Grammar for Everyone - Barbara Dykes 2007
Adverbial clause of result
Introduction
Part II The parts of speech
This clause tells us something which happened as a result of another happening.
Finite verbs: likes, reads
Main clause: my sister likes insects
My sister likes insects so she reads about them in the encyclopedia.
Conjunction: so
Subordinate clause: she reads about them in the encyclopedia
Adverbial clause of result, modifying the verb ’likes’ in the main clause
Complex sentence