I came across the following sentence:
The head of the committee never failed to carry herself with the
gravitas she felt was appropriate to her office.I feel that this construction came from “she felt the gravitas was appropriate to her office”, but here “the gravitas” seems to be the subject of a noun clause, rather than the object of verb “felt”. So how could it be translated into an attributive clause like “the gravitas she felt was appropriate to her office”?
Answer
The sentence contains a relative clause she felt was appropriate to her office that is integrated into the noun phrase the gravitas she felt was appropriate to her office. Putting that or which before the relative clause would make it obvious:
The head of the committee never failed to carry herself with the gravitas (that|which) she felt was appropriate to her office.
Note that either that or which is necessary if you leave out she felt:
The head of the committee never failed to carry herself with the gravitas that|which was appropriate to her office.
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