How do you parse this sentence?
... The two good phrases to delete are "you know" and "you might be thinking".
Which way of analysis is correct? Or neither is?
Pattern 1:
The two good phrases: subject
To delete: attributive
Are: linking verb
"You know" and "you might be thinking": predicative
Semantic function of infinitive: to indicate "propriety/obligation/necessity"[?]
Pattern 2:
......
To delete: predicative
"You know" and "you might be thinking": apposotive (of the subject "the two good phrases")
Underlying synonymous sentence in a more "common" word order: The two good phrases "You know" and "you might be thinking" are to delete.
Semantic function of fixed phrase "to be infinitive": to indicate propriety/obligation/necessaty