Identify the use of the infinitive phrase in the following sentence. jose's alarm went off to announce the day had begun. noun adjective adverb

The infinitive phrase "to announce the day had begun" is functioning as an adverb in this sentence.

We can tell this because it is giving us more information about the verb. The infinitive phrase is telling us WHY the alarm went off. Therefore, it is telling us more about the action of the sentence.

Tell has to decide whether to kill Gessler for forcing him to shoot the apple from his son's head.

Explanation:

The enmity between Gessler and Tell intensifies the moment Gesssler asks Tell to hit the apple in his son's head with an arrow. This is the main conflict between them, which affects the entire play, mainly, because Tell fears that he will kill his own son when trying to hit the apple. In this one after hitting the apple, Tell says that if he had killed his son, he would hit an arrow in Gessler's heart, causing Gessler to order Tell's arrest, which moves the entire plot of the theater piece.