Part 20 (2/2)

+T+.--The +Infinitive+ phrase is used as an +adjective+, an +adverb+, and a +noun+.

_Infinitives_ may be completed by _objects_ and _attributes_.

+a.n.a.lysis and Parsing+.

+Model+.--_David hasted to meet Goliath_.

David | hasted ==========|=========== | to meet | Goliath ----------------

+a.n.a.lysis of the Infinitive Phrase+.--_To_ introduces the phrase; _meet_, completed by the object _Goliath_, is the princ.i.p.al part.

+Parsing of the Phrase+.--_To_ is a preposition, because ----; _meet_ is a verb, because ----; _Goliath_ is a noun, because ----.

1. I come not here to talk.

2. I rejoice to hear it.

3. A desire to excel leads to eminence.

4. Dr. Franklin was sent to France to solicit aid for the colonies.

5. To retreat was impossible.

(_To_ is here used merely to introduce the infinitive phrase.)

to retreat --------- | | / | was impossible ==========|====================== |

+Explanation of the Diagram+.--As this _phrase subject_ cannot, in its proper form, be written on the subject line, it is placed above, and, by means of a support, the phrase diagram is made to rest on the subject line.

The _phrase complement_ may be diagramed in a similar way, and made to rest on the complement line.

6. The hands refuse to labor.

7. To live is not all of life.

8. The Puritans desired to obtain religious freedom.

9. The Romans, having conquered the world, were unable to conquer themselves.

10. Narvaez sailed from Cuba to conquer Florida.

11. Some savages of America and Africa love to wear rings in the nose.

12. Andrew Jackson, elected to succeed J. Q. Adams, was inaugurated in 1829.

LESSON 50.

POSITION AND PUNCTUATION OF THE PARTICIPIAL PHRASE.

ERRORS TO BE CORRECTED. (See Caution 1, Lesson 41.)

Punctuate as you correct. (See Lesson 37.)

A house was built for a clergyman having seven gables.

The old man struck the saucy boy raising a gold-headed cane.

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