DEF. 47.-A Principal Sentence asserts an independent DEF. 48.-An Auxiliary Sentence is a Sentence that is used as an Element in the structure of another Sentence or of a Phrase. 4. "Sweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's close, "The bounding steed you pompously bestride, 6. "Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea." 9. "To him that wishes for me, I am always present." 10. "These lofty trees wave not less proudly, That their ancestors moulder beneath them." OBS.-A Principal Sentence and its Auxiliary Sentences constitute ▲ Complex Sentence. [See EXAMPLES (1), (2), above.] REM.-An Auxiliary Sentence is an Adjunct of a Word, a Phrase, or a Sentence going before in construction; or it is used as a substitute for a Youn. Hence, PRIN -Auxiliary Sentences are distinguished as Substantive, Adverbial. DEF. 49.-A Substantive Sentence is used as the Subject or the Object of a Sentence; or as the Object of a Phrase. 4. "That all men are created equal, is a self-evident truth" 5. "Yet Brutus says he was ambitious." DEF. 50.-An Adjective Sentence is a Sentence that is used as an Adjunct of a Substantive. 4. "That life is long which answers life's great end." 5. "The man of wealth and pride, Takes up a space that many poor supplied." . "Here I come to tell what I do know.” DEF. 51.-An Adverbial Sentence is a Sentence that is used as an Adjunct of a Verb, a Participle, an Adjective, or another Adverb. 4. “Where wealth and freedom reign, contentment fails." 6. "These lofty trees wave not less proudly That their ancestors moulder beneath them." OBS.-A Sentence is sometimes a Logical Adjunct of some Word in a Principal Sentence. NOTE.-"That we misjudge" is a Sentence, used to limit the applies tion of the Word "it." Hence, the Sentence is an Adjunct of the Word It is called a Legical Adjunct because there is no Grammatical conre tion between the two Sentences RECAPITULATION OF DIAGRAMS. 1. FOR SENTENCES. ....a Simple Sentence-Intransitive. EXAMPLE." Landscape fades." .. a Simple Sentence-Transitive. Ex.-" Master taught school." .a Compound Sentence-Intransitive. Ex.-"Lark ascends and sings." .a Compound Sentence-Intransitive Ex. "Wealth and freedom reign.” [G.22.] ..a Compound Sentence-Transitive. Ex.-" -"We beheld moon and stars." ..a Compound Sentence-Transitive. Ex.-"Urn or bust can call breath." ..a Compound Sentence-Transitive. Ex-"Liberty and union promote peace and safety." ..a Compound Sentence-Transitive. Ex.-"State conforms and models life." ..a Compound Sentence-Transitive. Ex.—“ Spirit unfurls light and wheels will make apology) Ex.-" He will make apology." Auxiliary Sentence-Adjective. Ex.-"If John has injured you." ..a Sentence having a Phrase for its Subject. Ex.-"Finding fault discourages youth.' ..a Sentence having a Sentence for its Object. Ex. "Man exclaims, they come." [p. 14.] |