EXERCISES IN ANALYSIS. LESSON 34. 137 Analyze the following sentences according to the model given below: MODEL: Was Hannibal defeated? This sentence asks something, and is therefore interrogative. Was defeated asks something about Hannibal, and is therefore the predicate. Hannibal is the name of the person about whom something is asked, and is therefore the subject. Who is asked the question in sentence one? What word in sentence one stands for the person's name? What word in sentence one calls attention and shows who is asked the question? What word in sentence two stands for the name of the person speaking? Sometimes, in asking questions, the name of the person addressed is not used, thus: Is this my book? Analyze the following sentences according to the model given below: MODEL: Harold, are you writing? This sentence asks something, and is therefore interrogative. Are writing asks the question of the person spoken to, and is therefore the predicate. You stands for the name of the person of whom the question is asked, and is therefore the subject. Harold, calls attention and shows which person is asked the question, and is therefore independent. 1. Susan, can you come? 2. Did you speak? 3. May I come, James? 4. Alice, are you ready? 5. Do you see? 6. Had you gone, Joe? LESSON 36. The subject of an imperative sentence is always thou or you, and is generally not expressed. The name of the person addressed, although it at first seems to be the subject, is used simply to point out the person meant, or to call his attention. Analyze the following sentences according to the model given below: MODEL: Study, Regina. This sentence commands, and is therefore imperative. You, unexpressed, stands for the name of the person addressed, and is therefore the subject. Regina, simply calls the attention of the person addressed, and is therefore independent. A short way of showing analysis is by means of lines and dots. This is called diagraming. Eclipses are foretold. The (X) is used to show that the subject is not expressed. Diagram the eight sentences which you have analyzed in this lesson. LESSON 38. COMPOUND PREDICATE AND SUBJECT. 1. Colts run and jump. 2. Lions and elephants roar. 3. Books and pictures please and instruct. How many predicates in sentence one? How many subjects? How many subjects in sentence two? How many predicates? How many subjects and how many predicates in sentence three? In the following sentences, tell the number of predicates and subjects in each: 1. Wheat, barley, and oats grow and ripen. 2. Merchants buy and sell. 3. Snow and ice melt. 4. Shells, moss, and pebbles were collected. 5. Children work, play, eat, and rest. A sentence with two or more predicates joined by a conjunction has a Compound Predicate. A sentence with two or more subjects joined by a conjunction has a Compound Subject. And, in these sentences, joins the parts of the compound subjects and predicates, and is therefore a connective. The cross (X) is used to indicate that and is understood. First analyze orally, according to model in Lesson 34, then diagram the following sentences: 1. Farmers, miners, and manufacturers work. 2. Flowers bloom and die. 3. Spring, summer, autumn, and winter come. 4. Alexander fought and died. 5. Tempests and torrents rage. 6. Seasons come and go. 7. Antony and Cleopatra came. 8. Do rain and hail fall? 9. Run and jump, children. 10. May Charlie and Fred go? 11. Does water ripple and murmur? In sentence one, select the predicate. In sentence two, what word has been joined to the predi cate to show how the clouds float? MODIFIED PREDICATE. In sentence three, what is the predicate? 141 In sentence four, what word is joined to the predicate to modify its meaning by showing how ants labor? In the following sentences, select the words that are joined to the predicates to modify their meaning: 1. Glaciers move slowly. 7. Cato was brutally murdered. In the following sentences, select the phrases that are joined to the predicates to modify their meaning: 1. Oranges grow near Los Angeles. 6. Joy comes with the dawning. 7. Paul Revere rode through the night. In the following select the clauses that are joined to predicates to modify their meaning: 1. The Persians fled when they saw the enemy. 2. Poverty is found where idleness reigns. 3. When judges disagree, who shall decide? 4. Daylight faded as the last gun was fired. 5. Remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. 6. The tree grows as the twig is bent. SUMMARY. Memorize : Words, phrases, or clauses joined to predicates to limit their meaning, are called MODIFIERS of the predicate. 1 |