(5) _Infinitive phrase_: "The way _to know him_ is to compare him, not with nature, but with other men;" "She has a new and unattempted problem _to solve_;" "The simplest utterances are worthiest _to be written_."
(6) _Participial phrase_: "Another reading, _given at the request of a Dutch lady_, was the scene from King John;" "This was the hour _already appointed for the baptism_ of the new Christian daughter."
Exercise.--In each sentence in Sec. 351, tell whether the subject, object, or complement is modified.
352. Since the predicate is always a verb, the word modifying it must be an adverb or its equivalent:--
(1) _Adverb:_ "_Slowly_ and _sadly_ we laid him down."
(2) _Prepositional phrase_: "The little carriage is creeping on _at one mile an hour_;" "_In the twinkling of an eye_, our horses had carried us _to the termination of the umbrageous isle_."
In such a sentence as, "He died like a God," the word group _like a God_ is often taken as a phrase; but it is really a contracted clause, the verb being omitted.
(3) _Participial phrase:_ "She comes down from heaven to his help, _interpreting for him the most difficult truths_, and _leading him from star to star_."
(4) _Infinitive phrase:_ "No imprudent, no sociable angel, ever dropped an early syllable _to answer his longing_."
(For participial and infinitive phrases, see further Secs. 357-363.)
(5) _Indirect object:_ "I gave _every man_ a trumpet;" "Give _them_ not only noble teachings, but noble teachers."
These are equivalent to the phrases _to every man_ and _to them_, and modify the predicate in the same way.
When the verb is changed from active to passive, the indirect object is retained, as in these sentences: "It is left _you_ to find out the reason why;" "All such knowledge should be given _her_."
[Sidenote: _subject of passive verb and direct object retained._]
Or sometimes the indirect object of the active voice becomes the subject of the passive, and the direct object is retained: for example, "She is to be taught _to extend the limits of her sympathy_;" "I was shown an immense _sarcophagus_."
(6) _Adverbial objective._ These answer the question _when_, or _how long_, _how far_, etc., and are consequently equivalent to adverbs in modifying a predicate: "We were now running _thirteen miles an hour_;" "_One way_ lies hope;" "_Four hours_ before midnight we approached a mighty minster."