2. The objective case *Ex. John learnt his les river. signifies the object of son: He rode through the an action, or of a preposition.* 3. The possessive case denotes the possessor of some property or condition.t A noun in the possessive case has an apostrophe, and generally s, added to it. Ex." My father's virtue." When the plural ends in s, or the singular in ss, the apostrophic s is not added. Ex. "My parents' virtue:" "For righteousness' sake.‡ Pronouns, in general, have a different form in each case. "Lesson" is a noun in the objective case. It is the object of the verb "learnt.""River" is a noun in the objective case. It is the object of the preposition "through." The name of the property or condition is always expressed or understood after the possessive case. Ex. "John's book is neat." "John's" is a noun in the possessive case, denoting the possessor of "book." Examples of the possessive case. He, she, it, and which, are of the third person. Who is of each person and number, and ap plied only to persons. * Mine, thine, hers; ours, yours, and theirs, are used when the name of the property does not immediately follow. What is meant by persons? By numbers? When the third person aud singular number of the verb, ends in s, how is the plural number formed? How is the plural number of nouns generally formed? What are cases? Name the cases of English nouns and How is the possessive case of nouns generally formed? Persons and Numbers belong to verbs, nouns, and pronouns. Genders and Cases belong to nouns and pronouns. SPECIMENS OF PARSING. "Every heart knows its sorrows. Every...is an adjective, and belongs to the noun "heart." (Recite R. 1.) Heart...is a noun in the nominative case, belonging to the verb "knows." ("A sentence must contain, at least, a nominative and a verb.") Heart...is of the third person, and singular number. Knows...is a verb of the third person, and singular number. ("A verb must be of the same person and number as its nominative.") Its...is a pronoun in the possessive case, standing instead of the noun "heart." ("A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun.") Its...is of the third person, and singular number. Sorrows...is a noun in the objective case. It is the object of the verb "knows." ("The objective case signifies the object of an action," &c.) Sorrows...is of the third person, and singular number. B 14 SPECIMENS OF PARSING. The Samaritan went to the wounded man, and bound up his wounds. The...is an adjective, and belongs to the noun tan.' "" "Samari ("Every adjective belongs to a noun," &c.) Samaritan...is a noun in the nominative case, belonging to the verb "went." ("A sentence must contain, at least, a nominative and a verb.") Samaritan...is of the third person, and singular number. Went..........is a verb of the third person, and singular number. ("A verb must be of the same person and number as its nominative.") man. To..............is a preposition, and shows the relation between the verb "went" and the noun 66 ("A preposition is a word used to connect words, and to show the relation between them.") The............is an adjective, and belongs to the noun man." Wounded.....is an adjective, and belongs to the noun 66 man." ("Every adjective belongs to a noun.") Man...........is a noun in the objective case. It is the object of the preposition "to." ("The objective case signifies the object of an action, or of a preposition.") And............is a conjunction. It is used to connect sentences. ("A conjunction is a word used to connect sentences," &c.) Bound.........is a verb of the third person, and singular number. "Samaritan" is understood as its nominative. ("A verb must be of the same person and number as its nominative".) Up....is an adverb. It qualifies the verb "bound." ("An adverb is a word used to qualify verbs, &c.) His.......... is a pronoun in the possessive case. It is used Wounds.......is a noun in the objective case. It is the object of the verb "bound." ("The objective case signifies the object of an action," &c.) Wounds......is of the third person, and singular number. CHAP. III. [Of Parallel Parts of Speech. There are many instances, in which two or more parts of speech have one form of spelling and in some instances they are pronoun ced alike. By parsing the following examples, the learner may be assisted to distinguish the part of speech, by observing the office which it performs in the sentence. PARALLELS. 1. Of such as are pronounced alike. Love, work, and walk, are used as verbs and as nouns.] |