LESSON LX.

ANALYSIS OF SIMPLE SENTENCES.

Analyze orally the following sentences, thus:

1. Tell the kind of sentence.

2. Name the subject and the predicate.

3. Tell what the subject consists of.

4. Tell what the predicate consists of.

Example I.-This old ship had been laden with immense wealth.

ORAL ANALYSIS.

1. This is a simple declarative sentence.

2. The subject is this old ship; the predicate, had been laden with immense wealth.

3. The subject consists of the noun ship, with the adjectives this and old, of which old modifies ship, and this modifies old ship.

4. The predicate consists of the verb had been laden, modified by the adverbial phrase with immense wealth.

1. This is a simple declarative sentence.

2. The subject is the prospect of success; the predicate, seemed small.

3. The subject consists of the noun prospect, modified by the adjective the and by the adjective phrase of success.

4. The predicate consists of the verb seemed, completed by the adjective small.

Example III. — Having obtained the desired information, he left the room.

ORAL ANALYSIS.

1. This is a simple declarative sentence.

2. The subject is he having obtained the desired information; the predicate, left the room.

3. The subject consists of the pronoun he, modified by the participial phrase, having obtained the desired information.

4. The predicate consists of the verb left, completed by the object room, which is modified by the.

Example IV.—It is useless to deny the fact.

ORAL ANALYSIS.

1. This is a simple declarative sentence.

2. The grammatical subject is it, which stands for the logical subject, to deny the fact; the predicate, is useless.

3. The logical subject is the infinitive phrase, to deny the fact, piaced after the verb.

4. The predicate consists of the verb is, completed by the adjective useless.

I. The decision of the judge increased the irritation of the people.

2. The best honey is the product of the milder parts of the temperate zone. -- JOHN Burroughs.

3. The captain's share of the treasure was enough to make him comfortable for the rest of his days. — HAWTHORNE. 4. I stand upon my native hills again. - Bryant.

5. Every man is a missionary for good or for evil. 6. We are equally served by receiving and by imparting. 7. A low, white-washed room, with a stone floor, carefully scrubbed, served for parlor, kitchen, and hall. — IRVING.

8. My friend, Sir Roger, being a good churchman, has beautified the inside of his church with several texts of his own choosing.

ADDISON.

9. It is the glory of a man to pass by an offence.

IO. The great secret of a good style is to have proper words in proper places.-E. P. WHIPPLE.

EXERCISE II.

I. Thinking it would be cold in the cave, we had brought warm wraps.

2. How strangely the past is peeping over the shoulders of the present!

3. The words of mercy were upon his lips.

4. Chimney swallows have almost abandoned hollow trees for their nesting-places, even in our most thickly wooded areas, preferring our chimneys.

5. Early next morning I went to visit the grounds.

6. Having been accustomed to accustomed to the control of large bodies of men, I had not much difficulty in comprehending the situation.

7. Hundreds of other carriages, crowded with their thousands of men, were hastening to the great city.

8. The Stamp Act was a direct tax laid upon the whole American people by Parliament. — JOHN Fiske.

9. I see everywhere the gardens, the vineyards, the orchards, with the various greens of the olive, the fig, and the orange. — C. D. WARNER.

10. A truly great man borrows no lustre from splendid ancestry.