译文：老人穿着黑羔羊皮皮鞋的双脚撑着柱子。他转过身去，往对岸看了一眼，抱着桨柄，从嘴里拿出烟斗，用手背擦了擦下巴。
第一句：
主语：The old man's feet in their black kid shoes
谓语：braced
状语：against the uprights
第二句：
主语：He
谓语：turned
目的状语：to take a sight on the far shore
伴随状语：cradling the oarhandles, taking the pipe from his mouth to wipe his chin with the back of his hand