"I need to sentence level this paragraph" -- I don't know what this means unless you are supposed to identify all the CLAUSES in this paragraph by separating and numbering them. If that's the case, then these are not clauses:
2. even the beating of the ripples in his ears.
2. Although no soldier,
1. How coldly and pitilessly –
2. with what an even, calm intonation, presaging, and enforcing tranquility in the men –
I need to sentence level this paragraph and I'm not sure if I'm correct.
A counter-swirl had caught Farquhar and turned him half around; he was again looking into the forest on the bank opposite the fort. The sound of a clear, high voice in a monotonous singsong now rang out behind him and came across the water with a distinctness that pierced and subdued all other sounds, even the beating of the ripples in his ears. Although no soldier, he had frequented camps enough to know the dread sign significance of that deliberate, drawling, aspirant champ; the lieutenant on shore was taking a part in the morning’s work. How coldly and pitilessly – with what an even, calm intonation, presaging, and enforcing tranquility in the men – with what accurately measured intervals fell those cruel words.
Here is what I have.
1. A counter-swirl had caught Farquhar and turned him half around;
2. he was again looking into the forest on the bank opposite the fort.
1.The sound of a clear, high voice in a monotonous singsong now rang out behind him and came across the water with a distinctness that pierced and subdued all other sounds,
2. even the beating of the ripples in his ears.
1. he had frequented camps enough to know the dread sign significance of that deliberate, drawling, aspirant champ;
2. Although no soldier,
3. the lieutenant on shore was taking a part in the morning’s work.
1. How coldly and pitilessly –
2. with what an even, calm intonation, presaging, and enforcing tranquility in the men –
1. with what accurately measured intervals fell those cruel words.
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No, that's not what I'm trying to do. I need to pick out the base clause from the sentences and then number the modifiers in the correct order. Thanks for the help, though.
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