That he From that bleak tenement He many* an evening, to his distant home And travelled through the wood, with no one near returning-participle imperfect, used as an adj. qual. "he." verb trans. indic., past, 3rd per. sing. saw grow larger in the darkness all alone no one -verb intrans., infinitive, present, after "saw." -article def. noun abs., obj. in the darkness-an adverbial phrase, mod. " saw the hills grow." -adverb= entirely, mod. "alone." no whom might confess -adjective, qual. "he." -the zero of numeral adjectives, limiting "one." one-noun=nobody, obj. after "with." -pronoun rel., agreeing with its antecedent ". governed by "to." 'no one," obj., -mood auxiliary, past tense, 3rd per. sing., expressing power. -verb trans., infin. present, governed by "might.' might confess-verb trans., poten., past, 3rd per. sing., agreeing with "he." * "Many an evening " is an adverbial phrase modifying returning. Being an idiom it requires a little explanation: many is here a substantive derived from the A. S. moenigeo-a multitude, and a is probably a corruption of the preposition of the whole expression meaning "a many of evenings." In the somewhat similar expressions a many troops," a many days," many is still a substantive, while troops and days are in the possessive case by juxtaposition, of being understood before them. These and all such idioms can only be parsed after being translated, as it were, into their equivalent grammatical forms. 66 ON THE PARTS OF SPEECH. 1. Write out a list of 12 common nouns, 12 proper nouns, and 12 abstract nouns. 2. Underline the nouns and doubly-underline the verbs in the following sentences: The wind blows. Tom ran home. My uncle bought a horse and carriage. Jane wrote a letter to her aunt. The parliament met yesterday. Lisbon was destroyed by an earthquake. Mr. Smith the grocer gave me sixpence. St. Helena lies in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The cook slipped and broke the tureen. Lord Derby lives at Knowsley, near Liverpool. The Dutch won a great victory. Charity covereth a multitude of sins. A thing of beauty is a joy for ever. 3. Make 12 sentences, each with a noun and a verb in it. 4. Write out the nouns, verbs, and adjectives in the following sentences in three separate columns : A good boy loves his parents. The old soldier had a wooden leg. The poor child was terrified at the tall, ugly, old woman. Bold Robin Hood was a forester good, As ever drew bow in the merry green wood. It was a lovely evening in the leafy month of June, as we were returning from our pleasant pic-nic. After a large plum-pudding came in mince pies, blancmange, and Stilton cheese. They galloped, and trotted, and cantered the poor donkey the whole day. He is a handsome, dark-complexioned man, and I believe our foolish Nelly loved him at first sight. By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon. 5. Pick out the pronouns in the following sentences, and write opposite to each what noun it stands for : The boy who did it ought to be ashamed of himself. I told your son that, unless he learned his lessons, I should punish him. Mrs. Jones was reverenced by the poor, they thought her their greatest benefactor. Run and tell them that dinner is ready, and that it will soon be spoiled. Who told you so? Those who |