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.