It must therefore always be a Noun or some word equivalent to a Noun. Thus the Subject may be :— 1. A Noun ; 2. A Pronoun; 3. An Adjective used substantively or with a Noun understood; 5. A Participle with a Noun understood; Examples: (1) "A soft answer turneth away wrath." (Prov. xv. 1.) "The hungry sheep look up and are not fed." (Milt. Lycid.) (2) "Thou art the man." (2 Sam. xii. 7.) "We shall not all sleep." (1 Cor. xv. 51.) (3) "The evil that men do lives after them, The good is oft interred with their bones." (J. Cæs. iii. 2.) "Oh, Sir! the good die first!" (Excurs. i.)¦ (4) "To be contents his natural desire." (Pope, Ess. i.) "Seeing is believing." (Prov.) [See also Examples, § 268.] (5) “The sleeping and the dead are but as images.” (Macb. ii. 2.) "The living, the living [he] shall praise Thee." (Is. xxxviii. 19.) (6) "To be or not to be [that] is the question." (Haml. iii. 1.) $303. THE PREDICATE is that which is stated of the Subject. It must therefore [see § 114] always be a Verb, either alone or with some other word or words. 1. Predicate a Verb by itself: The sun shines; winds blow; the grass is growing; the stream is flowing; all is not lost; we come, we come! 2. Predicate a Verb with its Complement.-This occurs in the case of Verbs which do not convey a complete sense by themselves (§ 204): namely— (a) Verbs signifying to be, to become, to be called, to be appointed, to be considered, &c.: as— "The way was long. . ." (Scott, Lay.) 66 Rollo, abjuring his pagan gods, became a Christian." (Hume, p. 79.) "Harold was crowned king by Aldred, archbishop of York." (Ib. p. 66.) (b) All those Verbs which require an Infinitive Mood to follow them [see §§ 259, 261]: as L "I did not think to shed a tear . . .” (H. VIII. iii. 2.) "No living wight (Pope.) Had dared to cross the threshold-stone." (Scott, Lay.) [For more Examples, see §§ 259, 261.] Obs. 1. The Object of a Transitive Verb is strictly a complement, since the sense of the Verb is incomplete without it. But on account of its importance and distinctive character, the Object is treated as a separate member of a sentence. Obs. 2. The term Predicate is strictly applicable only to sentences containing a direct statement. But its application is extended to sentences of all kinds, including those which express a question or a command: as— "Whence camest thou?" [Predicate, camest.] "Tell me not in mournful numbers." [Predicate, tell.] § 304. THE OBJECT may be either Direct or Indirect. Both are very often combined in the same sentence [see § 214]. The Indirect Object may be indicated either by a simple Dative or by the Preposition to or for: as Give me [Ind. Obj.] the book [Direct Obj.]; or, Give the book [Direct Obj.] to me [Ind. Obj.]. [For other Examples, see Syntax.] § 305. ENLARGEMENTS.—All words attached to Nouns, in whatever position in the Sentence, are called Enlargements. They are so named because they enlarge our knowledge of the thing spoken of. An enlargement may be (1) An Adjective: red snow. (2) A Noun in Apposition: William the Conqueror; Bacon the sculptor. (3) A Noun in the Possessive Case, or a Noun under the government of a Preposition [Prepositional phrase]: a poet's cat; the man in the moon; a monkey without a tail. (4) An Adjective sentence: see § 312. N.B.-An Enlargement is either an Adjective or some word or phrase having the nature of an Adjective. § 306. EXTENSIONS.-The term Extension is applied to all words and phrases which attach themselves to the Verb or Predicate. An Extension is therefore either an Adverb or some word or phrase partaking of the nature of an Adverb. Thus it may be : (1) An Adverb: cut boldly. (2) A Prepositional phrase [Adverbial phrase]: cut with boldness. (3) A Nominative Absolute : "The North-east spends his rage; he now shut up Within his iron cage, the effusive South Warms the wide air وو "Vesuvius came in view-its great shape shimmering blue in the distant haze." (Newc. ch. xxxviii.) (4) An Adverbial Sentence: see § 313. § 307. For the sake of clearness the Analysis of Sentences is usually presented in a tabular form. The following may serve as examples of the treatment of Simple Sentences : 1. "By sunrise we all assembled in our common apartment." (Vicar of W.) 2. "His harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy." (Scott, Lay.) 3. "At a small distance from the house, my predecessor had made a seat overshadowed by a hedge of hawthorn and honeysuckle.” (Vicar of W.) 4. "It was my constant rule in life never to avoid the conversation of any man." (Vicar of W.) Subject [Phrase]. Never to avoid the conversation of any man Predicate. was my constant rule in life [was, Verb of incomplete predication] N.B.-Here the word it disappears in analysis, being only a locum tenens for the real Subject. So likewise there in No. 5. The real Subject may be ascertained by putting the question, What was my constant rule . . .?—Answer, Never to avoid the conversation of any man. 6. "The courageous dwarf dealt one of the champions a most angry blow." (Vicar of W.) Of Amram's son in Egypt's evil day Waved round the coast up called a pitchy cloud Of locusts, warping on the eastern wind." (P. L. i.) 8. "But me, scarce hoping to attain that rest, |