of the sentence_ for its object: RULE 24.
In the next example, _that my indiscretions should reach my
posterity_, is a part of a sentence put as the nominative to the
verb _wounds_, according to the same Rule.
2. The noun _sacrifice_, in the third example, is nom. after the
active-intransitive verb _fell_: RULE 22. The noun _proprietors_, in
the next sentence, is in the objective case, and put by apposition
with _senate_ and _people_: RULE 7, or governed by _consider_,
understood, according to RULE 35.
3. In the fifth example, _what_, following _proved_, is a compound
relative. _Thing_, the antecedent part, is in the nom. case after
_to be_, understood, and put by apposition with _he_, according to
RULE 21, and NOTE. _Which_, the relative part, is in the obj. case
after _to be_ expressed, and put by apposition with _him_, according
to the same RULE. _Man_ is in the obj. case, put by apposition with
_which_: RULE 7. The latter part of the sentence may be _literally_
rendered thus: He plainly appears to have proved _to be that base
character which_ the prophet foresaw him to be, viz. a _man_ of
violence, cruelty, and blood. The antecedent part of the first
_what_, in the next sentence, is governed by _hides_; and _which_,
the relative part, is governed by _know_ understood. The antecedent
part of the second _what_, is governed by _hides_ understood, and
the relative part is governed by _know_ expressed.
4. The first _he_, in the seventh example, is, in the opinion of
some, nom. to _can hear_ understood; but Mr. N.R. Smith, a
distinguished and acute grammarian, suggests the propriety of
rendering the sentence thus; "He that formed the ear, _formed it to
hear_; can he not hear?" The first _he_, in the last example, is
redundant; yet the construction is sometimes admissible, for the
expression is more forcible than it would be to say, "Let him hear
who hath ears to hear;" and if we adopt the ingenious method of Mr.
Smith, the sentence is grammatical, and may be rendered thus; "He
that hath ears, _hath ears_ to hear; let him hear."
EXERCISES IN PARSING.
_Idioms, anomalies, and intricacies_.
1. "The wall is three _feet_ high."
2. "His son is eight _years_ old."
3. "My knife is worth a _shilling_."
4. "She is worth _him_ and all his _connexions_."
5. "He has been there three _times_."
6.
|