Morning,  equivalent  to  in  the  morning,  i.e.  to
a  fourth  indirect  objective,  is  purely  an  adverb,
limiting  the  verb-action  to  the  fore  part  of  the  day
mentioned ;  and

Last,  though  usually  an  adjective,  is  here,  like

*  Sister,  in  itself,  is  a  word  merely,  and  becomes  a  "part  of
speech  "  only  when  it  enters  into  a  speech-construction.  In  "  His
sister  said  it,"  it  is  a  noun,  because  it  stands  for  an  individual,
a  non-attributive  thing.  In  "  The  sister  spirits  fled,"  it  is  an
adnoun,  because  it  attributes  to  the  noun  spirits.  In  "  He  struck
his  sister,"  it  is  an  adverb,  because  it  attributes  to  the  verb  struck;
it  also  names  an  individual ;  the  naming  of  the  individual,  how-
ever, is  not  its  main  purpose,  but  a  mere  incident ;  the  purpose  is
to  define  the  striking,  which,  like  all  actions,  must  affect  a  person
or  a  thing.  Sister,  then,  names  the  person  struck  simply  because
it  is  needful  to  define  the  operation  of  the  verbal  force  (striking).
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all  the  objectives,  an  adverb,  its  effect  being  to
confine  the  striking  to  a  thoroughly  definite  Monday
morning.
What  is  here  shown  as  to  the  functional  effect
of  "  objects,"  direct  and  indirect,  will  appear  con-
sistently in  every  instance  when  they  are  used.
The  direct  objectives,  and  those  indirect  ones  not
attached  by  a  preposition  (expressed),  are  pure
adverbs,  whilst  those  indirect  objectives  which  are
attached  by  visible  prepositions  are  but  elemental
parts  of  the  "  adverbial  expressions  "  which  they,
with  the  prepositions,  form.
We  proceed  now  to  what  are  called  the

Verb  Accidents.
