Lesson 4: Non-Verbal Modifiers
Assignment
For each sentence, use your cheat sheet to go through The Grand List of Questions to help you parse. “She carefully gave Paul the hot coffee.”
Diagram “She carefully gave Paul the hot coffee.”:
For the next three, you will diagram Scripture. For each one, you only need to diagram the portion of the verse laid out for you in the heading.
“The boy was ministering to the Lord in the presence of Eli the priest.” (1 Samuel 2:11b)
Diagram “The boy was ministering to the Lord in the presence of Eli the priest.”:
Note: The next two sentences have conjunctions, which have already been labeled for you. The last sentence will require you to use a split shelf. The split shelf should be attached to the right of the stative shelf in your diagram.
HELP: This next sentence is tricky. Try rearranging the words if you are having a hard time finding the parts of speech and pay particular attention to the role of each word. In your diagram, place the conjunction “and” together with “attractive” and “plump.”
“there came up out of the Nile seven cows, attractive and plump” (Genesis 41:2b)
and: Cc (coordinating conjunction)
Diagram “there came up out of the Nile seven cows, attractive and plump”:
”The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer” (Psalm 18:2a)
and: Cc (coordinating conjunction)
and: Cc (coordinating conjunction)
Diagram “The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer”: