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 Predicate-verb, compounded of the auxiliary 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 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.' 6 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.' Prepositional phrase, dependent upon the Verbal 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- Noun, Subject-nominative. Predicate-verb. Adverb, qualifying the Predicate-verbis.' Indefinite Article, qualifying the Predicatenominative' reasoner.' Adjective, qualifying the Predicate-nomina 6 tive reasoner.' Noun, Predicate-nominative. Pronoun, Subject-nominative. Pronoun in the possessive case, qualifying 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. disagreeably Adverb, qualifying the Predicate-nominative full of quotations from the Fathers, 3. he wants 'full.' Adjective, Predicate-nominative. Prepositional phrase, dependent upon the Pronoun, Subject-nominative. imagination. Noun, Objective. |