(5) An Exclamatory Adjective; as, (6) An Interjection; as, What! dinner not ready! (7) An Adverb of Degree; as, What beautiful flowers these are! What [i.e., partly] with crawling, and what with limping, Exercise 186. Parse each what. I tell you that is what he said. What sort of ink is that? What are you going to do with it? What a piece of work is man! What tall soldiers these are! Tell me what this is. Give me what I came for. What is this? you take this to be? What is he looking for? What did this? What do AS. 451. As may be (read again par. 419) (1) A Conjunctive Adverb (a) of Manner; as, (b) Of Degree; as, You are as strong as he is. (c) Of Time; as, I talked to him as we walked home from school. (2) A Conjunction (Causal); as, I took a cab, as I could walk no longer. (3) An Adverb (of Degree); as, You seem to be as agile as your brother. (4) A Relative Pronoun; as, We are such stuff as dreams are made of. (5) A Preposition; as, Did you ever see Booth as Hamlet? As is also a part of the Prepositions as to and as for, and a part of the Conjunction as well as. Parse each as. Exercise 187. As a play it is not so bad. Do just as I do. It must be true, as my father said it. It must be done as I say it should. Here are as many as I want. You are hardly so tall as he is. Would you eat such candy as that is? That is what he said as we passed the house. Is this as dark as that one? Take this as well as that. Let it stay as I put it. As that is your game, I will bid you good-morning. I would as lief take the blue as the red. How do you like this as a beginning? As for that, I will have none of it. LIKE. 452. The word like may be (a) A Noun; as, I shall not look upon his like again. You do not consider my likes or dislikes. (b) A Verb; as, I like apples. (c) An Adjective; as, The twins were like as two peas. The like angles of two similar triangles. With her eyes, like an angel's. NOTE.-The Noun after the Adjective like, in such a sentence as "She looks like her sister," is governed by the Preposition to or unto, understood. (d) A Preposition; as, Write like me. NOTE.-The Preposition like is never followed by a statement with the Verb expressed; thus, in the sentence, "He staggered like a drunken man, "if a Verb is expressed after man the Preposition like must be replaced by the Conjunction as or as if. 453. The word but1 may be (1) A Coördinating Conjunction; as, The horse is sold, but the cow is not. (Adversative Conjunction.) I want not only oranges but lemons. (Additive Conjunction.) (2) A Preposition; as, All went but [= except] me. We want none but [= except] him. (3) An Adverb; as, Man wants but [= only] little here below. The story is but [= only] too true. (4) A Relative Pronoun2; as, There is no one but errs now and then. Parse each but. Exercise 188. All the boys but Tom were early. We are but children of a larger growth. One shall be taken, but the other left. It is but too true. They were poor but honest. You have come but to mock me. He is rich, but not happy. There are none but were wet by the shower. So the loud whirlwind and the torrent's roar O who shall say what heroes feel See "Notes for Teachers," p. 322, Note 18. 454. That may be THAT. (1) A Demonstrative Adjective; as, Give me that book. (2) A Demonstrative Pronoun; as, (3) Adverb of Degree; as, I have walked that far myself. (4) A Relative Pronoun; as, This is the house that Jack built. (5) A Conjunction; as, I know that you are unhappy. (Introductory.) I will stay, that you may go. (Purpose.) Parse each that. Exercise 189. Work that you may succeed. Have you seen the house that I bought? It is true that our sister came yesterday. Do you know that child? Is that that you told me true? Do you believe that story? I believe that the story that you heard is false. Nay, that's certain; we are blest that Rome is rid of him. Are you as tall as that? Do you eat that you may live? The boy was only that high. It is so rainy that I must stay indoors. MISCELLANEOUS SENTENCES FOR PARSING. [When we are parsing in writing, time may be saved by contracting the longer grammatical terms, thus :— Never contract a word of one syllable. Show that a word is contracted by putting a period after it ; punctuate in other respects as if there were no contractions.] England expects every man to do his duty. Time writes no wrinkles on thine azure brow. No useless coffin enclosed his breast. I saw a little streamlet flow Along a peaceful vale. On some fond breast the parting soul relies. The mild southern breeze brought a shower from the hill. |