A Manual of the Analysis of Sentences, Syntax [&C.]. - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER I. ANALYSIS OP SENTENCES. 1. Syntax is that part of Grammar which treats of the combination and orderly arrangement of words in a sentence. 2. Analysis is that part of Grammar which treats of the breaking up of the words in a sentence into the words or phrases of which it is composed. An acquaintance with the rules of Syntax enables us to express our thoughts with due regard to grammatical propriety. A knowledge of the principles of Analysis enables us to resolve a sentence into its component parts; to see the relation of one part to another; and thus exhaust the fulness of its meaning. 3. A Sentence is a complete thought in words. 4. The most important words in a sentence are a Verb and Noun, or that which does duty for the Noun; the Noun being that about which the mind is thinking; and the Verb that which tells what the mind thinks about it. B 5. The terms used in the Analysis of Sentences are--Subject, Predicate, Object, Attribute, and Extension of Predicate. I may state generally that--The Nominative Case in Grammar answers to the Subject in Analysis. „ Verb „ „ Predicate „ „ Objective Case „ Object „ „ Adjective „ Attribute „ „ Adverb „ Extension of Predicate. The pupil, therefore, who can parse a sentence, can apply the simplest form of Analysis. Let us analyse the sentence--"Good boys learn their lessons properly." Now, the thing about which the mind thinks here is boys, and that which the mind thinks about boys is that they learn. Soys (the nominative case) is the Subject of the sentence; and learn (the verb) is the Predicate of the sentence. Again, good (the adjective) is the Attribute to boys; lessons is the Object; and properly (the adverb) is the Extension of the ...

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