=Model I.=—Many brave soldiers lost their lives in that war.
Kind, a simple declarative sentence.
Subject, soldiers.
Adj. modifiers of subj., many, brave.
Predicate, lost.
Object, lives.
Adj. modifier of obj., their.
Adv. modifier of pred., in that war.
=Model II.=—Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace to silence
envious tongues.
Kind, a simple imperative sentence.
Subject, [you.]
Predicate, carry.
Object, peace.
Adj. modifier of obj., gentle.
Adv. modifiers of pred., still, in thy right hand, to silence
envious tongues.
=Model III.=—Having crossed the river, he ran into the adjoining wood.
Kind, a simple declarative sentence.
Subject, he.
Participial mod. of subj., having crossed the river.
Predicate, ran.
Adv. mod. of pred., into the adjoining wood.
=Model IV.=—My pupils like to write stories.
Kind, a simple declarative sentence.
Subject, pupils.
Adj. mod. of subj., my.
Predicate, like.
Object, to write stories.
Object of _to write_, stories.
=Model V.=—The scholars gave their teacher a beautiful present.
Kind, a simple declarative sentence.
Subject, scholars.
Adj. mod. of subj., the.
Predicate, gave.
Direct object, present.
Adj. modifiers of direct obj., a, beautiful.
Indirect object, teacher.
Adj. mod. of indirect obj., their.
=Model VI.=—It is wrong to slight your work.
Kind, a simple declarative sentence.
Real subject, to slight your work.
Representative subject, it.
Predicate, { Verb of incomplete predication, _is_.
{ Adj. complement of predicate, _wrong_.
_Note._—When the predicate is completed by an adjunct
describing the subject, the completing adjunct is called the
=complement=.