In this place it may not be improper to notice another Rule that relates to the participle.  In the sentence, “The man is beating his horse,” the noun horse is in the objective case, because it is the object of the action expressed by the active-transitive participle “beating,” and it is governed by the participle beating, according to

RULE 26. Participles have the same government as the verbs have from which they are derived.

The principle upon which this rule is founded, is quite apparent.  As a participle derived from a transitive verb, expresses the same kind of action as its verb, it necessarily follows, that the participle must govern the same case as the verb from which it is derived.

When you shall have studied this lecture attentively, you may proceed and parse the following exercises, containing five parts of speech.  If, in analyzing these examples, you find any words which you cannot parse correctly and systematically by referring to your Compend for definitions and rules, you will please to turn back and read over again the whole five lectures.  You must exercise a little patience; and, for your encouragement, permit me to remind you, that when you shall have acquired a thorough knowledge of these five parts of speech, only five more will remain for you to learn.  Be ambitious to excel.  Be thorough in your investigations.  Give your reasoning powers free scope.  By studying these lectures with attention, you will acquire more grammatical knowledge in three months, than is commonly obtained in two years.

In the following examples, the words purling, crusted, slumbering, and twinkling, are participial adjectives. There and its you may omit.

EXERCISES IN PARSING.

Orlando left the herd grazing.  The hunters heard the young dog barking.  The old fox heard the sportsman’s horn sounding.  Deep rivers float long rafts.  Purling streams moisten the earth’s surface.  The sun approaching, melts the crusted snow.  The slumbering seas calmed the grave old hermit’s mind.  Pale Cynthia declining, clips the horizon.  Man beholds the twinkling stars adorning night’s blue arch.  The stranger saw the desert thistle bending there its lowly head.

REMARKS ON PARTICIPLES.

Participles frequently become nouns; as, “A good understanding;
Excellent writing; He made a good beginning, but a bad ending.”

Constructions like the following, have long been sanctioned by the best authorities:  “The goods are selling;” “The house is building;” “The work is now publishing.”  A modern innovation, however, is likely to supersede this mode of expression:  thus, “The goods are being sold;” “The house is being built;” “The work is now being published.”

You may now answer these
QUESTIONS NOT ANSWERED IN PARSING.