《资治通鉴·魏纪·魏纪五》
杨阜大怒，责打他一百棍，数落他说： 国家对九卿没有秘密，反而对小吏有什么秘密吗？ 
阜怒，杖吏一百，数之曰： 国家不与九卿为密，反与小吏为密乎！ 
Yang Fu became enraged and beat him with one hundred sticks, and scolded him: “The country has no secrets from the Nine Ministers, but what secret does it have from a minor official?”
<s>[INST] Analyze the grammatical structure of the following Classical Chinese sentence and provide its English translation: 阜怒，杖吏一百，数之曰： 国家不与九卿为密，反与小吏为密乎！  [/INST] Grammatical analysis: The sentence is composed of a main clause and a subordinate clause. The main clause is 阜怒，杖吏一百，数之曰, which means "Yang Fu became enraged and beat him with one hundred sticks, and scolded him." The subordinate clause is 国家不与九卿为密，反与小吏为密乎, which means "The country has no secrets from the Nine Ministers, but what secret does it have from a minor official?" The main clause is in the active voice, while the subordinate clause is in the passive voice. The verb 杖 (beat) is in the active voice, and the object 吏 (official) is in the accusative case. The verb 数 (scold) is in the active voice, and the object 之 (him) is in the accusative case. The verb 与 (have) is in the passive voice, and the subject 国家 (country) is in the nominative case. The object 九卿 (Nine Ministers) is in the accusative case, and the object 小吏 (minor official) is also in the accusative case. English translation: Yang Fu became enraged and beat him with one hundred sticks, and scolded him: “The country has no secrets from the Nine Ministers, but what secret does it have from a minor official?”</s>
Analyze the grammatical structure of the following Classical Chinese sentence and provide its English translation: 阜怒，杖吏一百，数之曰： 国家不与九卿为密，反与小吏为密乎！
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Grammatical analysis: The sentence is composed of a main clause and a subordinate clause. The main clause is 阜怒，杖吏一百，数之曰, which means "Yang Fu became enraged and beat him with one hundred sticks, and scolded him." The subordinate clause is 国家不与九卿为密，反与小吏为密乎, which means "The country has no secrets from the Nine Ministers, but what secret does it have from a minor official?" The main clause is in the active voice, while the subordinate clause is in the passive voice. The verb 杖 (beat) is in the active voice, and the object 吏 (official) is in the accusative case. The verb 数 (scold) is in the active voice, and the object 之 (him) is in the accusative case. The verb 与 (have) is in the passive voice, and the subject 国家 (country) is in the nominative case. The object 九卿 (Nine Ministers) is in the accusative case, and the object 小吏 (minor official) is also in the accusative case. English translation: Yang Fu became enraged and beat him with one hundred sticks, and scolded him: “The country has no secrets from the Nine Ministers, but what secret does it have from a minor official?”
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