LESSON VI.—­OF PARSING.

1.  Why is it necessary to observe the sense, or meaning, of what we parse? 2.  What is required of the pupil in syntactical parsing? 3.  How is the following long example parsed in Praxis XII?  “A young man studious to know his duty, and honestly bent on doing it, will find himself led away from the sin or folly in which the multitude thoughtlessly indulge themselves; but, ah! poor fallen human nature! what conflicts are thy portion, when inclination and habit—­a rebel and a traitor—­exert their sway against our only saving principle!”

[Now parse, in like manner, and with no needless deviations from the prescribed forms, the ten lessons of the Twelfth Praxis; or such parts of those lessons as the teacher may choose.]

LESSON VII.—­THE RULES.

1.  In what chapter are the rules of syntax first presented? 2.  In what praxis are these rules first applied in parsing? 3.  Which of the ten parts of speech is left without any rule of syntax? 4.  How many and which of the ten have but one rule apiece? 5.  Then, of the twenty-four rules, how many remain for the other three parts,—­nouns, pronouns, and verbs? 6.  How many of these seventeen speak of cases, and therefore apply equally to nouns and pronouns? 7.  Which are these seven? 8.  How many rules are there for the agreement of pronouns with their antecedents, and which are they? 9.  How many rules are there for finite verbs, and which are they? 10.  How many are there for infinitives, and which are they? 11.  What ten chapters of the foregoing code of syntax treat of the ten parts of speech in their order? 12.  Besides the rules and their examples, what sorts of matters are introduced into these chapters? 13.  How many of the twenty-four rules of syntax are used both in parsing and in correcting? 14.  Of what use are those which cannot be violated in practice? 15.  How many such rules are there among the twenty-four? 16.  How many and what parts of speech are usually parsed by such rules only?

LESSON VIII.—­THE NOTES.

1.  What is the essential character of the Notes which are placed under the rules of syntax? 2.  Are the different forms of false construction as numerous as these notes? 3.  Which exercise brings into use the greater number of grammatical principles, parsing or correcting? 4.  Are the principles or doctrines which are applied in these different exercises usually the same, or are they different? 5.  In etymological parsing, we use about seventy definitions; can these be used also in the correcting of errors? 6.  For the correcting of false syntax, we have a hundred and fifty-two notes; can these be used also in parsing? 7.  How many of the rules have no such notes under them? 8.  What order is observed in the placing of these notes, if some rules