Graded Lessons in English / An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room

by Alonzo Reed; Brainerd Kellogg

How many modifications have nouns and pronouns? Name and define each. How many persons are there? Define each. How many cases are there? Define each. How do you determine the case of an explanatory noun or pronoun? What is declension? How are the forms mine, yours, etc., now used? What is the rule for forming the possessive case? What words are used only in the nominative case? What words are used only in the objective case? [Footnote: Her is used in the possessive case also.] How do you determine the number, gender, and person of pronouns?

LESSON 86.

NOUNS AND PRONOUNS—PARSING.

+To the Teacher+.—For general "Scheme" for parsing, see p. 189.

Select and parse all the nouns and pronouns in Lesson 53.

+Model for Written Parsing+.—Elizabeth's favorite, Raleigh, was beheaded by James I.

Elizabeth's
CLASSIFICATION. Nouns.
Kind. Prop.
MODIFICATIONS. Person. 3d
Number. Sing.
Gender. Fem.
Case. Pos.
SYNTAX. Pos. Mod. of favorite.

favorite
CLASSIFICATION. Nouns.
Kind. Com.
MODIFICATIONS. Person. 3d
Number. Sing.
Gender. Mas.
Case. Nom.
SYNTAX. Sub. of was beheaded.

Raleigh
CLASSIFICATION. Nouns.
Kind. Prop.
MODIFICATIONS. Person. 3d
Number. Sing.
Gender. Mas.
Case. Nom.
SYNTAX. Exp. Mod. of favorite.

James I.
CLASSIFICATION. Nouns.
Kind. Prop.
MODIFICATIONS. Person. 3d
Number. Sing.
Gender. Mas.
Case. Obj.
SYNTAX. Prin. word after by.