Re: Instructions for the Morphology Online Seminar-Kate Chopin´s text fragment (the correct) -- English Morphology Online Seminars

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Subject: Re: Instructions for the Morphology Online Seminar-Kate Chopin´s text fragment (the correct)

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Katrine Mayara

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Date Posted: 19:40:10 10/02/09 Fri
In reply to: Priscilla Rabelo 's message, "Re: Instructions for the Morphology Online Seminar-Kate Chopin´s text fragment (the correct)" on 12:32:12 09/30/09 Wed

Here is my final analysis of this fragment.

"Knowing [-past] [+progressive] that Mrs. Mallard was [be] [+past] [-plural] [+3rd person] afflicted [afflict] [+ed] with a heart trouble, great care was taken [take] [+past] [+participle] to break [break] [+infinitive] [-past] to her as gently as possible the news [new] [+plural] of her [she] [+possessive] husband's death. It was her sister Josephine who told [tell] [+past] her, in broken [break] [+past] [participle] sentences [sentence] [+plural]; veiled [veil] [+past] hints [hint] [+plural] that revealed [reveal] [+past] in half concealing [conceal] [+progressive]. Her husband's friend Richards was there, too, near her. It was he who had been [be] [+past] [perfect] in the newspaper office when intelligence of the railroad disaster was received [receive] [+past], with Brently Mallard's name leading [lead] [+progressive] the list of "killed [kill] [+past]." He had [have] [+past] only taken the time to assure himself of its truth by a second telegram, and had hastened [hasten] [+past] to forestall any less careful, less tender friend in bearing [bear] [+progressive] the sad message. She did not hear [hear] [+negative] [+past] the story as many women [woman] [+plural] have heard [hear] [+past] [+perfect] the same, with a paralyzed [paralyze] [+past] inability [ability] [+in] to accept [accept] [+infinitive] [-past] its [it] [+possessive]
significance. She wept [weep] [+past] at once, with sudden, wild abandonment [abandon] [+ment], in her sister's arms [arm] [+plural]. When the storm of grief had spent [spend] [+past] [+perfect] itself she went away [go away] [+past] to her room alone. She would have no [have] [+negative] [+modal] one following [follow] [+progressive] her.
There stood [stand] [+past], facing [face] [+progressive] the open window, a comfortable [comfort] [+able], roomy [room] [+y] armchair. Into this she sank [sink] [+past], pressed down [press down] [+past] by a physical [physic] [+al] exhaustion [exhaust] [+ion] that haunted [haunt] [+past] her body and seemed [seem] [+past] to reach [reach] [+infinitive] [-past] into her soul. She could see [can see] [+past] in the open square before her house the tops [top] [+plural] of trees [tree] [+plural] that were [be] [+plural] [+past] all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying [cry] [+progressive] his [he] [+possessive] [-plural] wares [ware] [+plural]. The notes [note] [+plural] of a distant song which some one was singing [sing] [+progressive] reached [reach] [+past] her faintly [faint] [+ly], and countless [count] [+less] sparrows [sparrow] [+plural] were twittering [twitter] [+progressive] in the eaves [eave] [+plural].
There were patches [patch] [+plural] of blue sky showing [show] [+progressive] here and there through the clouds [cloud] [+plural] that had met [meet] [+past] [+perfect] and piled [pile] [+past] one above the other in the west facing [face] [+progressive] her window.
She sat [sit] [+past] with her head thrown [throw] [+past] [+participle] back upon the cushion of the chair, quite motionless [motion] [+less], except when a sob came up [come up] [+past] into her throat and shook [shake] [+past] [+participle] her, as a child who has cried [cry] [+past] [+perfect] [-plural] itself to sleep continues to sob in its dreams [dream] [+plural]. She was young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines [line] [+plural] bespoke [bespeak] [+past] [+participle] repression [press] [+re] [+ion] and even a certain strength. But now there was a dull stare in her eyes, whose gaze was fixed [fix] [+past] away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky. It was not [be] [+past] [+singular] [+negative] a glance of reflection [reflect] [+ion], but rather indicated [indicate] [+past] a suspension [suspense] [+ion] of intelligent thought. There was something coming to her and she was waiting [wait] [+progressive] for it, fearfully [fear] [+ful] [+ly]."

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