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Is respected, v pas-passive verb, nom. case, receives the action. r-regular, forms the imp. tense and perf. participle by adding d, or ed, to the verb ind-indicative mood, simply declares. pr-present tense, represents present time. 3 s-third person singular, to agree with

rule 1st.

By, prep-preposition, and influences school.
The, art-definite article, and defines school.
School, n-noun, name of a thing.

c-common, not applied to one individual.
n-neuter gender, does not denote sex.
3-third person, spoken of.

s-singular number, denotes but one object.

by

17-objective case, it is the object of the relation of the preposition, and governed by it, according

to rule 17.

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This, is a dem. adj. pro. it demonstrates and partakes of the nature of an adjective and pronoun, and belongs to paper, by rule 8th..

Paper, n—is a noun, the name of a thing.

c-common, not applied to an individual.

n-neuter gender does not denote sex.

3-third person, spoken of.

s—singular number it denotes but one object.

1-nominative case to the verb.

Is, v-is a verb, it signifies to be.

ir-irregular, it will not form its imperfect tense by adding d or ed to the verb.

n-neuter, it expresses neither action or passion, but a state of being.

ind-indicative mood, it simply indicates or declares.
pr-present tense, it represents present time.
3 s-third person singular, to agree with

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White, a 8-is an adjective, a word added to a noun to express its quality, and belongs to, by rule 8.

The, art-definite article, and defines

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PRACTICE-GRAMMATICAL ANALYSIS.

ENGLISH READER. CHAP. VI. §7.

Art

a 8

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adv vrn ind pr 3 s THE midnight moon' serenely smiles? prep ncf3s 10 rule a8 ncn3s 17 rule

a 8

O'er nature's soft repose,

a 8 ncn3s vra tr ind pr 3 s ncn3s

No low'ring cloud obscures the sky,
ncn3s vir n ind pr 3 s

con 18 a 8

Nor ruffling tempest' blows.2

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adv disap8 ncn3s virnind pr 3 s prep ncn 3 s 17 Now ev'ry passion' sinks

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to rest,3

ncn3s see is a 8 heart

still;

ncn3s 17

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life

no-more

And varying schemes1 of
vra trind pr 3 plu art a 8

ncn3s

Distract the lab'ring will.

prep ncn 3 s part prep ncn3s 10 do 17
In silence hush'd to reason's voice,

vrn ind pr3s dis a pro a 8 ncn3s nom to attends

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a 8 ncn3s vra tr ind pr 3 s Come while the peaceful scene invites, [3] vir a trimp 2 s vra trinf pr dap a 8

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Let's [us to] search this ample round ;3
adv auxiliary art a 8
Where shall the lovely, fleeting form1
prep nen 3 s 17 vir pas ind 1st fut 3 s
Of happiness be found 22
aux pp nom to does dwell prep
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amidst the frolic mirth

prep a 3 ncn 3 plu 17 v ir n ind pr 3 s
Of gay assemblies dwell;2

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Or hide beneath the solemn gloom,
rel pro vratr ind pr 3 s n cm3s 10 ncn 3 s 17
That' shades the hermit's cell 23

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SECT. II.-OF THE NOUN.

A NOUN is the name of any person, place, or thing; and may be known by its taking an article before it, or making sense of itself; as, a house, the sun, modesty, industry, chastity.

Order for Parsing the Noun.

A noun, and why? proper or common, or why? gender, person, number, case, and why?

A noun is said to be proper when it is appropriated to an individual; as London, George, Thames. It is said to be common when it stands for kinds containing many sorts, or for sorts containing many individuals under them; as animal, man, tree, &c.

Gender is the consideration of nouns with regard to sex. There are three genders, the masculine, feminine, and neuter.

