--The diagram representing the phrase complement is drawn
above the complement line, on which it is made to rest by means of a
support. All that stands on the complement line is regarded as the
complement. Notice that the little mark before the phrase points toward the
object complement. The adjective _dull_ completes _growing_ and belongs to
_book_, the assumed subject of _growing_.
13. He owned himself defeated.
14. No one ever saw fat men heading a riot or herding together in turbulent
mobs.
15. I felt my heart beating faster.
16. You may imagine me sitting there.
17. Saul, seeking his father's asses, found himself suddenly turned into a
king.
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LESSON 38.
PARTICIPLES--CONTINUED.
Analysis and Parsing.
The +participle+ may be used as +principal word+ in a +prepositional
phrase+.
1. We receive good by doing good.
We | receive | good
=====|====================
| \by
\-----,doing | good
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+Explanation+.--The line representing the participle here is broken; the
first part represents the participle as a noun, and the other as a verb.
+Oral Analysis+.--The phrase _by doing good_ is a modifier of the
predicate; _by_ introduces the phrase; the principal word is _doing_, which
is completed by the noun _good_.
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