Series II
(Simple Sentences, containing a few modifiers)
The roll contains the following sentences, written one after another:
—The mother loves her child dearly.
—Johnny brought his teacher a rose.
—You may keep the book for some days, Louis.
—Mary, give the poor man a penny.
—Where have you been, Mary?
—I will do it, mother.
—Little Harry, only three years old, has cleaned the whole blackboard.
—Who drew the pretty picture?
—Last night I showed the letter to father.
—In the yard a red white and blue flag is waving.
—Did you go to the theater last night?
—The rain was beating against the window panes.
—The dog is barking at the cat.
—The poor deaf-mutes talk with their hands.
Example of application: The section containing the first sentence,
The mother loves her child dearly.
is first torn off from the roll. Then the section containing the word loves is placed in the space marked verb. Who loves?—the mother. The section containing the words the mother is placed in the space marked subject. The mother loved whom? Her child. The section containing her child is torn off and placed in the space marked direct object. By thus reading the names printed in the spaces of the chart the child learns to classify the various kinds of modifiers. How does the mother love her child? In what manner? Dearly. The section containing the word dearly is placed in the space marked Manner and the sentence is completed.
Now the child can copy off these analyses immediately or make others, as he thinks best. The copy may be as follows:
The mother loves her child dearly.
The mother: Subject.
Loves: Predicate (verbal).
Her child: Direct object.
Dearly: Adverb, manner.
In classifying the vocatives and attributives, a little help from the teacher may be required. Example:
You may keep the book for some days, Louis.