Nouns and pronouns in the objective case, are frequently in apposition; as, He struck Charles the student. Now it is obvious, that, when he struck Charles, he struck the student, because Charles was the student, and the student was Charles; therefore the noun student is in the objective case, governed by "struck," and put by apposition with Charles, according to RULE 7.
Please to examine this lecture very attentively. You will then be prepared to parse the following examples correctly and systematically.
PARSING.
"Weep on the rocks of roaring winds, O maid of Inistore."
Maid is a noun, the name of a person—- com. the name of a sort—fem. gender, it denotes a female—second pers. spoken to—sing. num. it implies but one—and in the nominative case independent, because it is addressed, and has no verb to agree with it, according to
RULE 5. When an address is made, the noun or pronoun addressed, is put in the nominative case independent.
"The general being ransomed, the barbarians permitted him to depart."
General is a noun, the name, &c. (parse it in full:)—and in the nominative case absolute, because it is placed before the participle "being ransomed," and it has no verb to agree with it, agreeably to
RULE 6. A noun or pronoun placed before a participle, and being independent of the rest of the sentence, is in the nominative case absolute.
"Thou man of God, flee to the land of Judah."