Its possessive _whose_ has, however, attained the full
construction of a relative."--_Prof. F. A. March_.]
6. What is false in this world below betrays itself in a love of show.
7. The swan achieved what the goose conceived.
8. What men he had were true.
The relative pronoun _what_ here precedes its noun like an adjective.
Analyze as if arranged thus: The men _what_ (= _that_ or _whom_) _he had_
were true.
9. Whoever does a good deed is instantly ennobled.
+Explanation+.--The adjective clause modifies the omitted subject (_man_ or
_he_) of the independent clause.
10. I told him to bring whichever was the lightest.
11. Whatever crushes individuality is despotism.
12. A depot is a place where stores are deposited.
depot | is \ place
=======|==============
\A | \a `
\where
stores | ` are deposited
-------|---------------------
|
+Explanation+.--The line representing _where_ is made up of two parts. The
upper part represents _where_ as a conjunction connecting the adjective
clause to _place_, and the lower part represents it as an adverb modifying
_are deposited_. As _where_ performs these two offices, it may be called a
_conjunctive adverb_.
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