Breakdown of Auch vom Experten wird verlangt, alles zu deklarieren.
auch
also, too
vom
from the (von + dem) / of the (belonging to) / by the (agent in a passive clause)
alles
everything
zu
to (infinitive marker)
der Experte
the expert
werden
to be (passive auxiliary + past participle)
verlangen
to demand
deklarieren
to declare
Questions & Answers about Auch vom Experten wird verlangt, alles zu deklarieren.
Where is the subject in this sentence? Shouldn't there be an es?
This is an impersonal passive sentence. While you could start it with the dummy subject es (Es wird auch vom Experten verlangt...), the es disappears completely when another phrase like Auch vom Experten takes the first position.
Why is it vom Experten? Is the expert doing the demanding?
No, the expert is the one being asked to do something. The active verb phrase is etwas von jemandem verlangen (to demand something from someone). In the passive voice, this literally means 'something is demanded from the expert', which we translate more naturally as 'the expert is required'.
Why does Experte have an -n at the end here?
Experte is a weak masculine noun, which means it follows N-declension rules. In any case other than the nominative (the subject), it gets an extra -n or -en. Since the preposition von always requires the dative case, it becomes dem Experten (which contracts with von to form vom Experten).
What role does alles zu deklarieren play in this passive sentence?
The infinitive clause alles zu deklarieren (to declare everything) acts as the logical subject of the passive sentence. You can think of the literal structure as: 'To declare everything is demanded from the expert.'
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