The examples, you will notice, are given to illustrate the
respective rules and notes under which they are placed; hence, by paying
particular attention to them, you will be enabled fully and clearly to
comprehend the meaning and application of all the rules and notes.
As soon as you become familiarly acquainted with all the _definitions_
so that you can apply them with facility, you may omit them in parsing;
but you must always apply the rules of Syntax. When you parse without
applying the definitions, you may proceed in the following manner:
"Mercy is the true badge of nobility."
_Mercy_ is a noun common, of the neuter gender, third person, singular
number, and in the nominative case to "is:" RULE 3. _The nominative case
governs the verb_.
_Is_ is an irregular neuter verb, indicative mood, present tense, third
person, singular number, agreeing with "mercy," according to RULE 4.
_The verb must agree_, &c.
_The_ is a definite article, belonging to "badge," in the singular
number: RULE 2. _The definite article_ the, &c.
_True_ is an adjective in the positive degree, and belongs to the noun
"badge:" RULE 18.
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