e infinitive;
as, "He _ought_ to have done it."

Before you proceed to the analysis of the following examples, you may
read over the last _three_ lectures carefully and attentively; and as
soon as you become acquainted with all that has been presented, you will
understand nearly all the principles and regular constructions of our
language. In parsing a verb, or any other part of speech, be careful to
pursue the _systematic order_, and to conjugate every verb until you
become familiar with all the moods and tenses.

"He _should have been punished_ before he committed that atrocious
deed."

_Should have been punished_ is a verb, a word that signifies to
do--passive, it denotes action received or endured by the nom.--it is
formed by adding the perfect part, _punished_ to the neuter verb to
_be_--regular, the perf. part, ends in _ed_--potential mood, it implies
obligation, &c.--pluperfect tense, it denotes a past act which was prior
to the other past time specified by "committed"--third pers. sing.
num. because the nom. "he" is with which it agrees: RULE 4. _The verb
must agree_, &c.--Conjugated, Indic. mood, pres. tense, he is punished;
imperf. tense, he was punished; perf. tense, he has been punished; and
so on. Conjugate it through all the moods and tenses, and speak the
participles.

EXERCISES IN PARSING.

Columbus discovered America. America was discovered by Columbus. The
preceptor is writing a letter. The letter is written by the preceptor.
The work can be done. The house would have been built ere this, had he
fulfilled his promise. If I be beaten by that man, he will be punished.
Young man, if you wish to be respected, you must be more assiduous.
Being ridiculed and despised, he left the institution. He is reading
Homer. They are talking. He may be respected, if he become more
ingenuous. My worthy friend ought to be honored for his benevolent
deeds. This ought ye to have done.

ADDITIONAL EXERCISES IN PARSING.

All the most important principles of the science, together with many of
the rules, have now been presented and illustrated. But before you
proceed to analyze the following exercises, you may turn over a few
pages, and you will find all the rules presented in a body. Please to
examine them critically, and parse the _examples_ under each rule and
note. The examples, you will notice, are given to illustrate the
respective rules and notes under which they are placed; hence, by paying
particu