EXERCISE 52. (GENERAL REVIEW.) Analyze the following sentences :— I. I came to a shady spot where the grass was wet with the dew that still lay upon it. MODEL FOR ORAL ANALYSIS.—The subject of this sentence is "I," without adjuncts. The predicate is the rest of the sentence. The principal verb in the predicate is "came," a verb of complete predication, modified by the phrase "to a shady spot.” Spot" is modified by "a" and "shady" and the clause of place, "where the grass was wet," in which "the grass" is the subject, “was "is the verb, and "wet" is an attribute complement. 'Wet" is modified by the phrase "with the dew." "Dew" is modified by “the” and the descriptive clause "that still lay upon it," in which "that" is the subject and "lay " is the verb, modified by "still" and the phrase "upon it.' " MODEL FOR WRITTEN ANALYSIS.— I came | to a shady spot where the grass was wet with the dew that, etc. 2. Nearly all dogs like the water. 3. My bosom's lord sits lightly in his throne. 4. The man in the moon came down too soon. 5. Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth. 6. Trust that man in nothing who has not a conscience in everything. 7. When I look upon the tombs of the great every emotion of envy dies in me. . Pompeii was suddenly buried beneath a shower of ashes from Mount Vesuvius. 9. People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors. # fo. Books that you may carry to the fire and hold readily in your hand are the most useful after all. 11. The deep cave among the rocks on the hillside was long the secret home of a family of foxes. 12. In Holland the stork is protected by law, because it eats the frogs and worms that would injure the dikes. 13. The water of our brook, after flowing under the bridge and through the meadow, falls over little precipices of rock till it reaches the level of the lake, fifty feet below. 14. When he was a boy, Franklin, who afterward became a listinguished statesman and philosopher, learned his trade in the printing office of his brother, who published a paper in Boston. 15. A king sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis. Plaiting mats of flags and rushes. 18. Soon o'er the yellow fields, in silent and mournful procession, Came from the neighboring hamlets and farms the Acadian women, Driving in ponderous wains their household goods to the seashore. 19. In the Old Colony days, in Plymouth, the land of the Pil grims, To and fro in a room of his simple and primitive dwelling, We sat the clean-winged hearth about, 21. That orbed maiden with white fire laden, Glides glimmering o'er my' fleece-like floor, 22. Hearing the Imperial name Coupled with these words of malice, Forth the great campaigner came Slowly from his canvas palace. 23. When I see kings lying by those who deposed them; when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.—Addison: "Visit to Westminster Abbey." 1A cloud is supposed to be speaking. CHAPTER VI OF SUBSTANTIVE PHRASES AND CLAUSES IN the last chapter we learned (55) that groups of words are often used with the force of single words, and that such groups are Phrases if they contain neither subject nor predicate, Clauses if they do contain a subject and a predicate. The illustrative sentences and the exercises contained many such groups used as modifiers. We are now to learn that phrases and clauses are also used as substantives. 63. Phrases as Subjects.-Examine the subject of each of the following sentences, and, if possible, pick out the single word that may be used as the simple or bare subject : You observe that no single word can be taken as the bare subject. The assertion is made about the idea expressed by the entire phrase used as a substantive. To the Teacher.-The internal structure of substantive phrases is discussed in Part II. EXERCISE 53. Construct assertions about the ideas expressed by the following phrases:— 1. To die for one's country 2. Skating on the pond 3. Writing compositions 4. Playing football 5. To write a story 6. Chopping wood EXERCISE 54. Fill the blanks with phrases used as subjects: 64. Phrases as Complements.-Examine each of the following complements, and determine whether any single word may be taken as the bare comple From this it is clear that phrases are often used substantively as complements. |