| SENTENCE PATTERN | EXAMPLE | GRAMMATICAL POINTS | EXAMPLE |
| Stage 13 | |||
|
(NOM) + INF + V omission of verb in second
of two |
Volubilis
cenam optimam coquere potest unus est nocens, ceteri innocentes. |
infinitive + possum, volo, nolo present tense of possum, volo, -que questions with nonne? apposition (nominative) nominative predicative adjective |
nos de hac coniuratione
audire Bregans in medis servis
stabat; |
| Stage 14 | |||
| decorum,etc. + est+ DAT + (ACC) + INF |
difficile
est mihi magnam amphoram portare. |
increased incidence of attributive infinitive+ decorum, difficile,etc. ipse accusative predicative adjective |
multas amicas habeo. Marcia urnam vix portare
poterat, quod
anus erat. |
| Stage 15 | |||
|
NOM + Q (relative clause) + V
omission of verb in first of two clauses |
senex qui sceptrum tenebat
erat rex Regnenses laeti, Cantiaci
miseri |
relative clauses
with nominative singular and plural and accusative singular of qui infinitive + debeo |
vinum, quod ancillae ferebant,erat quid facere debeo? |
| Stage 16 | |||
|
DAT + ACC + V
relative clause in sentences
with |
ursae cibum et aquam dabat.
ibi servum, qui tam fortis
et tam |
pluperfect (in relative clause)
increased incidence of infinitive
+ decorum,
difficile, etc. |
in horto erant multi flores,
quos sed ursam tractare non
audes! |
| Stage 17 | |||
|
DAT + V ACC + NOM + V V + NOM (increased incidence) increased complexity in subordinate |
puero respondi. ita mercatorem fortuna servavit. in hac casa habitat faber.
est |
genitive singular and plural
(in obsto + dative pluperfect (in main clause) clauses with sicut infinitive + soleo, coepi, melius est |
pro templo Caesaris erat ara. Serapis enim est deus qui
segetes |
| Stage 18 | |||
|
NOM / ACC + Q (genitive) + V
ACC + V + NOM ACC + DAT + V ACC + NOM + V increased incidence of omission
of |
officinam Eutychi intravit.
ego Clementi diu tabernam tabernam tuam diripiunt
Eutychus et mox plurimos amicos Clemens
|
adjective: agreement of fender
further examples of intransitive clauses with ut(="as") |
tabernarius perterritus
erat, quod haec taberna, ut dixi,
prope templum |
| Stage 19 | |||
|
increased incidence of hic fio + predicative nominative |
haec femina est Galatea. quam raucae sunt voces
feminarum |
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| Stage 20 | |||
| increased complexity
of sentence structure: iii)"stringing" of two parallel subordinate clauses |
  servi, qui Barbillum portabant,
ubi |
increased incidence of present descriptive genitive increased incidence of predicative |
ancillae prope
lectum stabant, lacrimantes. Petro, postquam de vulnere Barbilli audivit, statim ad villam eius festinavit. astrologus, qui in villa Barbilli habitabat, erat vir ingenii pravi. subito puerum vidi in triviis stantem. |