I need to call my friend David ____ coat I walked off by mistake yesterday.
I主语,need to call谓语,my friend宾语,David宾语同位语,in whose coat……穿着(某人的)外套…… 做直接宾语;
in whose coat……部分可理解为:I walked off in his coat by mistake yesterday(我昨天穿着他的外套离开的.)
call sb.sth在这里理解为“呼叫(某人)某事,原句可译为:我打电话告诉我的朋友大卫,昨天走时穿错了他的外套.)为什么是 in whose coat所引导的是一个宾语从句,原句结构是这样的:I walked off in his coat by mistake yesterday