263 QUESTIONS FOR PARSING. An Article. Demonstrative or numeral? What noun does it qualify? A Noun. Concrete or abstract? Common or proper ? Derivative or primitive? If derivative, give the root. Of what person, number, and gender? How constructed? as a subject, object, &c.? An Adjective. Compare it. Of what degree of comparison? Regularly or irregularly compared? an attribute, or as a predicate? Used as What noun does it qualify? A Pronoun. A noun, or an adjective pronoun? (If personal) what person and number? Used as a subject, or an object? (If possessive) conjunctive or disjunctive? (If distributive) used subjectively or objectively? (If indefinite) what word does it qualify? (If demonstrative) singular or plural ? What word does it point out? (If relative) give the antecedent. What is its construction - subjective, possessive, or objective? A Verb. What person, number, mood, tense, voice, of the verb? Go through the tense. What are the forms of this tense? Give the corresponding form in the passive voice. Is it a weak or a strong verb? Transitive or intransitive? (If transitive) what noun does it govern? An Adverb. Of what class? time, place, manner, &c.? What word does it qualify? A Conjunction. How classed? What words or propositions does it connect? A Preposition. Between which words does it show a relation? What word does it govern? |