请英语高手帮我分析下这句的语法 There were hundreds of ropes going down to the stage below it ...这是书虫里的一个句子,应该不会有错,可是我怎么看都觉得不能理解,怎么会有两个谓语动词呢?were和 was?There were hundreds of ropes going down to the stage below it was a long,long way down.

请英语高手帮我分析下这句的语法 There were hundreds of ropes going down to the stage below it ...
这是书虫里的一个句子,应该不会有错,可是我怎么看都觉得不能理解,怎么会有两个谓语动词呢?were和 was?There were hundreds of ropes going down to the stage below it was a long,long way down.