下面这个句子没了解，尤其是不太了解What it was that he gave her 这一块的的结构：
What it was that he gave her was a lot of money.
同时请老师翻译一下，谢谢！
What it was that he gave her was a lot of money.
这个句子我估计是中国老师杜撰出来的，由于实质英语中极少有如此的句子。
英语中通过改变句子结构而强调某个句子成分一般有两种办法：分裂句（即强调句型）和假拟分裂句。
比如：大家想要强调He gave her a lot of money.这个句子中的宾语，可以：
1 分裂句：It was a lot of money that he gave her.
2 假拟分裂句：What he gave her was a lot of money.
假拟分裂句中的what为特殊关系代词=the thing which. 没疑问含义。
还可以就分裂句中被强调的成分进行提问，构成特殊疑问句：
What was it that he gave her?
类似的就分裂句强调的不同成分提问的特殊疑问句模式如下：
What was it that?
When was it that...?
Why was it that...?
Who was it that...?
Where was it that...?
等等。
这种特殊问句还可以转变为名词性从句（去倒装、去问号），在主句中作动词或介词的宾语从句。注意此时的wh-词都是疑问代词和疑问副词，保留疑问含义。比如：
I asked/wondered/thought about/saw/understood/realized/remembered what it was that he gave her.
目前大家剖析一下网友提供的句子：
What it was that he gave her was a lot of money.
假如只看主语部分，这是由分裂句（强调句型）演变来的名词性从句，what应为疑问代词。但从系表结构来看，则句首的what又应该是特殊关系代词what（what=the thing which).。因此what的用法有不伦不类的感觉。其实这是将分裂句和假拟分裂句合并为同一个句子。
我觉得，这个句子是一个病句，是重复强调。像否定句中的重复否定：
I dont know nothing.
正确的强调办法是在分裂句和假拟分裂句中选择一种：
It was a lot of money that he gave her.
What he gave her was a lot of money.
A lot of money was what he gave her.
以上剖析，共网友参考，也期望老师们指正。
