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ETYMOLOGY-VERB-CONJUGA TION. 85
PARSING.
491. A. verb is parsed by stating its class (transitive or
intransitive) its form (regular or irregular), conjugating
it if irregular' (485), and stating its tense, mood, voice,
person, and number, and also the subject of which it
affirms; thus,
'0 He is."-Is is a verb. intransitivl', irmijular-am, was, been-found
in the present, indicativc, active-third person, singular, acd affirms of its
subject he.
492. Besides stating the scveral properties of the verb, as above, the
teacher may occasionally require the pupil, as a sort of reviewing exer·
cise, to assign a reasou for each statement; thus,-
I< Is-a verb, because it affirms being or existence of " He."
intransitive-it has no object.
irregular-its past tense and P3st participle do not end in ed-am,
WlUI, been.
present-it refers to the present time.
indicative-it declares simply and without limitation.
active-its subject is not acted upou.
third person-its subject is spokeu of.
singular-it asserts of but one, " lIe."
As tbis process would consume much time, it, of course, can not often
be used, and it is not necessary after the pupil is familiar with it, and
prompt in assigning the reasons as above,
SENTENCES.
493. NOMINATH·E.
1. A sentence is an affirmation and must contain a verb, in tho indica·
tive, potential, 01' subjunctive mood, by which the affirmation is made;
and II subject, of which the verb affit'ms. The subject is !!enerally a noun
or pronoun, in the nominative case; thus. the sentence, .. God is gnod,"
conhins lin IIffirmation. The verb is affirms of the noun God, which is
of course its subject, and in the nominative case.
2. Sentences which have the verb in the imperative mood, contain a
fommand ..,cxlwrtation, &c. The subject is that to w hieh the command is
given (117).
3. Tbe subject of a verb, except in the infiniti ve mood, is always in the
nominative case.
4. When that which is amt'med of a subject in tbe Dominative case, is
something expressed by a noun or pronoun aftet' the verb to be, that noun
or pronoun is IIhvllys in the nominative case, and called the predicatenominative,
or nominative after the verb; as, "Socrates was a philoso-
• In parsin:;, it will save time to omit conjugating the verb when it is regular,
and it is unnecessary, because its being anuounced to be regular sufficiently ascertains
its principal parts. All irregnlar verbs should be conjugated as in 518. Every
teacher, however, will adopt tbe course which he prefers.