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ETYMOLOGl'-PABSING. 115
PARSING.
574. PARSING is the resolving of a sentence into its
elements or parts of speech.
575. Words may be parsed in two ways: Etymologically
(576), and Syntactically (983).
1. Etymological parsing consists in stating the parts
of speech to which each word in a sentence belongs, its
uses and accidents, its inflection, and changes, and derivation,
if derived.
2. Syntactical. parsing adds to the above a statement
of the relation in which the words stand to each other,
and the rules according to which they are com bincd in
phrases and sentences.
3. In the natural order, Etymological parsing should precede "1I1alysu;,
because we can not analyze II sentence before we have learned tbe cliar·
acter of the words it contains; nud .Bnalysis should precede Syntactical
parsir.g. hecnuse, till we know the parts and elements of a sentcnce. we
can Dot understand their relations, nor intellig,·ntly combine them into one
consistent whole. Still, theee are all so intilllntely cunnected and blended
togethel', tbat to do anyone of tbem ill tbe best manner. a knowledge of all
is necessary. As Etymological pnrsiug bas to do only witb the accidents
of words. it matters not wbether the words parsed are unconuected. or in
sentences. But in both Analysis and Syntactical pari'ing, not only must
the words constitute a sentence, hut that also must be both intelligible and
understood; for no one con either analyze or por2e syntactically that which
he does not understand.
ETYMOLOGICAL PARSING.
576. Words are parsed etymologically in the manner
directed under each part of speech, viz.: Nouns (182)
-articles (194)-adjectives (225)-pronouns of different
kinds, viz., personal (253), relative (278), interrogative
(286), adjective (313)-verbs (491 and 496)­
adverbs (537)-prepositions (55~)-interjections (560)
-conjunctions (572).
577. That a pupil should be expert and accurate in this exercise. is of
much importance, in order to pursue with pleasure and Sllccess the study of
Syntax, and to a correct underetanding of the forms and usages of speech
in the English langunge.