The slip that brought me to my knees failed

问题描述:

The slip that brought me to my knees failed
参考译文:让我屈服於失败的不幸
请帮忙分析这个句子,我对后面的failed用法不明白,

为什么不明白?the slip 是主语,that brought me to my knees修饰slip是定语,fail 是实意动词作谓语.