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Par. 8i.] 1O iW TO PARSE VERBS.

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5. The Person: in the Third Person.
6. The Number: Singular.
7. It agrees with its Subject "he."
8. It hasfor its Object "a fish."
Caution. - Note that the Present Indicative is
often used where, logically, the Future should be
used:(1) " He will come when he is able."
(2) " I shall wait till he comes."
After " when," " till," &c., Shakespeare often uses
the Future or Subjunctive, e.g. "When he shall be
able." The modern Present may in these cases be
parsed as "used for Future." For the Present after
"if," see Par. 168.
8i The Noun-Subject, and Noun-Object.
It is usual, in parsing a Verb, and stating the
Subject and Object, not to state the whole of the
Subject or Object, but only the Noun or Pronoun,
omitting any Adjectives or Adjective Phrases connected with the Noun. For example, in the sixth
Verb parsed in the Exercise below, the Subject of
"had seen" is " the keen eyes of the lion;" but
you need only take the Noun part of the Subject,
and may answer simply "eyes."