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SYNTAX-ANALYSTS. 1.11
6. "Conversation makes a mlln wax wis('\' than himself, and that more
by an b,ol\l"S discourse than by a day's meditation."
This is a compoun,1 sentence, comisting of two iuJependent clauses,
connected by and .. each of them has its owu depeudellt clause.
The first independent clause is GOllvers.,lion make., a man [to] ,vax llriser.
Its depeGdent clause is himself [is]. connected by them.
The secont! independent dall'0 is [he does] that more by an hOlu's di .•-
course. Its dependeut c1a'l,e is [hc does] by a day's 1IIcdil"lioll, conuccte,J
by than.
(The won]s supplie'l nre included in hrackets.)
In the first independent clause-
The logical subject is conversation.
The logical preuicate is makes a man [to] u'ax wiser.
The grammatical subject is the same as the logical.
The grammatical pn·uicate is makes, ll1d, man, which
is also the subject of the verb 10 wox (872). It is shown to he uscu
indefinitely by a, ond is (Iualifi,>, I by the predicati ve n,ljecti ve ,ei.,cr.
In the clause dependent on the preccding, and connectecl by Iha,,­
The logical subject is himself (in thc nominative) (24(»).
The logical predicate is is (understood).
The grammatical subject and preclicate nre the ~ame as the logical.
In the second independent proposition connected to the firAt by (111"­
The logical subject is he understood (for alllan).
The logical predicatc is [does] that more by an hour's discouru.
The grammatical subject is the same as the logic,d.
The grammatical predicate is does (understood). It is mo,liiied by its
object that, representing the phrase fI'ax wiser Ihfln kilns"f: aI,,, by
the adverb more, and the adjunct by discourse; alltl di,course j" limitcd
by hour's which again is shown to be indefinite I;y the nrticle an.
In the clause depenuent on the preceding, and connected by Ihan­
The logical subject is he (a man) understood,
The logical predicate is [does] by a day's meditation.
The grammatical subject is the same as the logic:ll.
The grammatical predicate is does (lludersto