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The Opening Paragraphs of
Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina
(Translated by Constance Garnett)
Answer Key for Level 1
plus Adjectives and Adverbs
Adjectives are in green; adverbs in blue.In subsequent levels, both will be in gray unless they are in prepositional phrases, in which case they will revert to purple..Conjunctions which coordinate adjectives or adverbs are colored brown and counted as words analyzed.
 
        Happy families are all [Note #1] alike; every unhappy family is 

unhappy {in its own way.}

     Everything was {in confusion} {in the Oblonskys' [Note]

house.} The wife had discovered that the husband was carrying

on an intrigue {with a French girl,} who had been a governess 

{in their family,} and she had announced {to her husband}

that she could not go on living {in the same house} {with him.} 

This position {of affairs} had now lasted three days, and not

only the husband and wife themselves, but all the members

{of their family and household,} were painfully conscious

{of it.} Every person {in the house} felt that there was no

sense {in their living together,} and that the stray people 

brought together {by chance} {in any inn} had more {in 

common} {with one another} than they, the members {of the

family and household} {of the Oblonskys.} The wife 

did not leave herown room, the husband had not been

{at home} {for three days.} The children ran wild all [Note #2]

{over the house;} the English governess quarreled {with the

housekeeper,} and wrote {to a friend} asking her to look out

for a new situation {for her;} the man-cook had walked off

the day {before} just {at dinner-time;} the kitchen-maid, and

the coachman had given warning.

     Three days {after the quarrel,} Prince Stepan Arkadyevitch

Oblonsky -- Stiva, as he was called {in the fashionable world} 

-- woke up {at his usual hour,} that is, {at eight o'clock}

{in the morning,} not {in his wife's [Note] bedroom,} but {on the 

leather-covered sofa} {in his study.} He turned over his stout, 

well-cared-for person {on the springy sofa,} as though

he would sink {into a long sleep} again; he vigorously embraced

the pillow {on the other side} and buried his face {in it;} 

but all {at once} he jumped up, sat up{on the sofa,} and

opened his eyes.

Project Gutenberg
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Notes

1. One could argue that "all" means completely and acts as an adverb; or one could equally well claim that "all" here goes back to "families as an adjective.

2. Let the grammarians argue over this one. English has a strong tendency to take an "all" out of a prepositional phrase and place it before the phrase -- "all {over the house}" = "{over all the house}." You can, unconventionally, consider this "all" as an adjective modifying the logical noun inside the phrase, or you can consider it as an adverb modifying the entire phrase. It's your choice.
 

Progress:
Total Words = 308 Words %
L1: In Prep Phrases  127  41
L1: + Adj & Adverbs 62 61
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