| Figure 1: Output from SENT showing sentence lengths for Austen's Sense and Sensibility (published in 1811).
|
Words
|
Number
|
Percent
|
Graph of Percent
|
|
1
|
130
|
2.49
|
========================= |
|
2
|
120
|
2.30
|
======================= |
|
3
|
99
|
1.90
|
=================== |
|
4
|
155
|
2.97
|
============================== |
|
5
|
186
|
3.56
|
==================================== |
|
6
|
224
|
4.29
|
=========================================== |
|
7
|
185
|
3.54
|
=================================== |
|
8
|
202
|
3.87
|
======================================= |
|
9
|
193
|
3.70
|
===================================== |
|
10
|
173
|
3.31
|
================================= |
|
11
|
165
|
3.16
|
================================ |
|
12
|
150
|
2.87
|
============================= |
|
13
|
149
|
2.85
|
============================= |
|
14
|
131
|
2.51
|
========================= |
|
15
|
138
|
2.64
|
========================== |
|
16
|
143
|
2.74
|
=========================== |
|
17
|
108
|
2.07
|
===================== |
|
18
|
107
|
2.05
|
===================== |
|
19
|
139
|
2.66
|
=========================== |
|
20
|
105
|
2.01
|
==================== |
Figure 2: Output from SENT showing sentence lengths for Conrad's Lord Jim (published in 1899-1900).
|
Words
|
Number
|
Percent
|
Graph of Percent
|
|
1
|
398
|
5.02
|
================================================== |
|
2
|
377
|
4.76
|
================================================ |
|
3
|
403
|
5.09
|
=================================================== |
|
4
|
405
|
5.11
|
=================================================== |
|
5
|
432
|
5.45
|
======================================================= |
|
6
|
361
|
4.56
|
============================================== |
|
7
|
369
|
4.66
|
=============================================== |
|
8
|
301
|
3.80
|
======================================= |
|
9
|
284
|
3.58
|
===================================== |
|
10
|
224
|
2.83
|
============================ |
|
11
|
279
|
3.52
|
=================================== |
|
12
|
234
|
2.95
|
============================== |
|
13
|
221
|
2.79
|
============================ |
|
14
|
216
|
2.73
|
=========================== |
|
15
|
209
|
2.64
|
========================== |
|
16
|
197
|
2.49
|
========================= |
|
17
|
212
|
2.68
|
=========================== |
|
18
|
164
|
2.07
|
===================== |
|
19
|
194
|
2.45
|
========================= |
|
20
|
151
|
1.91
|
=================== |
Figure 3: Output from SENT showing sentence lengths for Janke's Jeremiah Bacon (published in 1980).
|
Words
|
Number
|
Percent
|
Graph of Percent
|
|
1
|
174
|
3.19
|
================ |
|
2
|
350
|
6.42
|
================================ |
|
3
|
354
|
6.49
|
================================ |
|
4
|
453
|
8.31
|
========================================= |
|
5
|
413
|
7.58
|
====================================== |
|
6
|
421
|
7.72
|
====================================== |
|
7
|
360
|
6.60
|
================================= |
|
8
|
311
|
5.71
|
============================ |
|
9
|
295
|
5.41
|
=========================== |
|
10
|
257
|
4.71
|
======================= |
|
11
|
258
|
4.73
|
======================= |
|
12
|
184
|
3.38
|
================= |
|
13
|
184
|
3.38
|
================= |
|
14
|
189
|
3.47
|
================= |
|
15
|
142
|
2.61
|
============= |
|
16
|
132
|
2.42
|
============ |
|
17
|
123
|
2.26
|
=========== |
|
18
|
109
|
2.00
|
========== |
|
19
|
91
|
1.67
|
======== |
|
20
|
88
|
1.61
|
======== |
|