LESSON 25.
ANALYSIS AND PARSING.
ONE MODIFIER JOINED TO ANOTHER.
Analyze and diagram the following sentences, and parse the nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and verbs.
+Model+.—The frightened animal fled still more rapidly.
animal | fled
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\The \frightened | \rapidly
\more
\still
+Explanation of the Diagram+.—Notice that the three lines forming this group all slant the same way to show that each stands for a modifying word. The line standing for the principal word of the group is joined to the predicate line. The end of each of the other two lines is broken, and turned to touch its principal at an angle.
+Oral Analysis+.—This is a sentence, because——; animal is the subject, because——; fled is the predicate, because——; The and frightened are modifiers of the subject, because——; still more rapidly is a modifier of the predicate, because it is a group of words joined to it to limit its meaning; rapidly is the principal word of the group; more modifies rapidly, and still modifies more, The frightened animal is the modified subject; fled still more rapidly is the modified predicate.
1. The crocus flowers very early. 2. A violet bed is budding near. 3. The Quakers were most shamefully persecuted. 4. Perhaps he will return. 5. We laughed very heartily. 6. The yellow poplar leaves floated down. 7. The wind sighs so mournfully. 8. Few men have ever fought so stubbornly. 9. The debt will probably be paid. 10. The visitor will soon be here. 11. That humane project was quite generously sustained. 12. A perfectly innocent man was very cruelly persecuted.
REVIEW QUESTIONS.
What is an adjective? What are the words an or a, and the called by some grammarians? When is a used, and when an? Give examples of their misuse.
What is the modified predicate? Give an example. Give an example of one modifier joined to another.