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540. I will, my lord, so execute this charge,

As if that Lacy were in love with her

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I will, my lord, so execute this charge, as [I would execute it] if [it were the case] that Lacy were in love with her.

541. Thou art the celestial alimony of intellect, of which whosoever eateth shall yet hunger, and whoso drinketh shall yet thirst.

a. Thou art the celestial alimony of intellectb. [and] he shall yet hunger

c. who eateth of which

d. and he shall yet thirst

e. who drinketh [of which]

Or thus:

a. Thou art the celestial alimony of intellectb. of which whosoever eateth

c. ...shall yet hunger

d. and whoso drinketh

e....shall yet thirst

Prin. sent.

Prin. sent., co-ord. (cop.) to a.
Adj. sent. to he in b.

Prin. sent., co-ord. (cop.) to a b.
Adj. sent. to he in d.

Prin. sent.

Noun sent., subj. to c, and forming part of adj. sent. to alimony in a.

Part of adj. sent. to alimony in a. Noun sent., subj. to e, and forming part of adj. sent. to alimony in a, co-ord. to b.

Part of adj. sent. to alimony in a, co-ord. to c.

542. The unsightly plain lies a brown deluge.

A brown deluge is the complement, the full predicate being lies a brown deluge.

543. Sesostris overcame a great part of the world and that by

archers.

The second sent. in full is: and [he accomplished] that by archers.

544. With these doings I cannot away.

(1) Away has a verbal force and may be put as the pred. (away with-bear). (2) Some verb like go may be inserted, with the idea of "going away satisfied."

545. Thou shalt dear aby this blow.

Dear (= dearly) is an extension.
suffer) is the pred.

Shalt aby (=shalt pay for, shalt

546. Mercy on me, poor sinner that I am! mercy on me [being the] poor sinner which I am.

547. She might want who knows what.

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Who knows what is a noun sent., object to might want.
be taken as the object of knows, or an ellipsis supplied, thus,
who knows what [she might want].

548. Decide who can = [you let him] decide who can [decide].

549. Out with it, sir! (2) [you] out-with it, sir.

(1) [you speak] out with it, sir; or

In (2), out-with is taken as a verbal expression, equivalent to utter.

550. Maybe you would follow us to the centre of the globe. Maybe may be put as an extension, equivalent to perhaps. Or, it may be divided and the sent. analysed thus:

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551. Like as the roaring waves the sunken ship surround, Great heaps of care did swallow me, and I no succour found.

Some consider like as a connective introducing an adv. sent. of manner it is better to treat like as an extension of did swallow.

552. Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven to reign in Hell [is] better than to serve in Heaven [is good].

553. The little company housed themselves as best they could the little company housed themselves as they could [house themselves] best.

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555. But ere he alighted at Netherby gate,

The bride had consented, the gallant came late:
For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war,

Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar.

For introduces a causative co-ord. sent. : the sense is made clearer by supplying the ellipsis before the connective for [these things happened in accordance with the decrees of fate]-for, &c.

556. So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That never a hall such a galliard did grace;

While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume.

In analysing, it is better to supply a prin. sent. before while, the idea being suggested by the adv. sent. contained in the second line. The ellipsis is: [The dance (galliard) of the stately youth and the lovely maiden graced the hall ;] while, &c.

557. One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear,

When they reach'd the hall-door, and the charger stood

near.

The first line is elliptical: the full form would be:-[He gave] one touch to her hand, and [he whispered] one word in her ear.

CHAPTER XI.-OTHER METHODS OF ANALYSING.

558. Besides the two methods of analysis, viz., Tabular and Detailed, which have been adopted in this work, there are others which have been more or less accepted by writers on analysis. The most important of these are illustrated below in analysing the following passage:

The owner of the cottage was called up, and as soon as he knew one of them, he easily concluded in what condition they both were, and presently carried them into a little barn full of hay, which was a better lodging than he had for himself.

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one of them, he easily concluded )) in what condition they both were, and presently carried them into a little barn full of hay,

a better lodging | than*] he had for himself. |

than [the lodging was good which] he had for himself.

which was

Obs. In this method, which is very incomplete, the following marks are used:

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Obs. In this method, which shows the analysis of each detached sentence, without indicating the connection of one sentence with another, the figures are used thus: 1 denotes subj.; 2, pred.; 3, dir. obj.; 3a, indir. obj.; and 4, extens,

564. EIGHTH METHOD.

A. The owner of the cottage was called up

B.

And he easily concluded

lb'. as soon as he knew one of them

2b'. in what condition they both were

C.

c'.

and he presently carried them into a little barn full of hay
which was a better lodging

c". than [the lodging was good]

c". [which] he had for himself.

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Obs. In this system of notation, capital letters are used to denote principal sentences; and their corresponding small letters to denote subordinate sentences. Coordinate relation of subordinate sentences is marked by the figures 1, 2, &c., placed before the letters, and dependent relation by dashes, thus, a', a", a", &c.

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