分析一个句子.Somanythousandsofterrifiedpeoplediedeverytimetherewasanoutbreak.上面这个句子中的therewasanoutbreak在这个句子中是什么成分?是time的定语吗?要是定语的话他的连接词是什么?

Question

分析一个句子.
So many thousands of terrified people died every time there was an outbreak.
上面这个句子中的there was an outbreak在这个句子中是什么成分?是time的定语吗?要是定语的话他的连接词是什么?

Answer 1

every time there was an outbreak是一个由名词性短语every time （=Whenever)引导的时间状语从句.这个从句可提到主句之前
主句是 So many thousands of terrified people died 即
Every time there was an outbreak,so many thousands of terrified people died
有许多名词短语可引导时间状语从句,如：the first time / the moment / .
The first time i saw him ,i began to like him =(When i saw him for the first time ,.)