The opening lines of famous novels, diagrammed

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posted Feb 28 @ 10:41 AM by Jason Kottke · gift link

Pop Chart Lab has produced a print of grammatical diagrams of the opening lines of notable novels. Here’s Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea:

Hemingway Sentence Diagram

There are also sentences from DFW, Plath, and Austen. Prints start at $29.