Palimpsest Patterns
Reminder: In palimpsest
patterns, some other verb is "written over" a form of the verb "to be"
or "to become."
1. Soon Hynes came hustling {from behind the shrubberies} {beside the kennels}. | 2. The dog still stood barking its signal (DO). | 3. She sat, plump and motherly [#1], looking {into Joe's face}. | 4. Her voice sounded hard (PA) and short (PA). | 5. Joe stood silent (PA). | 6. Joe sat still (PA). | 7. {For a while} Sam Carraclough sat silent (PA). | 8. [Adv. to "faced" As the one dog lay motionless (PA) {under her paw},] Lassie faced the other dog (DO). | 9. The grass grew thicker (PA) and coarser (PA). | 10. There came the footsteps (PN) {of her husband}, | and then the door opened. | Note |