How to parse. ...

CHAPTER V.1

THE INDIRECT OBJECT.
I17 FIND the Object of the Verb in the first of the
following sentences:(1) "John brought Thomas a book."
(2) "I will forgive them their fault."
(3) " The father allowed his son two hundred pounds
a year."
(4) "I envy her her good health."
(5) " This conduct will lose you your friends."
(6) "Fill me tie cup."
(7) "My mother tauglit my brother French."
(8) " I will ask your sister this question."
Ask the question in the usual way, " Brought
whom or what?" Answer, " Brought a book;"
therefore " book " is the Object of i" brought."
If any one were to say,"' No, the sentence gives
the answer 'brought Thomas,' " you would reply,
" Jollhn did not bring Thomas, he brought the book
for or to Thomas; and 'brought Thomas' is only
a short way of saying ' brought for or to Thomas."'
1 The Subjunctive Mood. which would laturally follow here, is
deferred to Par. 163, owing to its difficulty.