汤姆见到玛利亚准备哭了

Tom could see Mary was about ready to cry.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 汤姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 见到 jiàndào to see
3 玛利亚 Mǎlìyà Mary (biblical name)
4 准备 zhǔnbèi
  1. preparation
  2. to prepare
  3. to intend
  4. to be about to
  5. reserve (fund)
5 哭 kū to cry; to weep
=6 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=6 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)
=6 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=6 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào