You
perceive, then, that the _added_ noun, denoting the thing possessed, has
power _to change the form_ of the noun or pronoun denoting the
possessor, according to RULE 12. thus, by adding dog in the preceding
examples, _man_ is changed to _man's_, and _he_, to _his_.
Now parse the sentence which I have parsed, until the manner is quite
familiar to you; and then you will be prepared to analyze correctly and
_systematically_, the following exercises. When you parse, you may
spread the Compendium before you; and, if you have not already committed
the definitions and rules, you may read them on that, as you apply them.
This mode of procedure will enable you to learn _all_ the definitions
and rules by applying them to practice.
EXERCISES IN PARSING.
Rain descends--Rains descend--Snow falls--Snows fall--Thunder
rolls--Thunders roll--Man's works decay--Men's labors cease--John's dog
barks--Eliza's voice trembles--Julia's sister's child improves--Peter's
cousin's horse limps.
In the next place, I will parse a noun and a _neuter_ verb, which verb,
you will notice, differs from an active only in one respect.
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