Graded Lessons in English an Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room by Alonzo Reed;Brainerd Kellogg
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In the sentence, _Webster, the statesman, was born in New Hampshire_, the
noun _statesman_ modifies the subject _Webster_ by explaining what or which Webster is meant. Both words name the same person. Let the pupils give examples of each of these two kinds of +Noun Modifiers+--the +Possessive+ and the +Explanatory+. Analysis and Parsing. +Model+.--_Julia's sister Mary has lost her diamond ring_. sister (Mary) | has lost | ring ===============|============'============= \Julia's | \her \diamond +Explanation of the Diagram+.--_Mary_ is written on the subject line, because _Mary_ and _sister_ both name the same person, but the word _Mary_ is inclosed within marks of parenthesis to show that _sister_ is the proper grammatical subject. In _oral analysis_, call _Julia's_ and _Mary_ modifiers of the subject, _sister_, because _Julia's_ tells whose sister, and _Mary_ explains sister by adding another name of the same person. _Her_ is a modifier of the object, because it tells whose ring is meant. _Julia's sister Mary_ is the _modified subject_, the predicate is unmodified, and _her diamond ring_ is the _modified object complement_. 1. The planet Jupiter has four moons. |
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