But we must be allowed an emphatic protest against the needless and
mechanical quoting, in parsing, of "Rules of Syntax." When a pupil has said
that such a noun is in the nominative case, subject of such a verb, what is
gained by a repetition of the definition in the Rule: "A noun or a pronoun
which is the subject of a finite verb is in the nominative case"? Let the
reasons for the disposition of words, when given at all, be specific.
+Parsing+--a word is giving its classification, its modifications, and its
syntax, _i.e._, its relation to other words.
+Direction+.--_Select and parse in full all the nouns and pronouns found in
the first ten sentences of Lesson_ 120. _For the agreement of pronouns, see
Lesson_ 142.
+Model for Written Parsing+.--_Elizabeth's favorite, Raleigh, was beheaded
by James I_.
CLASSIFICATION. | MODIFICATIONS. | SYNTAX.
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|_Per- Num- Gen-_ |
_Nouns. Kind_.|_son. ber. der. Case_.|
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Elizabeth's Prop.| 3d Sing. Fem. Pos. | Mod. of _favorite_.
favorite Com. | 3d Sing. Mas. Nom. | Sub. of _was beheaded_.
Raleigh Prop.
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