not, in such instances, apply Rule 13.
But when the noun is expressed, gender should be applied, and _two_
Rules.

EXERCISES IN PARSING.

I saw a man leading his horse slowly over the new bridge. My friends
visit me very often at my father's office. We improve ourselves by close
application. Horace, thou learnest many lessons. Charles, you, by your
diligence, make easy work of the task given you by your preceptor. Young
ladies, you run over your lessons very carelessly. The stranger drove
his horses too far into the water, and, in so doing, he drowned them.

Gray morning rose in the east. A green narrow vale appeared before us:
its winding stream murmured through the grove. The dark host of Rothmar
stood on its banks, with their glittering spears. We fought along the
vale. They fled. Rothmar sunk beneath my sword. Day was descending in
the west, when I brought his arms to Crothar. The aged hero felt them
with his hands: joy brightened his thoughts.

NOTE. _Horace, Charles_, and _ladies_, are of the second person, and
nom. case _independent_: see RULE 5, and NOTE. The first _you_ is used
in the nom. poss. and obj. case.--It represents Charles, therefore it is
_singular_ in sense, although plural in form. In the next example, _you_
personifies _ladies_, therefore it is _plural. Given_ is a perfect
participle. _You_ following given, is governed by _to_ understood,
according to NOTE 1, under Rule 32. _Run over_ is a compound verb. _And_
is a conjunction. The first _its_ personates vale; the second _its_
represents stream.

You may now parse the following examples three times over.

COMPOUND PERSONAL PRONOUNS.

"Juliet, retain her paper, and present _yours_."

_Yours_ is a compound personal pronoun, representing both the possessor
and the thing possessed, and is equivalent to _your paper_. _Your_ is a
pronoun, a word used instead of a noun--personal, it personates
"Juliet"--second person, it represents the person spoken to--fem.
gender, sing. number, (singular in sense, but _plural_ in form,) because
the noun Juliet is for which it stands: Rule 13. _Pers. Pron.
&c_.--_Your_ is in the possessive case, it denotes possession, and is
governed by "paper," according to Rule 12. _A noun or pron. &c._ (Repeat
the Rule, and decline the pronoun.) _Paper_ is a noun, the name of a
thing--common, the name of a sort of things--neuter gender, it denotes a
thing without sex--third person, spoken of--sing. number, it implies bu