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[raewon]

Once you have seen a caterpillar spin an amazing cocoon, you will be amazed.

Could someone please tell me what is the correct terminology for the
underlined part?

Thanks in advance.

[lifeinkorea]

Maybe they want, "Once you have seen an amazing cocoon spun by a caterpillar, you will be amazed."


Or, you could leave out "amazing". It is a bit redundant.

[markincal]

A noun phrase, perhaps?

[markincal]

Also, it's the direct object.

[raewon]

Thanks for the replies. I also had thought it might be a noun phrase... but then I questioned myself. markincal also put "perhaps" ... I wonder how much hesitation there is in that.

[lifeinkorea]

Oh, I misread the intent of the thread. I think it's first conditional time clause.

http://www.slideshare.net/tarirotari/first-conditional-time-clauses-presentation-3068316

[markincal]

"a caterpillar spin an amazing cocoon" can be seen as a discreet grammatical part of the sentence. It is "what is seen." It's a substantive. It functions as a noun that receives the action of beeing seen. The mood of the sentence is subjunctive but I think the particular phrase is what's in question.