MOAMMAR GADHAFI DEAD: HOW REBELS KILLED THE DICTATOR?

By Jeffrey Kofman and Kelvin Dolak


Oct 21, 2011

1 Celebrations continued across Libya the day after Moammar Gadhafi was killed by

2 rebel forces in his hometown of Sirte, while details of the hours and minutes that led

3 up to his death begin to surface. Gadhafi's grisly final moments were captured on a 

4grainy cell phone video that shows the former Libyan leader surrounded by a frenzied 

5 mob of rebels. Men are seen grabbing at him, propping him up, and pummeling him 

6 while he can be seen dazed, attempting speech and bleeding profusely.
7The final hunt for Gadhafi began around 8 a.m. Thursday in Sirte, which is the former
8 leader's hometown and was one of the final loyalist strongholds of his regime. The 
9 rebels who took control of Libya in February began what they hoped would be their 
10 final offensive to conquer the town.

Source: ABCnews.go.com

Source: ABCnews.go.com

GRAMMATICAL ANALYSIS


Referents

LINE	REFERENT	WHAT DOES IT REFER TO?	FUNCTION	GRAMMATICAL CATEGORIES
2	his	hometown	Cataphoric	Possessive adjetive
2	while	To the previous idea		Contrast connector
2	that			Conjunction
4	that			Conjunction
4	by	A frenzied mob of rebels	Cataphoric	Preposition
5	him	Libyan leader	Anaphoric	Object Pronoun
7	which	Sirte	Anaphoric	Relative Pronoun
8	one	Sirte	Anaphoric	Indefinite Adj.
9	who	The rebels	Anaphoric	Relative Pronoun
9	what	To the following idea	Cataphoric	Relative Pronoun

VERBAL TENSES

LINE	VERB	MEANING	FUNCTION
1	Continued	Continuaron	Past simple
1	Was killed	Fue asesinado	Past participle
2-3	Led up	Siguieron-continuaron	Present simple
3	Begin	Empiezan	Present simple
3	Were captured	Fueron captados-grabados	Past simple
4	Shows	Mostrados	Present simple
4	Surrounded	Rodeado	Past simple
6	Can be seen dazed	Se le podía ver debilitado	Complex modal in passive voice
7	Began	Empezó-inició	Past simple
9	Took	Tomaron-obtuvieron	Past simple
9	Hoped	Esperaban-aspiraban	Past simple
9	Would be	Sería	Conditional
10	conquer	Controlar-dominar	Present simple

ING FORMS

LINE	-ING FORM	MEANING	FUNCTION
5	Grabbing	Gritándole	Present participle clous
5	Propping up	Arrastrándole	Present participle clous
5	Pummeling	Moviéndolo	Present participle clous
6	Attempting	Tratando-buscando	Present Progressive
6	Bleeding	Sangrando	Present Progressive

Source of the article: http://abcnews.go.com/International/moammar-gadhafi-dead-rebels-killed-dictator/story?id=14784776