what kind of sentence is this

Question

"The captain pursed his lips and glanced meaningfully at his first officer, who looked concerned.”

Answer 1

The sentence "The captain pursed his lips and glanced meaningfully at his first officer, who looked concerned" is a compound-complex sentence.

It contains:

1. Two independent clauses:

   • "The captain pursed his lips"
   • "glanced meaningfully at his first officer"

2. One dependent (subordinate) clause:

   • "who looked concerned" (which modifies "first officer")

This combination of independent and dependent clauses characterizes it as a compound-complex sentence.