RESOLVING SYNTACTIC AMBIGUITIES

1 Tarquinius rex Delphos ad consulendum oraculum duos filios mittere statuit. What is the syntactic function of the infinitive mittere? Part of indirect statement Complementary infinitive 2 Tarquinius rex Delphos ad consulendum oraculum duos filios mittere statuit. Itaque Titus et Arruns profecti sunt; comes iis additus est L. Iunius Brutus, sorore regis natus. What does iis refer to ? filii Titus et Arruns filii et Tarquinius profecti sunt 3 cupido incessit animos iuvenum quaerendi ad quem eorum regnum Romanum esset venturum. Which word in the sentence helps you to decide what kind of pronoun quem is? eorum iuuvenum quaerendi 4 cupido incessit animos iuvenum quaerendi ad quem eorum regnum Romanum esset venturum. Which word allows you to disambiguate regnum? venturum Romanum Esset venturum 5 Ex infimo specu vocem redditam dicunt Which word allows you to identify redditam as an infinitive with gapped esse? vocem dicunt specu 6 'Imperium summum Romae habebit ille qui vestrum primus, o iuvenes, osculum matri tulerit' Which word absolves the syntactic ambiguity from imperium? ille habebit qui 7 Brutus, ratus responsum dei aliud significare, Which word helps you to identify the syntactic function of significare? aliud responsum ratus 8 terrae osculum dedit, quod ea communis mater omnium esset. What helped you to decide whether quod is a relative pronoun or an adverbial causal clause marker? quod does not have a suitable antecedent (head), so it must be an adverbial causal clause marker quod does not have a function in its own clause, so it must be an adverbial causal clause marker quod has a suitable antecedent (osculum), so it must be a relative pronoun.