It is evident that the noun sentence answers the Noun sentence. 'What is not known?' Ans. 'Where Moses was buried.' After negative verbs, but that is sometimes used. ques (ii) The adjective sentence being equivalent to an adjective, may qualify any noun in the principal sentence. An adjective sentence is introduced by the relative pronouns, who, which, that, or by any equivalent to the relative, such as how, why, when, wherefore, wherein, whither. (iii) Adverbial sentences are extensions or qualifications of the predicate, and answer the questions, when? whither? whence? where? why ? how? what for? owing to what? what of? with what? in what degree? how often? how long? 8. COMPOUND SENTENCES consist of coordinate members or clauses, which are of four kinds, and are known by the conjunctions which connect them. CHAPTER III. PARSING. 1. PARSING a sentence, or a word, is an explanation of the sentence or word per se, and relatively. It consists of (i) An analysis of the sentence. (ii) An explanation of each word, per se; and in its relations to other words. 2. In analysing a simple sentence we select, (i) the subject; (ii) the predicate; (iii) the complement of the predicate, if any; (iv) the extension of the predicate, if any; thus: "Afflicted with many troubles he forgave him readily.' 3. In analysing a complex sentence mark the principal subject and predicate, and arrange under each the subordinate sentences which modify or enlarge them.' Ex. 1. 'Rain fertilises those fields which spread their bounty to God's creatures.' Ex. 2. Can the husbandman look forward with confidence to the increase, who has the promise of God that seed time and harvest shall not fail?' (d) EXTENSION OF PREDICATE, with confidence to the increase. 4. If the sentence is compound, we resolve it into simple sentences, and then mark whether the coordinate sentences are copulative, alternative, adversative, or causative. Ex. The dying king begged to be attended by his confessor, but she denied him even this comfort.' Here we have two adversative clauses, each of which can be analysed according to (2). 5. WORD PARSING. First, state what a word is; next, its relations; then, its etymology; lastly, any general remarks it suggests. Ex. 'Never adventure on too near an approach to what is evil.' For additional information and praxis on the above, vide Morell's Relation Derivation. Remarks Added to verb ad- A.-Sax. 'næfre' Agreeing with nomi- Lat. ' advenio A.-Sax. ufa A.-Sax. 'neah' Put before approach' A.-Sax. means 'one to limit its significa tion ་ Governed by preposi- Lat. ' appropinquare' tion 'on Governing that' un- Ger. 'thun,' 'to do' Compound relative pronoun, Referring to 'that' to Preposition of direction what *hird singular, neuter gen der, nominative case A.-Sax. 'hwæt' Third singular, present tense, Agreeing with 'what' Cognate with Grk. Verb 'to be,' consists eis: A.-Sax. 'is' Agreeing with nom. A.-Sax. 'yfel' of three verbs, CHAPTER IV. GENERAL LAWS OF SYNTAX. 1. Definition. CONCORD is the agreement of one word with another in gender, number, case, or person. 2. Government is the power one word has to regulate another. 3. The fundamental laws of syntax are five. (a) The verb must agree with its subject in number and person.' (b) ' Active verbs and prepositions take nouns or their equivalents after them as their object.' (c) 'Every adjective, or word so used, qualifies a noun expressed or understood.' (d) Adverbs modify the meaning of words which convey idea of action or attribute, but not existence.' (e) Copulative and disjunctive particles unite together notions and assertions which hold the same relation to any given sentence.'-Morell, 1. The concord of verb and its subject. 3. The concord of relative and antecedent. 2. The verb agrees with its subject in number and person; as, "The man speaks;' They speak to him.' |