I hunted carefully everywhere.
And at last I found it.
I am a lowly peasant.
And you are a gallant knight.
Louis clapped his hands for joy.
began to dance around the room.
He looked into the mirror.
straightened his tie.
smoothed his hair.
and went out to meet his two friends.
The bees hummed in the warm sunshine.
And the cat sat purring at her side.
Then he began to weep.
And he tore his hair in anguish.
The girl covered her face with her hands.
and wept.
They looked at the speaker.
crowded around him.
and waited for his next word to attack him.
Series II
(The Complex Sentence)
Here only the main clause has a complete meaning. The other clauses make sense only when they are united with the main clause. On this roll, the subordinate clauses are attributes of one of the elements of the main clause (relative clauses).
—The gold ring which you found yesterday on the stairs belongs to my mother.
—The man who brought me to school this morning was my uncle.
—He was educated by his sister who taught him many beautiful things.
—The colors which Aunt Anna gave me Christmas are very good.
—A little girl who was at a party sat looking with longing eyes at a plate of sandwiches.
—The knife with which you sharpened my pencil was very dull.
—Bees don't care about the snow!
I can tell you why it's so:
Once I caught a little bee
Who was much too warm for me.—(F. D. Sherman)
—We have at home the prettiest cat you ever saw.
—Here are the pennies my mother gave me.
—The children I play with did not come to school to-day.
—The house we live in is beautiful and airy.
—Stars are the little daisies white
That dot the meadow of the night.—(Sherman)
Test Cards
| Principal Clause | Attributive Subordinate Clause |
| (The words modified by the relative clause are in italics). | (Relative or Adjective Clauses) (The clause has no meaning until united with some noun in the main clause). |
| The gold ring belongs to mother | which you found on the stairs yesterday |
| The man was my uncle | who brought me to school this morning |
| He was educated by his sister | who taught him many beautiful things |
| The colors are very good | which Aunt Anna gave me Christmas |
| A little girl sat looking with longing eyes at a plate of sandwiches | who was at a party |
| Once I caught a little bee | who was much too warm for me |
| Stars are the little daisies white | that dot the meadow of the night |
RELATIVE OMITTED
| What word is omitted? | |
| Here are the pennies | —my mother gave me |
| The children did not come to school to-day | with—I play |
| The house is beautiful and airy | in—we live |
Series III