5. Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 7. He flourisheth as a flower of the field. 8. Whither thou goest, I will go. 9. Not as the conqueror comes They, the true-hearted, came. 10. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven. II. Though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge. 12. Your people are as cheerless as your clime [is cheerless]. To analyze a complex sentence — 1. Tell the kind of sentence. 2. Name the subject and the predicate of the sentence. 3. Tell what the subject consists of. 4. Tell what the predicate consists of. 5. Analyze the subordinate clause or clauses. Example I.—That man is formed for social life is acknowledged by all. ORAL ANALYSIS. 1. This is a complex declarative sentence. 2. The subject is the noun clause, that man is formed for social ife; the predicate, is acknowledged by all. 3. The predicate consists of the verb is acknowledged, modified by he adverbial phrase by all. 4. The subordinate clause is introduced by the conjunction that. 5. The subject of the subordinate clause is the noun man; the predicate, is formed for social life. 6. The predicate of the clause consists of the verb is formed, modified by the adverbial phrase for social life. 1. This is a complex declarative sentence. 2. The subject is the fact that he was present; the predicate, is sufficient. 3. The subject consists of the noun fact, modified by the adjective the, and by the appositive noun clause that he was present. 4. The predicate consists of the verb is, completed by the adjective sufficient. 5. The subordinate clause is connected to the noun fact by the conjunction that. 6. The subject of the subordinate clause is he; the predicate, was present. 7. The predicate of the clause consists of the verb was, completed by the adjective present. Example III.—The people believed in him, because he was honest and true. Connected to the verb believed, by the conjunction because, expressing Reason. Purpose Modifier of predicate verb lest you fall. (Adverbial clause of Purpose.) ... Subordinate Clause. Connected to verb beware, by the conjunction lest, expressing Purpose. 1. As we approached the house, we heard the sound of music. 2. Such a fortnight in the woods as I have been lightly sketching, will bring to him who rightly uses it a rich return. 3. If we seek to acquire the style of another, we renounce the individual style which we might have acquired. 4. "Good speed!" cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew. 5. So thick were the fluttering snow-flakes, that even the trees were hidden by them the greater part of the time. . I now found myself among noble avenues of oaks and elms, whose vast size bespoke the growth of centuries. 7. Nothing is so dangerous as pride. 8. We are happy now because God wills it. — LOWELL. 9. A great black cloud had been gathering in the sky for some time past, although it had not yet overspread the sun. |