Not P but Moby-Dick (33)

Mark Kohut mark.kohut at gmail.com
Sat Oct 28 17:09:12 UTC 2023


The abandoned boat.

On Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 1:03 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> From Chapter 48:
>
> Floating on the waves we saw the abandoned boat, as for one instant it
> tossed and gaped beneath the ship’s bows like a chip at the base of a
> cataract; and then the vast hull rolled over it, and it was seen no more
> till it came up weltering astern.
>
> What's the subject of "Floating on the waves", "we" or "the abandoned
> boat"?
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