alytical practical grammar - Toronto Public Library

142 ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
The first dependent clause is [it is] attentively examined, connected as a
condition by if to the leading verbs affords and obliges.
The second dependent clause is by lchich it was created, connected also
by which to hand in order to describe it.
In the independent clause-
The logical subject is The minutest plant or animal.
The logical predicate is affords a thousand wonders, and obliges us to
admire and adore the Omnipotent hand.
The grammatical subject is plant and animal, compound; its parts are
connected as r.lternates by or (569), and both modified by IIdnutest
(704).
The grammatical predicate is affords and oblige~, compound; its parts
flre connected by and. .I1ffords is modified by it.s object, wonders,
wbich is limited by a thousand. Obliges is modified by its object, us,
the infinitive to admire and to ado-re, of which us is also the subject,
and tbese infinitin~s are modified by their object, hand, which is quali.
fied and described by Omnipotent, and the relative clause by which it
was created.
'J'be verbs affords and obliges are modified also by the
conditional clause if [it is] attentively examined.
In tbe first dependent clause-
The logical subject is it, referring to plant or animal.
The logical predicate is is attentit·cly examined.
The grammatical subject is it.
The grammatical predicate is is examined; which is modified by the
adverb ~f manner, attentively.
In the second dependent c1ause-
The logical subject is it, referring to plant or animal.
The logical predicate is was created by which.
The grammatical subject is the same as the logical.
The grammatical predicate is was created. It is modified by the adjunct,
by u'hich, refel'l'ing to hand, its antecedent;
The preceding process of analysis, wbich takes up so much room on
paper, may be accompli,hed orally with great rapidity. L~t this be done
in the following-
EXERCISES.
In the sarno way, analyze tbe follow:ng sentences:-
Knowledge is power.-Truth is the basis of honor: It is the
beginning of virtue: It liveth and conquereth for ever.-Time
is a gift bestowed on us by the bounty of Heaven.-Tbe heart
and the tongue are the best and the worst parts of man.
Proficiency in language is a rare accomplishment.
Praise is more acceptable to the heart than profitable to the
mind.