She shall be But few now living can behold that goodness- Heaven did a recompense as largely send : He gain'd from heaven ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. Gray. The Persian nobles (so natural is the idea of feudal tenures) received from the king's bounty lands and houses, on the condition of their service in war. -Gibbon. To this piece of humour, for she intended it for wit, my daughters assented with a loud laugh of pleasure. -Goldsmith. 236. The parenthesis should be sparingly used, and it should never be a Complex sentence, for we must not Make periods in the midst of sentences. Mids. 5, 1, 96. K PART VI. ANALYSIS OF SENTENCES. 237. The process by which words are put together to form a sentence is called Synthesis (from a Greek word meaning a putting together). The process by which sentences are broken up, so as to show how they are grammatically constructed, is called Analysis (from a Greek word meaning a taking to pieces). I. Analysis of the Simple Sentence. (1.) ANALYSIS OF SIMPLE STATEMENTS. 238. In analysing a simple statement we must first consider whether the Verb is (1) the Simple Copula, or (2) Transitive, or (3) Intransitive. (See § 12). 239. When the Verb is the SIMPLE COPULA, the sentence must be divided into three parts, of which I. will contain the Subject, with words that limit it; II. the Copula ; III. the Predicate, of which the simplest forms are given in § 182. For brevity we will denote these parts by the letters S. C. P., and we will now give some examples of the form in which the analysis of such sentences may be C. The Copula is the third person singular Present Indicative of the Verb be. P. The Predicate is an Adjective. S. The Subject is a Personal Pronoun. C. The Copula is the first person singular Present Indicative of the Verb be. P. The Predicate is an Adjective, ready, limited by the Prepositional phrase for you. The voyage was for those times very speedy. S. C. P. The voyage was very speedy for those times. S. The Subject is a Noun, voyage, limited by an Adjective, the. C. The Copula is the third person singular Past Indicative of the Verb be. P. The Predicate is an Adjective, speedy, limited by the Adverb very, and also by the Prepositional phrase for those times. The Adverb of negation, not, should be put with the Here the Subject is an Infinitive phrase, see § 135. He was the friend of mankind. Here the Predicate is a combination of words (see § 182), being made up of a Noun, friend, limited by an Adjective, the, and a Prepositional phrase, of mankind. A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.—Keats. S. A thing of beauty Here both Subject and combination of words. C. P. is a joy for ever. Predicate are formed by a 240. When the Verb is TRANSITIVE the sentence must be divided into three parts, of which I. will contain the Subject, with words that limit it ; II. The Verb, with words that limit or complete its meaning; III. The Object, with words that limit it. These parts we will denote by the letters S. V. O. Clive committed great faults. S. The Subject is a Noun. V. The Verb is the third person singular Past Indicative of the Transitive Verb commit. O. The Object is a Noun, faults, limited by an Adjective, great. In his camp a Roman general exercised an absolute power. S. V. 0. A Roman general exercised in his camp an absolute power. S. The Subject is a Noun, general, limited by the Adjectives a and Roman. V. The Verb is the third person singular Past Indicative of the Transitive Verb exercise, and it is limited by the Adverbial expression in his camp. O. The Object is a Noun, power, limited by the Adjectives an and absolute. Victorious in the West, the king turned his arms towards S. Silesia. V. 0. The king, victorious in the West, turned towards Silesia | his arms. S. The Subject is a Noun, king, limited by the Adjective the and by the Appositional phrase victorious in the West (§ 193). V. The Verb is limited by the Adverbial expression towards Silesia. |