And. Dr 140. Models for Parsing. I. "He came and went like a pleasant thought." ...... is a conjunction; it connects words: copulative; it denotes addition: it connects "came" and "went." Rule XX: "Coördinate connectives join similar elements." II. "He or I will assist you." is a conjunction; (why?): disjunctive; it denotes opposition of meaning: it connects "he" and "I." Rule XX. III. "Neither James nor John had his lesson." Neither . . . nor . . . are conjunctions; (why?): correlative; one refers or answers to the other: neither introduces the sentence, and nor connects "James" and "John." Rule XX. IV. "Unto us was the gospel preached as well as unto them." As well as is a conjunction; (why?): copulative; (why?): it connects and emphatically distinguishes the two phrases, "unto us" and "unto them": Rule XX. 141. Exercises. Parse all the words in the following sentences: 1. I am a poor man, and argue with you, and convince you 2. He'd sooner die than ask you, or any man, for a shilling. 3. Talent is something, but tact is every thing. 4. Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. 5. The truth is, that I am tired of ticking. 6. I remember a mass of things, but nothing distinctly. 7. I alone was solitary and idle. 8. Both the ties of nature and the dictates of policy demand this. 9. There was no reply, for a slight fear was upon every man. 10. No man more highly esteems or honors the British troops than I do. 11. The soldier marches on and on, inflicting and suffering, as before. 12. There may be wisdom without knowledge, and there may be knowledge without wisdom. Exercises to be corrected: 1. The answer is the same with that I have. weather this storm without some one helps me. 2. I can not 3. You are too stuck up, so as you can never be popular. 4. Some of my books, and for which I paid a large price, are good for nothing. 5. Neither borrow or lend umbrellas. 6. I could not see nor hear him. 7. The loafer seems to be created for no other purpose, but to keep up the ancient and honorable order of idleness. 8. They told us how that it happened. 9. This is the reason that I remained at home. 10. Silver is both mined in Mexico and Peru. 11. The court of chancery frequently mitigates and breaks the teeth of the common law. 12. I as well as my sister are going West in the spring. THE INTERJECTION. 142. Definition. 66 An Interjection is a word used to denote some sudden or strong emotion; as, Hark! some one comes." "Pshaw! that is ridiculous." The principal interjections are the following: Ah, aha, hurra, huzza; oh, alas, welladay, alack; ha, indeed, zounds; bravo; faugh, fie, fudge, pshaw; heigh-ho; ha, ha, ha, (laughter); avaunt, begone; hail, all-hail; adieu, farewell, goodby; hallo, ahoy, lo, hark; hist, whist, hush, tush; avast, hold; eh? hey? Rem. 1.-Interjections have no definite meaning or grammatical construction. They occur frequently in colloquial or impassioned discourse; but are expressions of emotion only, and can not be used as signs of thought. As their name imports, they may be thrown in between connected parts of discourse, but are generally found at the commencement of sentences. Rem. 2.—Other parts of speech, when used as exclamations, may be treated as interjections; as, "What! art thou mad?" "My stars! what can all this be?" "Revenge! about,-seek,— burn,-fire,-kill,-slay!-let not a traitor live!" In most cases, however, words thus used may be parsed otherwise; as, “Magnificent!' cried all at once." "Magnificent" may be parsed as an adjective, the attribute of the sentence, It is magnificent." “Behold! your house is left unto you desolate!" "Behold" may be parsed as a verb in the imperative mode. ... 143. Order of Parsing. 1. An Interjection, and why? 2. Rule. 144. Model for Parsing. I. "O, let me live." is an interjection; it denotes some strong emotion. Rule XXII: "An interjection has no dependence upon other words." 145. Exercises. Parse all the words in the following sentences: 1. Ha! laughest thou? 2. Heigh! sirs, what a noise you make here. 3. Huzza! huzza! Long live lord Robin! 4. Hah! it is a sight to freeze one. 5. Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame which say unto me, Aha! aha! 6. Oh, that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! 7. Alas! all earthly good still blends itself with home! 8. Tush! tush! man, I made no reference to you. 9. Hark! what nearer war-drum shakes the gale? 10. Soft! I did but dream! 11. What! old acquaintance! could not all this flesh I could have better spared a better man.-Shakspeare. 146. Miscellaneous Exercises. 1. A mercenary informer knows no distinction. 2. I send you here a sort of allegory. 3. Our island home is far beyond the sea. 4. Love took up the harp of life, and smote on all the chords with might. 5. Your If is the only peace-maker: much virtue in If. 6. He is very prodigal of his ohs and ahs. 9. 7. He looked upward at the rugged heights that towered above him in the gloom. 8. He possessed that rare union of reason, simplicity, and vehemence, which formed the prince of orators. Mark well my fall, and that that ruined me. 10. The jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that honor feels.-Tennyson. 11. His qualities were so happily blended, that the result was a great and perfect whole. 12. There is no joy but calm. 13. I H. G. 11. must be cruel, only to be kind. 14. Why are we weighed upon with heaviness? 15. Now blessings light on him that first invented sleep: it covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak.— Cervantes. 16. Many a morning on the moorlands did we hear the copses ring. 17. He stretched out his right hand at these words, and laid it gently on the boy's head. 18. He acted ever as if his country's welfare, and that alone, was the moving spirit. 19. The great contention of criticism is to find the faults of the moderns, and the beauties of the ancients. Whilst an author is yet living, we estimate his powers by his worst performance; and when he is dead, we estimate them by his best.-Johnson. 20. I will work in my own sphere, nor wish it other than it is. 21. As his authority was undisputed, so it required no jealous precautions, no rigorous severity. 22. Like all men of genius, he delighted to take refuge in poetry. 23. To know how to say what other people only think, is what makes men poets and sages; and to dare to say what others only dare to think, makes men martyrs or reformers, or both.-24. That done, she turned to the old man with a lovely smile upon her face,-such, they said, as they had never seen, and never could forget,—and clung with both her arms about his neck.-Dickens. 25. To live in hearts we leave behind, Is not to die.-Campbell. 26. But war's a game which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.-Cowper. 27. Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be.~Pope. 28. The Niobe of nations, there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; Whose holy dust was scattered long ago.—Byron. 29. Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Or Flattery soothe the dull, cold ear of death?—Gray. 30. A thing of beauty is a joy forever; Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness.—Keats. 31. Forth from his dark and lonely hiding-place, Drops his blue-fringed lids, and holds them close, 32. Dry clank'd his harness in the icy caves 33. And barren chasms, and all to left and right Sharp-smitten with the dint of armed heels.-Tennyson. Then came wandering by A shadow, like an angel with bright hair Dabbled in blood; and he shriek'd out aloud: Seize on him, furies, take him to your torments!"-Shakspeare. 34. There are things of which I may not speak: There are dreams that can not die: There are thoughts that make the strong heart weak, And bring a pallor upon the cheek, And a mist before the eye. "A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts." 35. These ages have no memory-but they left A record in the desert-columns strown Longfellow. Of heaven's sweet air, nor foot of man dares tread, The long and perilous ways-the Cities of the Dead.-Bryant. |