What is the independent clause and dependent clause of the following :
"However, Chuck Tompkins, head of animal training at all SeaWorld parks, said Brancheau was rubbing the whale after a show when the whale grabbed her and pulled her in, the Associated Press reported."
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The quotation marks are not in the right place at the end. There should be an end quote following "in." The subject would be Associated Press. The verb would be reported.
I put the quotations in because the sentence was from a article...Would the independent cluase be "Chuck Tompkins/said" ,"Brancheas/was" ,"whale/grabbed" and "whale/pulled"? And the dependent be "Associated Press reported"?
The independent clause is Associated Press reported.
All the rest is a dependent noun clause ( direct object)
All the rest is a dependent noun clause ( direct object)