To illustrate this I predetermined to choose a sentence that I was unfamiliar with. You will have to trust me that I didn't cheat by picking a sentence that was easy to deal with. I predetermined to use the second sentence from the second article in today's newspaper. The article is "Human cloning 'unacceptable'", Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin, page 2A, Sunday June 8, 1997. The sentence is placed vertically in the left column of the table below; the right column shows how each word is related to space and time.
The sentence: "But it said such laws should allow laboratory research using cells of humans and animals."
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Word |
Space and Time Connection |
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But |
a syntax word to make this sentence flow in time after reading the previous sentence. |
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it |
a pronoun referring to "a federal commission" from the previous sentence which is an entity in space and time. |
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said |
a communication that took place in the past. Communication requires space because you have to communicate between at least two places. |
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such |
specifies which "laws" among many laws that govern actions in space and time. |
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laws |
regulatory rules for humans pertaining to a place and time. |
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should allow |
an action in space taking place in the future. |
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laboratory research |
a series of actions that takes place over time in a specific type of spacial enclosure called a laboratory. |
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using |
connects the action "research" with the noun "cells" so that we understand that cells are manipulated in a similar space and time proximity to the research action. |
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cells |
building blocks of life forms on earth that allow them to occupy space and conduct life processes over time. |
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of humans and animals. |
tells which of the many kinds of cells in space we are talking about. |
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