20140610 Japan’s prime minister told the Diet

Japan’s prime minister told the Diet on Monday he would boost his efforts toward restarting commercial whaling, despite a top U.N. court’s order that Tokyo must stop killing whales in the Antarctic.

Data source: Japan Today

Q:次の動詞の S「V」O は何ですか?

[told]

[boost]

[restarting]

(must) [stop]

A:
(Japan’s) prime minister [told] the Diet
OK!

he [(would) boost] his efforts
OK!

his efforts (toward) [restarting] commercial whaling
OK!
これは、主語がわかりにくいですね。
[restarting] commercial whaling

Tokyo [(must) stop] killing whales
OK!

Q:「前」+O のメインの名詞は何ですか?説明しているのは何ですか?

[on] Monday

[toward] restarting

[despite] a (top) (U.N. court’s) order

[in] the Antarctic.

A:
told the Diet ← [on] Monday
OK!

his efforts ← [toward] restarting
OK!

restarting commercial whaling ← [despite] a (top U.N. court’s) order
OK!

killing whales ← [in] the Antarctic.
OK!

Q:次の準動詞は名詞、形容詞、副詞?説明しているのは何ですか?

A:

[restarting]・・・名詞
[restarting] a commercial whaling
OK!

[killing]・・・名詞
[killing] a whales in the Antarctic
OK!

Q:この関係詞は、何を説明していますか?関係詞節で抜けているのは何ですか?

A:
説明しているもの

a top U.N. court’s order ← [that] Tokyo must stop killing whales in the Antarctic.

That 同格?名詞?

抜けているもの
なし
OK!

そうですね。
これは、前置詞 despite の目的語の部分ですので、order は名詞ですね。
ですので、同格が良いでしょうね。

Q:説明関係を意識して文を読みます。

Japan’s prime minister told the Diet on Monday he would boost his efforts toward restarting commercial whaling,

A:

(Japan’s prime) minister [told] the Diet (on Monday)

he [would boost] his efforts
toward restarting (commercial) whaling,

despite a top U.N. court’s order
that

Tokyo [must stop] killing whales (in the Antarctic).

OK!