Question

Read this sentence: The wind blew, the leaves shook, and the birds flew away. Which best describes the structure of this sentence? A. This sentence uses a parallel structure but flips the position of the words. B. This sentence places each verb before its subject. C. This sentence places the object before the verb. D. This sentence uses parallel subjects and verbs.

Answer 1

D. this sentence uses parallel subjects and verbs

Answer 2

The answer to your question would be that the option that best describes the structure of this sentence is the following one: This sentence uses parallel subjects and verbs. Each of the verbs is preceded by their subject (at surface structure): The wind blew, the leaves shook, the birds flew away. This is the case because the three verbs are unaccusative verbs of movements which select only one argument.