Nouns
Pronoun
Verb
Proper Nouns
3rd Word
100

I walked by the sea.

sea; common class noun; sg; objective; rule 7

100

Resist the devil and he will take flight.

he; personal pronoun; 3rd sg m (rule 9; antecedent devil); subjective (rule 1)

100

God, I take refuge in you.

take; main verb; present active indicative
100

Old Tom Bombadil was a merry old fellow.

Tom Bombadil; proper noun; sg; subjective -- Rule 1

100

And up on a shelf in the dark nook of the smithy the miller found the old iron frame.

on: preposition, modifying shelf

200

Then I saw a boat silently float.

boat, common class noun, sg, objective, rule 6

200

Why are you cast down, my soul?

you: personal pronoun, 2nd sg, antecedent my soul (rule 9); subjective (rule 1)

200

Never will I offer their offerings of blood.

will...offer; will: auxiliary, indicates future tense; offer; main verb, future active indicative

200

It closed together, trapped Tom Bombadil, coat and hat and feather.

Tom Bombadil; Proper noun; sg; objective -- Rule 6

200

However, Farmer Giles's blunderbuss had a wide mouth.

Giles's; Proper Noun, Singular, Possessive -- Rule 3

300

I know you by your teeth rattling.

teeth; common class noun; plural, objective (rule 7)

300

Show me, Lord, your way.

me: personal pronoun, 1st sg (rule 9), antecedent: speaker; objective -- rule 8

your: possessive pronoun, 2nd sg, modified way

300

Lord, hear my voice!

hear: main verb, present, active, imperative
300

Now, old Badger-brock, do you hear me talking?

Badger-brock; proper noun; sg; subjective -- Rule 1

300

His feet were still far below.

were: main verb, past, active, indicative

400

The Lonely Troll sat on a stone and sang a mournful lay.

Lonely Troll; Proper noun, sg, subjective (rule 1)

stone: common class noun, sg, objective (rule 7)

lay: common class noun, sg, objective (rule 6)

400

Even the prophet and the priest forage in a land they know not.

they: personal pronoun, 3rd plural (rule 9 and 10: antecedents prophet AND priest), subjective (rule 1)

400

Lest I become like those in the grave.

become: main verb, present, active, subjunctive

400

He went and caught the River-daughter.

River-daughter; Proper noun; sg; objective -- Rule 6

400

The villagers had heard the horrible thump-thump.

had: auxiliary verb, indicates past perfect tense; active indicative

500

Alders were sleeping, and willows weeping by a slow river.

Alders: common class noun, pl, subjective (rule 1)

Willows: common class noun, pl, subjective (rule 1)

River: common class noun, sg, objective (rule 7)

500

On this day, O beautiful Mother, we give thee our love.

we: personal pronoun, 1st plural, subjective -- rule 1

thee: personal pronoun, 2nd singular, objective -- rule 8

our: possessive pronoun, 1st person pl, modifies love

500

If you, O Lord, should mark our guilt, who would survive?

should: auxiliary verb, indicates potential past; mark: main verb, past active potential


would: auxiliary verb, indicates potential past; survive: main verb, past active, indicative

500

I go to Brandywine to cross the bridges there.

Brandywine; Proper noun; sg; objective -- Rule 7

500

Dear me! This is very particular.

This; demonstrative adjective; pronominal; demonstrative; modifying an action not present