  But before he had opened his wings, a third drop fell, and he looked up, and saw-- Ah!

• 完了形 過去完了

  had fallen

  Trigger: had + fallen

  The boy was tossing feverishly on his bed, and the mother had fallen asleep, she was so tired.

• 完了形 過去完了

  had done

  Trigger: had + done

  Then the Swallow flew back to the Happy Prince, and told him what he had done.

• 完了形 過去完了

  had seen

  Trigger: had + seen

  All the next day he sat on the Prince's shoulder, and told him stories of what he had seen in strange lands.

• 完了形 過去完了

  had seen

  Trigger: had + seen

  Then he flew back and told the Prince what he had seen.

• 完了形 過去完了

  had broken

  Trigger: had + broken

  At that moment a curious crack sounded inside the statue, as if something had broken.

• 完了形 過去完了

  had snapped

  Trigger: had + snapped

  The fact is that the leaden heart had snapped right in two.

• 完了形 現在完了

  have never seen

  Trigger: have + seen

  "How do you know?" said the Mathematical Master, "you have never seen one." "Ah!

• 完了形 現在完了

  has made

  Trigger: has + made

  "Where shall I put up?" he said; "I hope the town has made preparations." Then he saw the statue on the tall column.

• 完了形 現在完了

  have quite drenched

  Trigger: have + drenched

  "I am the Happy Prince." "Why are you weeping then?" asked the Swallow; "you have quite drenched me." "When I was alive and had a human heart," answered the statue, "I did not know what tears were, for I lived in the Palace of Sans-Souci, where sorrow is not allowed to enter.

• 完了形 現在完了

  have set

  Trigger: have + set

  And now that I am dead they have set me up here so high that I can see all the ugliness and all the misery of my city, and though my heart is made of lead yet I cannot choose but weep." "What!

• 完了形 現在完了

  have ordered

  Trigger: have + ordered

  "How wonderful the stars are," he said to her, "and how wonderful is the power of love!" "I hope my dress will be ready in time for the State-ball," she answered; "I have ordered passion-flowers to be embroidered on it; but the seamstresses are so lazy." He passed over the river, and saw the lanterns hanging to the masts of the ships.

• 完了形 現在完了

  have done

  Trigger: have + done

  "It is curious," he remarked, "but I feel quite warm now, although it is so cold." "That is because you have done a good action," said the Prince.

• 完了形 現在完了

  has made

  Trigger: has + made

  There is no fire in the grate, and hunger has made him faint." "I will wait with you one night longer," said the Swallow, who really had a good heart.

• 完了形 現在完了

  have left

  Trigger: have + left

  I have no ruby now," said the Prince; "my eyes are all that I have left.

• 完了形 現在完了

  have given

  Trigger: have + given

  Dear Prince, I must leave you, but I will never forget you, and next spring I will bring you back two beautiful jewels in place of those you have given away.

• 完了形 現在完了

  has let

  Trigger: has + let

  She has let her matches fall in the gutter, and they are all spoiled.

• 完了形 現在完了

  have stayed

  Trigger: have + stayed

  "Good-bye, dear Prince!" he murmured, "will you let me kiss your hand?" "I am glad that you are going to Egypt at last, little Swallow," said the Prince, "you have stayed too long here; but you must kiss me on the lips, for I love you." "It is not to Egypt that I am going," said the Swallow.

• 完了形 現在完了

  has fallen

  Trigger: has + fallen

  "The ruby has fallen out of his sword, his eyes are gone, and he is golden no longer," said the Mayor; "in fact, he is little better than a beggar!" "Little better than a beggar," said the Town Councillors.

• 完了形 現在完了進行形

  have been trifling

  Trigger: have + been + trifling

  "You have been trifling with me," he cried.

• 仮定法 as if 構文

  as if they were

  Trigger: as if/though + were

  The streets looked as if they were made of silver, they were so bright and glistening; long icicles like crystal daggers hung down from the eaves of the houses, everybody went about in furs, and the little boys wore scarlet caps and skated on the ice.

• 仮定法 as if 構文

  as if something had

  Trigger: as if/though + had

  At that moment a curious crack sounded inside the statue, as if something had broken.

• 仮定法 lest 構文

  lest people should think

  Trigger: lest + S + should + think

  "He is as beautiful as a weathercock," remarked one of the Town Councillors who wished to gain a reputation for having artistic tastes; "only not quite so useful," he added, fearing lest people should think him unpractical, which he really was not.

• 仮定法 仮定法現在

  if pleasure be happiness

  Trigger: if + S + be + happiness

  My courtiers called me the Happy Prince, and happy indeed I was, if pleasure be happiness.