I saw the leaves quiet.
I saw the leaves stirring.
I saw the leaves stir.
The adjective, the participle, and the infinitive do not here seem to differ essentially in office. See Lesson 31 and page 78.]
\grow
\ wing \ dull
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I | found / / \ | book
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+Explanation+.—The diagram representing the phrase complement is drawn above the complement line, on which it is made to rest by means of a support. All that stands on the complement line is regarded as the complement. Notice that the little mark before the phrase points toward the object complement. The adjective dull completes growing and belongs to book, the assumed subject of growing.
13. He owned himself defeated. 14. No one ever saw fat men heading a riot or herding together in turbulent mobs. 15. I felt my heart beating faster. 16. You may imagine me sitting there. 17. Saul, seeking his father's asses, found himself suddenly turned into a king.
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LESSON 38.
PARTICIPLES—CONTINUED.
Analysis and Parsing.
The +participle+ may be used as +principal word+ in a +prepositional phrase+.