In "the pardoner's tale," the old man tells the three rioters that they can find death beyond the grove. what is the old man's purpose? explain.

The answer which correctly analyzes each word’s part of speech in the sentence given is this:

During (prep), that (demonstrative adj), epidemic (n), early (adj), warnings (n), circulated (v), widely (adv).

During = indicates the preposition of time

That = modifies the noun epidemic

Early = modifies the noun warnings

Circulated = functions as an action word

Widely = modifies the verb circulated