'The masculine gender denotes animals of the male kind; as, a man, a horse, &c. The feminine denotes an animal of the female kind; as, a woman, &c.; and the neuter denotes objects which are neither male nor female; as, a house, a field.*

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Of the animal world, {All males are masculine, and And all the objects of the vegeta-Form the neuter. ble and inanimate kingdom,

By a figure of speech called personification, by which life and action are attributed to inanimate objects, many neuter nouns, especially by the poets, are converted into the masculine or feminine; in which case, the giver, and those objects which are of a masculine and warlike nature, are put in the masculine; while the receiver, and objects assimilated with the feminine, on account of music, beauty, benevolence, or goodness, are made femi

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Sun, the giver of light, is masculine; Moon, receiver, is feminine; time is always masculine, being described in

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ncn3s vra trind pr 3s

A sick'ning heart conceals:2

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18 conc'ls steals prep art ncn 3s 10 rule a 8
And through the cloister's deep recess

a 8

ncn3s vir n ind pr 3 s

Invading sorrow1 steals.2

adv

prep ncn3s gov'd by through 17 In vain, through beauty, fortune, wit,

art ncn3s pro vra trind pr 1 plu. and agrees with we
The fugitive3 we1

pro see is adv prep art It' dwells not in the

trace;2

a 8 ncn 3 s 17

faithless smile

rpro vra trind pr 3 s n pr fem 3 s 10 rule n c n 3 s

That' brightens2

Clodia's

adv art n c obj (finds) d a p

Perhaps the joy3 to

art

face.

part

these [persons] deny'd,

ncn3s prep ncn 3s 17 vir a tr ind pr 3 s
The heart' in friendship finds :2
a 8 n &c indept a8 ncn2sind

interj
Ah! dear delusion, gay conceit,
a 8 ncn 3 plu 17

prep

Of visionary minds!

adv pos a p

a 8 ncn 3 plu vr ind pr 3 pl

Howe'er our varying notions' rove,2

con ind a p 8

see is r plu

ind a pro

Yet all [persons] agree in one, [notion which is] vr a tr inf pp 10 n cn3s ind a pro ncn 3 s 17

To place its being in some

state,

prep ncn3s 17 prep pap8
At distance from our-own, [state,]
dis a pro a 8

inter a8

ncn 3 s 17

O blind [persons] to each indulgent aim

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prep nen 3s 17 adv a in the superlative of eminence, and beOf power supremely wise,

rel to per vra trind pr 2 plu ncn3s ncn 3 s 17

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vra trind pr 3 s denies.2 (which) a 8 is adv art n cn3s vir a tr ind pr 1 plu Vain is alike the joy' [which] we1 seek,2 a 8 is that joy which vra trind pr 1 p what we' possess

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PERSON AND NUMBER.

Person, is the different situation of nouns in a sentence. There are two persons, second and third; the second person denotes the person spoken to, and the third, the person spoken of.*

Number is the consideration of an object, as one, or many. There are two numbers, the singular and the plural; the singular denotes but one object; as, a chair, a table; the plural more than one; as, chairs, tables.

prints and poetry, as a man with a scythe, and king of

terrors.

Faith, hope, charity, religion, are represented by the painters as a mother and three daughters, on account of their being the most lovely objects in nature.

Tiger, lion, wolf, hawk, kite, eagle, falcon, are masculine, on account of their ravenous and warlike char

acters.

On the other hand, dove and nightingale are both feminine; one on account of its beauty, and the other for its melody.

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A noun has no such thing as a first person, this being always denoted by the pronoun I and we; I can say, I am writing on the subject of Grammar, but I cannot say, Barrett am writing on Grammar; it ought to be, Barrett is writing; although Barrett is the antecedent of I, yet when I speak of myself, and say, Barrett is doing so and so; Barrett is as much spoken of as any other person, and as long as it is spoken of, it must be in the third person. Moses, Josephus, and all the writers of antiquity, speak of themselves. In the five books of Moses, written expressly by himself, we find him invariably spoken of. Josephus, speaking of himself, says, "Josephus leads his legion to the assault;" and again he says,-"one Josephus, allied to the Kings and Priests, performs the most astonishing feats of valour, until he (not I) was taken prisoner by the Romans." Our modern very learned Grammarians would never dream that Josephus was of the first person.

QUERY.-Is the verb performs, first person singular, to agree with Josephus; which is a noun in the third person singular?

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