COMMON NOUNS
BIRD
HORSE
CAT
PROPER NOUNS
VENUS
ALICE
BOB
FIDO
THE first Part-of-Speech that was called was Mr. Noun. He is a stout big fellow, very well dressed, for he does not mind showing that he is very rich.
As Mr. Noun came forward, Serjeant Parsing rose, put his pen behind his ear, arranged his papers on the table before him, and looking at Mr. Noun through his eye-glass, asked: “What is your name?”
“Name,” answered Mr. Noun.
“Yes, your name?” repeated Serjeant Parsing.
“Name,” again answered Mr. Noun.
“Do not trifle, sir,” said the Judge, sternly; “what is your name? Answer at once, and truly.”
“I have answered truly,” replied Mr. Noun. “My name is Name, for noun means name. The name of everything belongs to me, so I am called Mr. Name, or Mr. Noun, which means the same thing, and all my words are called nouns.”
“The name of everything belongs to you?” asked Serjeant Parsing, in surprise.