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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+P+.--That stars are suns. +T+.--What is the object complement of _teach_?
+P+.--The clause, _that stars are suns_. +T+.--What office then does this clause perform? +P+.--That of a noun. +T+.--_The teaching of astronomers is, that stars are suns_. What does _is_ assert of teaching? +P+.--That stars are suns. +T+.--What then is the attribute complement? +P+.--_That stars are suns_. +T+.--Does this complement express the quality of the subject, or does it name the same thing that the subject names? +P+.--It names the same thing that the subject names. +T+.--It is equivalent then to what part of speech? +P+.--To a noun. +T+.--You see then that a clause, like a noun, may be used as the subject or the complement of a sentence. Analysis and Parsing. +Model+.-- That ------ ' stars | are '\suns =======|============ | | | / \ | is taught ================|============ | \by |
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