CHAP. 1. Sentences which require the application of the Comma, disposed under the particular Rules 165 EXERCISES. PART I. EXERCISES IN PARSING. CHAPTER I. EXERCISES IN PARSING, AS IT RESPECTS ETYMOLOGY ALONE. 1. An article.-What kind? Why? 2. A substantive.-Common or proper? What gen- 3. An adjective.-What degree of comparison? To what does it belong? Why an adjective? 4. A pronoun.-What kind? Person? Gender? SECTION 2. Specimen of Etymological Parsing. "Hope animates us." Hope is a common substantive of the third person, in the singular number, and the nominative case. [Decline the substantive.] Animates is a regular verb active, indicative mood, present tense, third person singular. [Repeat the present tense, the imperfect tense, and the perfect participle; and sometimes conjugate the verb entirely.] Us is a personal pronoun, first person plural, and in the objective case. [Decline the pronoun.] "A peaceful mind is virtue's reward." A is the indefinite article. Peaceful is an adjective. [Repeat the degrees of comparison.] Mind is a common substantive, of the third person, in the singular number, and the nominative case. [Decline the substantive.] Is is an irregular verb neuter, indicative mood, present tense, and the third person singular. [Repeat the present tense, the imperfect tense, and the participle; and occasionally conjugate the verb entirely.] Virtue's is a common substantive, of the third person, in the singular number, and the possessive case. [Decline the substantive.] Reward is a common substantive, of the third person, in the singular number, and the nominative cuse. |