主语:their migration
谓语:have been set up
要点在于:先找谓语,最符合句子时态的以及相互间逻辑关系的动词,即为谓语.
例如这句,先找出可能作谓语的成分:have been set up ,caused.(fleeing以及并列的drying是分词,不可能作谓语).然后,此句无并列句,不可能同时作谓语,只能选其一.若后者做谓语,则前者成分无法解释;而前者作谓语,后者做定语即可.就是这样
their migration是主语,may have been set up是谓语。
通过分析句子的主谓结构就会很快找出。
谓语:may have been set up
主语:their migration
caused by 是后置定语修饰an increase in population
fleeing the desiccation, or drying, of the Sahara也是后置定语修饰a movement of people
their migration 主语,have been set up 谓语,前面是个完整的句子,后面的都是定语修饰前面的,比如caused by ,是被动,如果是谓语肯定有系动词