Help! Parse this sentence for me.

[Calizzy]

I didn’t buy the teacher manual and I’m struggling to help dd with this sentence-

Seeing that his strength would be wasted in such toil, Hercules went to work with his brain as well.

specifically, label the nouns and verbs.

[Momto6inIN]

Nouns: strength, toil, Hercules, brain

Verbs: would be wasted, went

"seeing" looks like a verb but is a participial modifying "Hercules"

"to work" also looks like a verb but is an infinitive acting as an adverb modifying "went"

At least that's how I'd parse it using Analytical Grammar, I could be wrong.

[Shoes+Ships+SealingWax]

On 9/29/2021 at 11:35 AM, Calizzy said:

Seeing that his strength would be wasted in such toil, Hercules went to work with his brain as well.

Seeing that (n) his (pron) strength (n) would be (v) wasted (n) in (prep) such (adj) toil (n), Hercules (n) went (v) to work (n) with (prep) his (pron) brain (n) as well (adv). 

Everything before the comma is part of a dependent clause, the subject for which is “strength” & the predicate is “would be”. For the independent clause following the comma, the subject is Hercules & the predicate is went. 

“Seeing that” is a participle phrase which acts as a single noun. “To work” is an infinitive, which also acts as a noun. “In such toil” is a prepositional phrase, as is “with his brain”. 

Edited September 30, 2021 by Shoes+Ships+SealingWax

[Calizzy]

Thank you!