Section 5.

Alternate sentences in which a word ending in ING, and following the verb TO BE, is to be parsed in the first example as a participle, forming with the verb TO BE a verb in the progressive form, and in the second example is to be parsed separately as an adjective qualifying the subject of the verb

TO BE.

EXAMPLES.

1. The star is twinkling in the sky.

2. The light of the fixed stars is a twinkling light. 3. The orator was thrilling his hearers by his eloquence.

4. The effect of the music was thrilling.

5. The diamond is sparkling in the light.

6. The brilliancy of the diamond is sparkling. 7. The sun is dazzling my eyes.

8. The splendor of the sun is dazzling.

9. The teacher was interesting his pupils with a story.

10. The story told by the teacher was interesting.

11. The speaker is convincing his audience.

12. The logic of the speaker is convincing.

Section 6.

The past participle passive.

EXAMPLES.

1. A penny saved (a) is as good as a penny earned.

2. When the signal moment, predestined from all eternity, arrived, the Deity arose in his might, and with a word created the world.

3. One of the earthquakes most particularly described in history, is that which occurred in 1693.-Goldsmith.

4. The righteous man shall flourish like a tree planted by the rivers of water.-Blair.

5. With eyes upraised, like one inspired,

Pale Melancholy sat retired.-Collins.

6. Hands of angels, hidden from mortal eyes, shifted the scenery of the heavens.

7. The student was a man advanced in years.

8. Truths divine came mended from his tongue.

9. The elephant found the orator fox caught in a trap, with both his legs broken, and sadly mangled.

10. The word of command seemed smothered in the atmosphere.

11. I had now nothing left but retirement.

12. We wish to see him (King Alfred) delineated in more lively colors.--Hume.

13. True gentleness is native feeling heightened and improved by principle.—Blair.

14. Behold, I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem.

15. I am sorry that a bill, fraught (b) with so many. good consequences, has not found an abler advocate.— Lord Mansfield.

16. Neglected as he was by the world, he possessed, perhaps, both a sound understanding and a worthy heart.-Blair.

17. Ortogrul admired the walls hung with golden tapestry, and the floors covered with silken carpets. -Dr. Johnson.

18. I sat down on the fragment of a rock overgrown with moss.-Spectator.

19. He (Obidah) found a narrow way bordered with flowers, which appeared to have the same direction with the main road.-Dr. Johnson.

20. Aristotle tells us that a statue lies hid in a block of marble.-Id.

MODELS FOR PARSING.

(a) Saved is the past part. pass. of the reg. trans. verb to save, and relates to penny as its subject.—Rule XI.

(b) Fraught is the past part. of the irreg. trans. verb to freight, and relates to bill as its subject.—Rule XI.

Section 7.

The past participle passive used as an adjective.

EXAMPLES.

1. The supposed (a) statue of a giant presented itself to view.

2. A mingled expression of grief and anger passed over the face of the savage, as he watched the loaded canoe in its passage across the stream.

3. The results of indolence upon communities are as marked as they are upon individuals.

4. I hastily seized it, unfit as it was

For a nosegay, so dripping and drowned [(b)],
And shaking it rudely- too rudely, alas!

I snapped it it fell to the ground.- The Rose, by
Cowper.

MODELS FOR PARSING.

(a) Supposed is the past part. pass. of the reg. trans. verb to suppose, and is used here as an adjective to qualify the noun statue.Rule VII.

(b) Supply "as it was."

Drowned is a part., etc., used as an adj. to qualify the pronoun it.-Rule VII.

OTHERWISE.

Drowned is a participial adjective, qualifying the pronoun it.-Rule VII.

Section 8.

The perfect active participle.

EXAMPLES.

1. Having taken (a) leave (b) of his friends, he set out upon his journey.

2. Having regained his health, he returned to the

army.

3. Having lost his equilibrium, the acrobat fell to the ground.

4. Having missed his way, he did not arrive in sea

son.

5. Having hired a boat in company with four more, we launched from the harbor of St. Francis, in Sicily, and arrived on the same day at Pelorus.-Goldsmith.

6. Having given him (Lord Guilford) from the window. some token of her remembrance, she (Lady Jane Gray) waited with tranquillity till her own appointed hour should bring her the same fate.-Hume.

7. Having sold his patrimony, Ortogrul engaged in , merchandise.-Dr. Johnson.

8. Having thus calmed his solicitude, he (Obidah) renewed his pace, though he suspected he was not gaining ground.-Id.

MODELS FOR PARSING.

(a) Having taken is the perf. act. part. of the irreg. trans. verb to take, and relates to he as its subject.-Rule XI.

(b) Leave is a noun, etc., in the obj. case, and governed by having taken.-Rule III.

Section 9.

The present passive participle.

EXAMPLES.

1. Being provided (a) with a ladder and flambeau, our whole party entered into the same opening. — Goldsmith.

2. Our candles being now all lighted up, and the whole place [being] completely illuminated, never could the eye be presented with a more magnificent scene. Goldsmith.

3. The sun being risen (b), we pursued our journey.

4. Ortogrul mingled with the attendants, and being supposed to have some petition for the vizier, was permitted to enter.-Dr. Johnson.

MODELS FOR PARSING.

(a) Being provided is the pres. part. pass. of the reg. trans. verb to provide, and relates to party as its subject.-Rule XI.

(b) Being risen is the pres. part. pass. form of the irreg. intrans. verb to rise, and relates to sun as its subject.-Rule XI.

REMARK.--Intransitive verbs can never be in the passive voice, but they may sometimes have the passive form. (See Article XIV, 10.)