How to parse. ...

78

TIE INFINITIVE. [Par. 0x3, o04.

103

Infinitive.

1. Subject or Object.
Of what class? 2. Adverbial.
3. Adjectival.

to be exposed
to strike
to run away
to stand
to eat
to increase
(to) prepare 1
to see
(to) change1
to fawn
(to) let loose
to turn
(to) be asked I
to explain
to pardon
to be resisted

Complementary Subject.
Adverbial.
Object.
Complementary Subject.
Complementary Subject.
Adverbial.
Complementary Object.
Adverbial.
Complementary Object.
Object.
Complementary Object.
Complementary Object.
Complementary Subject.
Adverbial.1
Complementary Object.1
Adjectival.

EXERCISE XX.
104 Parse the Infinitives in the following. Exercise: -
Long ago, when people used2 to worship many gods, a
carter was striving3 to make his way with a heavilyladen wagon through a miry lane.. The horses did
their best, but the wagoner, who did not wish to take
more trouble than he could 4 help,4 was content to 5 sit
1 "To " omitted, see Par. 93 " To explain," see Par. 105.
2 ' Used' is a Transitive Verb, and can govern a Noun or an Infinitive as its Object, e.g. " we use steel pens," " we used to walk."
The Object Infinitive now rarely occurs after use, except after the
Indeilnite Past, as here. ' Began' is also a Transitive Verb and can
be followed by anl Object.
3 ' Strive' is not a Transitive Verb; therefore " to make " should
be considered as an Adverbial Infinitive of purpose, "striving for