Liberty and union are in the nominative independent by inscription.

One and inseparable are adjectives qualifying liberty and union.-Rule VII.

(c) The phrases "the poor debtor” and “the unfortunate debtor” are nouns, prop., etc.; obj., and put in apposition with expressions.—Rule I.

ARTICLE VI.

SENTENCES USED AS NOUNS.

Section 1.

A sentence used as a noun may be the subject nominative of a proposition.

EXAMPLES.

1. That you have wronged me doth appear in this (a).—Shakspeare. 2. That the earth is round is easily proved. 3. How he made his escape is a mystery. 4. From what place he came can- not be ascertained. 5. Let me see the ensign of the Republic bearing no such miserable interrogatory as, What is all this worth? (b).-Webster. 6. When letters were invented is uncertain. 7. That my indiscretions should reach my posterity wounds me to the quick.-Goldsmith.

MODELS FOR PARSING.

(a) That you have wronged me is a clause used as a noun; neut., 3d, sing., nom., and the subj. of doth appear.-Rule VIII.

Doth appear is a verb, etc., agreeing with the noun that you have wronged me.-Rule IX.

(b) Supply an ellipsis and read thus: "Let me see the ensign of the Republic bearing for its motto no such miserable interrogatory as, What is all this worth [would be a miserable interrogatory].

What is all this worth is a clause used as a noun, etc., and nom. to would be understood.-Rule VIII.

Section 2.

A sentence used as a noun may be the predicate nominative of a proposition.

EXAMPLES.

1. My desire is that you may succeed (a).

2. Our hope is that such results will follow.

3. The almost universal feeling appears to be that industry can effect nothing, and that every man must remain exactly what he may happen to be.-Ware.

4. It is not that my lot is low,

That (b) bids the silent tear to flow.-H. K. White.

MODELS FOR PARSING.

(a) The clause that you may succeed is equivalent to a noun, etc., and nom. after is.-Rule X.

(b) That is a pron., rel., neut., 3d, sing., agreeing with its antecedent it-Rule VI; and subj. of bids.—Rule VIII.

Section 3.

A sentence used as a noun may be the object of a transitive verb.

EXAMPLES.

1. All men know that honesty is the best policy (a). 2. I know not who it was. 3. "It must be so, my child," said the poor widow. 4. "I'll bury my talons.

in his brain," said the eagle. 5. "I'll tear his eyes out," screamed the hawk. 6. "I'll whip him to death with my tail," barked the fox. 7. "I'll sting him home," hissed the rattlesnake.

8. Whether youth can be imputed to a man. as a crime, I shall not assume the province of determining (b). Pitt. 9. That greatness confers no exemption from the cares and sorrows of life, the monarch of Israel experienced.-Blair.

MODELS FOR PARSING.

(a) That honesty is the best policy is a clause used as a noun, etc.; obj., and governed by know.-Rule III.

(b) Whether youth can be imputed to a man as a crime is a clause used as a noun, etc.; obj., and governed by determining.-Rule III.

Section 4.

A combination of sentences, and even an entire discourse, has sometimes the construction of a noun in the objective case, governed by a transitive verb or participle.

EXAMPLES.

1. "How happy," exclaimed this child of air, "Are the holy spirits who wander there,

'Mid flowers that never shall fade or fall!
Though mine are the gardens of earth and sea,
And the stars themselves have flowers for me,

One blossom of heaven outblooms them all.
Though bright are the waters of Singsuhay,
And the golden floods that thitherward stray,
Yet, oh, 'tis only the blest can say,

How the waters of heaven outshine them all.

Go, wing thy flight from star to star,
From world to luminous world, as far

As the universe spreads its flaming wall;
Take all the pleasures of all the spheres,
And multiply each through endless years-

One minute of heaven is worth them all.” (a).—-
Moore.

2. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying, "Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defense which I make now unto you: I am verily a man which am a Jew," etc. (b). -Acts xxii.

MODELS FOR PARSING.

(a) The whole quotation commencing with "How happy are the holy spirits who wander there," and ending, "One minute of heaven is worth them all," is the object of exclaimed, and is therefore equivalent to a noun, etc.; obj., and governed by exclaimed.—Rule III.

(b) The whole of Paul's speech, in the twenty-second chapter of Acts, has the construction of a noun, etc.; obj., and governed by the participle saying, which is the last word of the twenty-first chapter.

Section 5.

A sentence used as a noun may be the object of a preposition.

EXAMPLES.

1. That depends upon who can run the fastest (a). 2. Before the mountains were brought forth, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. 3. Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind. 4. The farmer locked the door after the horse had been stolen. 5. He assured us [(b)] that we were mistaken. 6. I grieved [(c)] that my work was done.

7. I was not aware [(d)] that he had been a soldier. 8. He was conscious [(e)] that he had done wrong. 9. I am glad [(f)] that you have come.

10. I am

sorry [(f)] that you have not been successful. am afraid [(g)] that he will hurt himself.

11. I

MODELS FOR PARSING.

(a) Who can run the fastest is a sentence used as a noun, etc.; obj., and governed by the preposition upon.—Rule IV.

(b) Read thus: "He assured us [of this thing, namely] that we were mistaken;" and parse that we were mistaken as a noun, etc.; obj., and in apposition with thing understood.-Rule I.

(c) Read thus: "I grieved [on this account, namely] that my work was done;" and parse that my work was done as a noun, etc.; obj., and in apposition with account understood.-Rule I.

(d) Supply [of the fact], and parse that he had been a soldier as a noun in apposition with the objective fact understood.--Rule I. (e) Supply [of this thing, namely].

(f) Supply [on this account, namely].

(g) Supply [in regard to this thing, namely].

REMARK.-Whenever a clause introduced by the conjunction that completes the meaning of a preceding verb or adjective, as in the foregoing examples, it has the construction of a noun in the objective case, and is in apposition with a foregoing noun, sometimes expressed, but more frequently understood, denoting end, purpose, design, cause, etc., and governed by a preposition.

ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES.

1. He studies [(a)] that he may learn. 2. I am pleased [(b)] that the pupils have acquitted themselves so well. 3. I am surprised [(b)] that you should be so careless. 4. I wonder [(b)] that he should act so foolishly.

(a) Read [to the end].

(b) Supply [at this thing, namely].