And fired || his glazing eye And Stanley was the cry A light on Marmion's vis | age spread | The war that for a space | did fail | thund'ring1 war or war (which was) thundring"} war swelled10 gale the1 gale swelled gale war swelled gale and16 Stanley was cry Stanley2 was Stanley was9 light spread the1 cry A1 light spread on1s visage Marmion's" visage on visage light spread light spread and 16 (light) fired eye (light) fired eye Marmion his eye glazing1 eye fired eyes did, auxiliary verb. trebly, adverb. thund'ring, participle. gale, noun, accusative.* the, adjective. cry, noun, nominative. A, adjective. light, noun, nominative. on, preposition. Marmion's, noun, poss. * Or. Objective. THE SUBJECT, a being, existing or acting. THE PREDICATE, the existence or action of the being. Of the Subject, quantity and quality. COMPLEMENTS,Of the Predicate, manner, time, place; i. e., how, (See page 17.) when, where. "THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold," is a Sentence, because it contains a Subject and Predicate. ASSYRIAN is the Subject, because its existence is predicated by came. CAME is the Predicate, because it predicates the existence of Assyrian. THE is a complement of Assyrian, having no separate existence, but holding a collateral relation to Assyrian. "LIKE THE WOLF" and "ON THE FOLD," are complements of came, qualifying it like adverbs of manner and place. (Like the wolf, adverb of manner; on the fold, adverb of place.) "And his cohorts were gleaming with purple and gold," is a Sentence, containing a Subject and Predicate. COHORTS is the Subject, because its existence is predicated by were gleaming. WERE GLEAMING is the Predicate, because it predicates the existence of cohorts. His is a complement of cohorts, to which it holds a collateral relation. "LIKE PURPLE" and "(like) GOLD," are complements of the predicate, expressing the manner in which the cohorts were gleaming. The relation between ASSYRIAN and CAME, as also that between COHORTS and WERE GLEAMING, is CORRELATIVE, The relation of the complements is always COLLATERAL. In order the better to elucidate the principle of Subject, Predicate, and Complements to the young scholar, it is recommended to the teacher to employ some simple sentence, containing a Subject that will be at once recognized by all the class; and let both Subject and Predicate present a living exemplification, that shall make an indelible impression on the mind of the scholar, Let the teacher call up a boy, and form this sentence: "The small white boy stands there." Boy is the Subject, because his existence is predicated by stands. STANDS is the Predicate, because it predicates the exist ence of the boy. SMALL and white are complements of boy, to which they belong as adjectives holding a collateral relation. THERE is a complement of stands, pointing out the place where the boy exists. Now if the boy is dismissed, or sent out of the room, it will at once become apparent that the Subject of the sentence has disappeared, and with it, of course, all the rest of the sentence. Take, again, the sentence: "The black pencil rolls on the slate." PENCIL is the Subject, having its existence predicated by rolls. ROLLS is the Predicate, because it predicates the existence of pencil. THE and BLACK are complements of pencil, to which they hold an adjective and collateral relation. ON THE SLATE is a complement holding a collateral and adverbial relation to rolls, and showing where the pencil exists. Hence, an adverb of place. N. B. All that any predicate can predict, predicate, or assert of its subject is, that it exists, acts, or is acted upon (that is: to be, to do, or to suffer.) NEW INDUCTIVE GRAMMAR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FOUNDED ENTIRELY ON THE PRINCIPLE OF RELATIONS: BY SOLOMON BARRETT, AUTHOR OF A SERIES OF GRAMMARS, ENGLISH, LATIN, GREEK, GERMAN, SPANISH AND FRENCH. "He brought in a new way of arguing by induction.”—Baker. "ONE WORD BELONGS TO ANOTHER."-Barrett. BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY BRADLEY, DAYTON & CO. |