Final movement
A final clause (from the Latin finis 'goal, end'; also purpose clause , intention clause or desire clause ) is understood in grammar as a subordinate clause that specifies the purpose, the intention or the aim of the matter mentioned in the parent clause . It belongs to the adverbial clauses . It can be queried with the question "For what purpose?"
Final clauses are introduced with the conjunctions “thus”, “on that” (out of date), “that” or “around” (with too -infinitive) . Examples of final sentences:
- He goes to the doctor to get well.
- He lit a cigarette, in order to hide his nervousness.
- Be careful not to get run over.
- You will scream for help so that they can come with ladders and save you from a dove, from a dove! ( Patrick Süskind )
- You are to honor your father and mother so that you may be well and you may live long on earth.
With a fine language is by order and on that conditional However, the normal mode or subjunctive. Is now the indicative , especially in present tense contexts.
To-to-sentences were often only referred to as "final constructions" in older grammars. As infinitive constructions, they lack an inflected verb form and they also show no subject . However, they also have a final meaning and, like finite clauses, they are introduced by a conjunction ( um). In this case one speaks of a sentence-valued infinitive (see also under subordinate clause # infinitive clauses ). The subject of the infinitive is understood and is identified with the agent of the main clause.
See also
Web links
- The purpose set (last movement) in the online grammar canoonet
Individual evidence
- ↑ Duden. The grammar. 8th edition. Dudenverlag, Mannheim 2009, ISBN 978-3-411-04048-3 , p. 537 / § 780 f., P. 632 / § 951.
- ↑ Duden. The grammar. 8th edition. P. 852 ff.