Chapter 11 of 60
1. Elizabeth's favorite, Raleigh, was beheaded by James I.
Higher Lessons in English: A work on English grammar and composition · Alonzo Reed, Brainerd Kellogg
1. Elizabeth's favorite, Raleigh, was beheaded by James I.
favorite (Raleigh) | was beheaded ====================|============== \Elizabeth's | \by \ James I \-----------
+Oral Analysts+.--_Elizabeth's_ and _Raleigh_ are modifiers of the subject; the first word telling whose favorite is meant, the second what favorite. _Elizabeth's favorite, Raleigh_ is the modified subject.
2. The best features of King James's translation of the Bible are derived from Tyndale's version. 3. St. Paul, the apostle, was beheaded in the reign of Nero. 4. A fool's bolt is soon shot. 5. The tadpole, or polliwog, becomes a frog. 6. An idle brain is the devil's workshop. 7. Mahomet, or Mohammed, was born in the year 569 and died in 632. 8. They scaled Mount Blanc--a daring feat.
They | scaled | Mount Blanc ( feat ) ======|===================== ======= | \a \daring
+Explanation+.--_Feat_ is explanatory of the sentence, _They scaled Mount Blanc_, and in the diagram it stands, enclosed in curves, on a short line placed after the sentence line.
9. Bees communicate to each other the death of the queen, by a rapid interlacing of the antennae. [Footnote: For uses of _each other_ and _one another_, see Lesson 124.]
+Explanation+.--_Each other_ may be treated as one term, or _each_ may be made explanatory of _bees_.