beginning with the "noun," which he explains, is "a thing." Immediately, he moves on to the "verb," which he defines as what a thing "does." The reader will identify with this lesson learned in elementary school that a noun is the name of a person, place, or thing, and a verb always describes an action or state of being.The speaker concludes his first tercet with an example sentence that contains "an adjective" that "describes the noun": "The can of beets is filled with purple fuzz."
from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Steve Kowit's The Grammar Lesson
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