LESSON LVII.

RELATIONS OF THE PRONOUN.

What is the gender, person, and number of the italicized pronouns in the following sentences?—

1.	A little girl gave me her book.
2.	The sword has dropped from its sheath.
3.	I saw the man of whom you speak.
4.	This is the woman that found your purse.

A pronoun must agree in gender, number, and person with its antecedent.

Note.—1. The relative pronoun is not always expressed; as, I know the man (that) you admire so much.

2. The word it has sometimes an indefinite use without an antecedent; as, It rains. It will soon be dark. This is called the impersonal use.

3. The word it is sometimes used as a representative subject while the real subject follows the verb; as, It is certain that he did it. It is right to defend the truth.

The pronoun has the same case-relations as the noun.

EXERCISE.

Name the case and state the construction of each noun and pronoun in the following sentences:—

1.	I travelled with Smith, the grocer.
2.	We helped the lady who lost her purse.
3.	It is wrong to deceive.
4.	The wind having fallen, I mounted my wheel again.
5.	Mary broke out in praise to God, that helped
	her in her widowhood.—Tennyson.
6.	Set the table, maiden Mabel,
	And make the cabin warm:
	Your little fisher lover
	Is out there in the storm.—Aldrich.
7.	My dear one!—when thou wast alive with the rest,
	I held thee the sweetest and loved thee the best.—E. B. Browning.
8.	But the Christian princes felt that the scene which they had beheld weighed heavily on their spirits, and although they assumed their seats at the banquet, yet it was with the silence of doubt and amazement.—Scott.
9.	By chance it happened that in Atri dwelt
	A knight, with spur on heel and sword on belt,
	Who loved to hunt the wild boar in the woods,
	Who loved his falcons with their crimson hoods. —Longfellow.
10.	There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats;
	For I am armed so strong in honesty,
	That they pass by me as the idle wind,
	Which I respect not.—Shakespeare.