这是一个倒装句.Next to her是地点状语crouched 是谓语the statuette of a leopard是主句ready to spring down at the top drawer of the filing cabinet整个短语做状语. 这样的题是因为地点状语被强调放在句首.所以就把谓语提到主句之前构成了完全倒装句.现如 In the village lived an old man.
next to her 地点状语, crouched 谓语,the statuette of a leopard 主语,ready to spring down at the top drawer of the filing cabinet,形容词短语作方式状语。这是个倒装句,通常是:The statuette of a leopard crouched next to her,ready to...