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LESSON 30.
ATTRIBUTE COMPLEMENTS--CONTINUED.
Analysis.
1. He went out as mate and came back captain.
as
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went \ ' mate
/=======================
He | / ' \out
====|=and '
| \ ' came \ captain
\=======================
\back
+Explanation+.--_Mate_, like _captain_, is an attribute complement. Some
would say that the conjunction _as_ connects _mate_ to _he_; but we think
this connection is made through the verb _went_, and that _as_ is simply
introductory. This is indicated in the diagram.
2. The sun shines bright and hot at midday.
3. Velvet feels smooth, and looks rich and glossy.
4. She grew tall, queenly, and beautiful.
5. Plato and Aristotle are called the two head-springs of all philosophy.
6. Under the Roman law, every son was regarded as a slave.
7. He came a foe and returned a friend.
8. I am here. I am present.
+Explanation+.--The office of an adverb sometimes seems to fade into that
of an adjective attribute and is not easily distinguished from it. _Here_,
like an adjective, seems to complete _am_, and, like an adverb to modify
it. From their form and usual function, _here,_ in this example, should be
called an adverb, and _present_ an adjective.
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