Table 1. Formulaic representation of sentences

The middle column is a grammatical transform of the left column. Brackets enclose elementary sublanguage sentences. Material between brackets is the sublanguage conjunction marked by colon. Material before a bracket is a general conjunction (not shown in formulas) to the preceding sentence; WH indicates a secondary sentence which has become relative clause or modifier. Vertical bars inside brackets separate the subject, verb, and object. Parentheses indicate zeroed material. ← indicates that the preceding material is to be read in English in reverse order; forward-readable transforms exist but are more complex. The right column gives the formulaic representation of the middle column, obtained directly by writing a sublanguage symbol for each segment between bars or brackets. Superscript w on a host letter indicates that the host is carrying a modifier which appears as a secondary sentence, below, introduced by WH. Other superscripts indicate a modifier that is written together with the host. Subscripts indicate subclasses of the class marked by the host letter. The sentences are from E.H. Leduc, A.H. Coons, J.M. Connolly, J. Exp. Med. 102, 66 Par. 4 sentences 1–3 (1955) and the analysis is given on pp. 360–361 of Harris, Gottfried, Ryckman, et al. op. cit.