ANALYSIS.

Analyze the following sentences according to the model given below:

Fruit is successfully preserved in cans.

This is a declarative sentence, of which is preserved is the predicate, and fruit is the subject.

The predicate is modified by the adverb successfully and the adverbial phrase in cans.

1. Birds fly swiftly.

2. Patrick Henry spoke with enthusiasm.

3. Gertrude shrank timidly back.

4. Socrates taught in Athens.

5. Robin Hood passed boldly by the soldiers.

6. Tea grows abundantly in China.

7. Stanley traveled through Africa.
8. He passed mournfully along.
9. Is Arthur in Rome?

10. Go quickly to town.

11. Man works that he may live. Diagram the foregoing sentences.

LESSON 44.
QUALIFIED SUBJECT.

1. Forests were burned.

2. Immense forests were burned.

3. Those immense forests were burned.

4. Those immense forests of pine were burned.

5. Those immense forests that were burned were in Michigan.

Select the subject in sentence one.

In sentence two, what word describes the subject?

In sentence three, which word describes the subject, and which one limits it?

In sentence four, select the words and the phrase that are joined to the subject, and tell what they do.

In sentence five, what word is joined to the subject to limit its meaning, and what to describe it?

Memorize:

QUALIFIED SUBJECT.

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Words, phrases, or clauses joined to subjects to limit or describe their meaning are said to QUALIFY the subject.

Select the qualifiers and modifiers in the following sentences, and tell to what they belong:

1. Fine raisins are made near Fresno.

2. Extensive forests of pine are found in California.

3. Those pretty wild flowers grew here.

4. Many beautiful shells are found at Monterey.

5. The nightingale sings very sweetly.

6. The brave old warrior came modestly forward.

7. Days of youth glide swiftly by.

8. The water sparkles when the sun shines.

9. The forests that border the Amazon are called selvas. 10. Beautiful birds inhabit the selvas of South America. 11. The best india rubber comes from Brazil.

12. The natives of South America live in huts.

Analyze the foregoing sentences according to the following

MODEL:

The natives of South America live in huts.

This is a declarative sentence, of which live is the predicate and natives the subject.

The predicate is modified by the adverbial phrase in huts. The subject is qualified by the adjective the and the phrase of South America.

ANALYSIS.

First analyze, then diagram the following sentences, according to the models given:

1. The little streams tumbled into the lake.

2. The Persian caravan was overtaken by sand storms. 3. The women of Russia were becomingly dressed. 4. A mountain system consists of several mountain chains.

5. Dainty little bunches of flowers were given to me. 6. The brave general plunged forward.

7. The army of rats plunged into darkness.

8. The boy who fell died soon afterward.

9. The remark that he made was heard by us.

10. Sugar cane first came from India.

11. The house on the hill was burned.

12. The house that was burned stood there.

Write ten sentences, each containing a modified predicate and a qualified subject.

LESSON 46.

Modifiers and qualifiers may themselves be modified and qualified.

Example:

Very beautiful flowers of the Siberian steppes were described by a traveler of distinction.

Here the predicate were described is modified by the phrase by a traveler of distinction. The noun traveler in this phrase is qualified by the adjective a and the phrase of distinction. The subject flowers is qualified by the adjective beautiful, and by the phrase of the Siberian steppes. The adjective beautiful is modified by the adverb

THE OBJECT COMPLEMENT.

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very, and the noun steppes in the phrase is qualified by the adjectives the and Siberian.

Diagram the following sentences:

1. A most brilliant sunset lay before us.

2. All names of the Deity should begin with a capital letter.

3. The subject of a sentence is generally placed before the predicate.

4. Treasures of great value were wrested from the conquered Persians.

5. The violet blooms very early.

6. The ancient city of Rome was built on seven hills. 7. A wail of intense sorrow arose from the whole nation. 8. Nineveh lies buried in the sand.

9. The summits of the Alps are covered with perpetual

snow.

LESSON 47.

THE OBJECT COMPLEMENT.

1. The United States prospered

2. The United States purchased

In the sentences above, which predicate is complete, and which is not?

3. The United States purchased Florida.
4. The United States purchased Louisiana.
5. The United States purchased Alaska.

ANALYSIS.

In sentence three, what word completes the predicate by naming what was purchased?

In sentence four, by what is the predicate completed?
How does this word complete the predicate?

In sentence five, what does the word Alaska do?

In the following sentences, select the words that complete the predicates by naming the things upon which the actions are performed:

That which fills out, or completes the predicate, is called a COMPLEMENT.

That which completes the predicate by naming the thing acted upon, is called the OBJECT COMPLEMENT.

LESSON 48.

Make ten sentences, using, in each, one of the following words as an object complement:

Analyze the following sentences, according to the model given below:

A careless tongue always does much mischief.

This is a declarative sentence. The predicate is does, the subject is tongue, and the object complement is mischief. The predi