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ETYMOLOGY-PARSING. 117
Previous to parsing this sentence, the pupil may be Jed to understand
it better, and perceive its parts more distinctly, by attending to 8uch
questions as the following: What is 8poken of in this s~ntellce 1 How
3re plant :lltd animal qualified? What is said of them thus qualified!
How is wonders limited 1 What else is said of plant and animal? Whom
do they oblige I What do tbey oblige us to do I Hew is hand qualified I
What hand 1 cite.
581. Tbese words mny be parsed fully, tbus :-
The •.•.•... DEFINITE ARTICLE, sbewing that plant ond animal al'e defined
or limited.
minutest . ..• An ADJECTIVE, beeall8e it qualifies a nonn, plant, &c.
compared by er and est, or by prefixing more and most.
6uperlative degree-expresses tbe greatest degree of minute·
ness compared with others.
plant . ...... A NOUN-the name of an object.
neuter-is witbout sex.
nominative, becausc tbc subject of affords nnd oblige.
singular-it denotes but one; pluml, plants.
or ......... A DISJUNCTIVE CONJUNCTIOS-conueets plant and animal as
alternates.
animal .•..•. A NCVN--tbe nnme of an object.
neuf€r-consiuered without sex (125)
nominative singular, for reasons above :-(Eee ldanl).
if .......... A CONJUNCTIO::-counects the sentence, "[it is] at/entirely
examined," as a condition, to the s('utence, "affords," &c.
it . ......... A PRONouN-~tandB instead of a nouu, plant or animal.
7leutcT-it denotcs neither male nor femalc.
personal-its form indicates its person.
third pason-it is spoken of.
sit/gular-it denotes but one.
i~ eXlImilled • . A VERB -expresses an act.
transitive-expresses an act done to plant, &c., represented
by it.
regular-its past tense and past participle eud in cd.
present-expresses a present act.
indicative-n.ed subjunctively, and expresses a conditiou.
passive-represents the su~ject as acted upon.
third person-affirms of its subject r-poken of.
singular-affirllls of but one.
atLcntivaZy •• An AD\'EIlB-modifies examined; fOl'llled f,om the adjccti ve
attentive by nddir.g ly; compared t.y prefixing more nnd
most.
afford, . ....• A VERB-it exprcs