A

reader

unacquainted

with the real

nature

of a classical education will...undervalue probably

it

when

he

sees

that so large

a portion of time is devoted to the study of a few authors.

Analysis of the Principal Clause.

Indefinite article, qualifying the Subject-nominative 'reader.'

Noun, Subject-nominative.

Adjective, qualifying the Subject-nominative 'reader.'

Adverbial phrase, qualifying the Adjective ' unacquainted.'

Prepositional phrase, qualifying the Noun
nature.'

Predicate-verb, compounded of the auxiliary
6 'will,' and the infinitive 'undervalue.'
Adverb, qualifying the Predicate-verb 'will
undervalue.'

Pronoun, Objective.

Analysis of the Accessory Clause.

Connective Particle, introducing the sentence 'he sees,' &c.

Pronoun, Subject-nominative.

Predicate-verb.

Noun-clause, Objective, dependent upon the
Predicate-verb 'sees.'

whose works Adjective-clause, qualifying the Noun 'authors.'

Analysis of the Noun-clause.

Connective Particle, introducing the sentence

so large a portion,' &c.

Adverb, qualifying the Adjective 'large.'

large

a

portion of time

is devoted

Adjective, qualifying the Subject-nominative 'portion.'

Indefinite Article, qualifying the Subject-nominative portion.'

Noun, Subject-nominative.

Prepositional phrase, qualifying the Subjectnominative portion.'

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Predicate-verb, compounded of the auxiliary 'is,' and the Participle 'devoted.'

to the study Adverbial phrase, qualifying the Predicate-verb

of a few

authors

whose

works

seem

to have

no

direct bearing

on the studies

and duties

of our own generation.

'is devoted.'

Prepositional phrase, qualifying the Noun 'study.'

Analysis of the Adjective-clause.

Pronoun, introducing the Adjective-clause, and qualifying the Subject-nominative 'works.' Noun, Subject-nominative.

Predicate-verb.

Infinitive, dependent upon the Predicate-verb

" seem.'

Adjective, qualifying the Objective 'bearing.'
Adjective, qualifying the Objective 'bearing.'
Verbal-noun (or rather, Infinitive used sub-
stantively), Objective, dependent upon the
Infinitive to have.'

Prepositional phrase, dependent upon the Verbal
Noun bearing;' (or, Adverbial phrase, de-
pendent upon the Infinitive 'bearing.') Obs.
The nouns 'studies' and 'duties' are coupled
by the Conjunction 'and.'

Prepositional phrase, qualifying the Nouns 'studies' and 'duties.'

Example II.

Bourdaloue is indeed a great reasoner, and inculcates his doctrines with much zeal, piety, and earnestness; but his style is verbose, he is disagreeably full of quotations from the Fathers, and he wants imagination. The whole sentence is divided into two sections, separated by the adversative but. On the one side, we have a con

tracted sentence; on the other side, we have three co

agreeably full

of quotations

from the Fathers, (3) he wants imagination.

The third Co-ordinate is joined to the other two, by the Conjunction and.

Analysis of the Contracted Sentence.

By supplying he in the second clause, we obtain two coordinate sentences, connected by the Copulative and :

1. Bourdaloue is indeed a great reasoner.

2. [He] inculcates his doctrines with much zeal, piety,

and earnestness.

1. Bourdaloue

is indeed

a

great

reasoner.

2. [He] inculcates

his

doctrines with much

zeal, piety,

and earnest-
ness:

Noun, Subject-nominative.

Predicate-verb.

Adverb, qualifying the Predicate-verbis.' Indefinite Article, qualifying the Predicatenominative' reasoner.'

Adjective, qualifying the Predicate-nomina

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tive reasoner.'

Noun, Predicate-nominative.

Pronoun, Subject-nominative.
Predicate-verb.

Pronoun in the possessive case, qualifying
the Objective doctrines.'

Noun, Objective.

Adverbial phrase, qualifying the Predicateverb 'inculcates,' and denoting the manner how.

1. his

style is

2. he

is

verbose,

Analysis of the Three Co-ordinates.

Pronoun in the possessive case, qualifying the Subject-nominative' style.'

Noun, Subject-nominative.

Predicate-verb.

Adjective, Predicate-nominative.
Pronoun, Subject-nominative.
Predicate-verb.

disagreeably Adverb, qualifying the Predicate-nominative

full

of quotations from the

Fathers,

3. he

wants

'full.'

Adjective, Predicate-nominative.

Prepositional phrase, dependent upon the
Adjective 'full.'

Pronoun, Subject-nominative.
Predicate-verb.

imagination. Noun, Objective.

Subject-Nominative, Predicate-Verb, and Predicate

Nominative.