You will then be
prepared to parse the following examples correctly and systematically.
PARSING.
"Weep on the rocks of roaring winds, O _maid_ of Inistore."
_Maid_ is a noun, the name of a person--- com. the name of a sort--fem.
gender, it denotes a female--second pers. spoken to--sing. num. it
implies but one--and in the nominative case independent, because it is
addressed, and has no verb to agree with it, according to
RULE 5. _When an address is made, the noun or pronoun addressed, is put
in the nominative case independent_.
"The _general_ being ransomed, the barbarians permitted him to
depart."
_General_ is a noun, the name, &c. (parse it in full:)--and in the
nominative case absolute, because it is placed before the participle
"being ransomed," and it has no verb to agree with it, agreeably to
RULE 6. _A noun or pronoun placed before a participle, and being
independent of the rest of the sentence, is in the nominative case
absolute_.
_"Thou man_ of God, flee to the land of Judah."
_Thou_ is a pronoun, a word used instead of a noun--personal, it
personates "man"--second pers.
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