. A practical grammar; in which words, phrases, and sentences are classified according to their offices, and their relations to each other. nce, it isan Adverb. Me, in the third example, as a representative for the Phrase (to me)of which it is a part, is an Adverb. But, being used for a Noun, it is aPronoun ; and, as the object of the phrase, is in the Objective Case. The captain had gone below. Below Shows a relation of had gone to deck understood. Hence, it is a Preposition. Below [deck] Modifies <{ had gone (denoting place). Hence, it is an Adverb. Below, As a rep?-ese?itative of its (Ad
. A practical grammar; in which words, phrases, and sentences are classified according to their offices, and their relations to each other. nce, it isan Adverb. Me, in the third example, as a representative for the Phrase (to me)of which it is a part, is an Adverb. But, being used for a Noun, it is aPronoun ; and, as the object of the phrase, is in the Objective Case. The captain had gone below. Below Shows a relation of had gone to deck understood. Hence, it is a Preposition. Below [deck] Modifies <{ had gone (denoting place). Hence, it is an Adverb. Below, As a rep?-ese?itative of its (Adverbial) Phrase, modifies had gone (denoting place). Hence, it is an farther illustrations, see Obs. 5 and 6, page 95. Rem.âA careful examination of the genius of the English languagewill disclose the fact, that a great majority of words perform at the sametime two or more distinct offices. The Rule to be observed in parsing is,*that a word should be parsed according to its principal office in the sentence. DIAGRAMS THEIR OFFICES. 107 PriiL The office of a word in a Sentence de-termines its place in the Then CD. Obs.âWhen a Sentence is properly placed in Diagram, theyoung pupil can easily determine the office (and consequentlythe class) of each word, and its most important in the Diagram above, 1 and 25 occupy the place of Nounsor Pronouns, which must be in the Nominative Case. 2, 7, 11, and 26, are Verbsâ2, 11, and 26, are Transitiveâ7 is Intransitive. 3 and 12 are Nouns or Pronouns, and must be in the Ob-jective Case. 22 and 16 may be Nouns, Pronouns, or Infinitive Verbs, andare Objects of Prepositions. 4, 5, 13, 14, 20, are Adjectives. 8, 9, are Adverbs. 17, 1 8, 19, 23, 24, are Adjectivesâif 22, 16, are Nouns orPronouns. They are Adverbsâif 22, 16, are Infinitive Verbs. 6 and x are Relative Pronounsâ6 is in the NominativeCaseâx is in the Objective Case. 6 to 19, inclusive, constitute an Adjective Sentence, whichdescribes (1.)
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