Analysis for By Dint of Darkness (Part 2 of 3)

Lexical analysis

Number of words (tokens): 3859
Number of distinct words (types): 1249
Average number of words per sentence: 14.35
Average number of words per paragraph: 3859.0
Lexical Density: 0.32
Longest Word: 'nerve-deteriorating' (19)
Shortest Word: 'mao' (3)
Ten Most Frequent Words:
wilfred 31
mao 28
back 17
just 13
sigmund 13
raau 13
now 12
one 11
even 10
always 10

Textual analysis

Number of paragraphs: 1
Average number of sentences per paragraph:: 269.0
Longest Sentence: ' he had made a phone call a couple hours earlier regarding that gem, a phone call that he made whenever he felt a little uncertain about things, a phone call that made five in total, this century, to the same office.' (44 words)
Shortest Sentence: 'she snapped.' (2 words)
Readability according to Gunning-Fog Index
(the higher, the harder to read):		 8.13
Readability according to Automated Readability Index
(the higher, the harder to read):		 -0.88
Readability according to Coleman-Liau Index
(the higher, the harder to read):		 0.93
Average readability
(the higher, the harder to read):		 2.73

Phrasal analysis

Ten most frequent two-word phrases:
top edge 3
mao knew 3
phone call 3
wilfred always 2
didn’t know 2
glass shelf 2
get inside 2
purple polo 2
hiding behind 2
olive seed 2
Ten most frequent three-word phrases:
purple polo shirt 2
sixty ninth birthday 1
another day then…” 1
novel coming on” 1
old norse for…” 1
broad lounge window 1
man like you” 1
wilfred clearly felt 1
wilfred even knew 1
wasn’t strong enough 1
Ten most frequent two-word phrases, including stop words
on the 24
to the 19
it was 15
in the 12
she had 11
of the 11
at the 11
he was 10
the piano 8
into the 8
Ten most frequent three-word phrases, including stop words:
he 6
behind the piano 5
the 5
the back of 4
she 4
on top of 4
that he was 3
mao 3
wilfred 3
the top edge 3
Most frequent two-word phrases:
top edge 3
mao knew 3
phone call 3
wilfred always 2
didn’t know 2
glass shelf 2
two women 2
just come 2
get inside 2
old man 2
purple polo 2
hiding behind 2
living room 2
polo shirt 2
he’d said 2
bushy tail 2
hours earlier 2
spirit level 2
olive seed 2
Most frequent three-word phrases:
purple polo shirt 2
Most frequent five-word phrases:
he glanced 2
“i 2
he glanced up at 2
he glanced up 2
Most frequent two-word phrases, including stop words:
on the 24
to the 19
it was 15
in the 12
at the 11
of the 11
she had 11
he was 10
the piano 8
into the 8
he had 7
he 7
of a 7
the same 7
of his 6
from the 6
and the 6
that he 6
behind the 5
the last 5
the kitchen 5
a little 5
over the 5
the 5
with a 5
the mirror 5
of her 5
had been 5
the bathroom 5
in his 5
wilfred was 4
heard it 4
the floor 4
because she 4
back of 4
of them 4
when he 4
on top 4
her being 4
mao 4
to be 4
top of 4
the other 4
the old 4
was a 4
was the 4
she was 4
the back 4
wilfred 4
through the 4
she 4
as if 4
the top 4
her head 4
phone call 3
the corridor 3
with her 3
a few 3
a small 3
his hands 3
her own 3
one of 3
at him 3
time he 3
he would 3
like the 3
they were 3
with mao 3
top edge 3
him a 3
there was 3
had taken 3
a couple 3
if he 3
if she 3
one that 3
on his 3
to get 3
she could 3
the lounge 3
the bedroom 3
in a 3
it with 3
the only 3
down the 3
mao knew 3
she did 3
up to 3
out of 3
he always 3
more than 3
as he 3
the two 3
a phone 3
would take 2
up at 2
two women 2
rather than 2
old man 2
purple polo 2
the toilet 2
it would 2
going to 2
the sofa 2
should have 2
she wanted 2
her bushy 2
bushy tail 2
she liked 2
the table 2
him though 2
it had 2
these days 2
always a 2
but he 2
the contents 2
his lap 2
the limestone 2
ludmilla 2
he tried 2
that were 2
it a 2
glass shelf 2
other being 2
to do 2
was his 2
shelf over 2
to his 2
to help 2
the glass 2
olive seed 2
come from 2
the young 2
liked to 2
she didn’t 2
away from 2
that ludmilla 2
off his 2
her back 2
but wilfred 2
that she 2
glanced up 2
behind her 2
had then 2
towards the 2
just come 2
herself in 2
the one 2
next to 2
was as 2
up on 2
had removed 2
would be 2
he moved 2
that’s the 2
if their 2
her from 2
did it 2
mao had 2
taken to 2
he should 2
he’d said 2
the time 2
living room 2
because the 2
pressing the 2
ball on 2
made a 2
he never 2
he did 2
put him 2
which was 2
and a 2
and to 2
like a 2
being was 2
he didn’t 2
the point 2
once when 2
spirit level 2
as a 2
as she 2
it up 2
for his 2
on and 2
that his 2
as the 2
to eat 2
crept into 2
was too 2
of their 2
that wilfred 2
this because 2
off the 2
hours earlier 2
when they 2
of hers 2
was there 2
to her 2
he remembered 2
for a 2
knew this 2
the right 2
get inside 2
or not 2
their being 2
she wasn’t 2
the end 2
enough to 2
that the 2
but also 2
the box 2
mao could 2
his underpants 2
what she 2
that had 2
he glanced 2
call that 2
the living 2
wilfred always 2
his desk 2
was even 2
looked at 2
been taking 2
but mao 2
care of 2
of that 2
from his 2
was also 2
for the 2
the picture 2
didn’t know 2
inside her 2
the wall 2
tried to 2
able to 2
he dropped 2
polo shirt 2
same time 2
had to 2
“i 2
when she 2
not to 2
that wasn’t 2
his back 2
to hide 2
of paper 2
* 2
hiding behind 2
that was 2
at a 2
had given 2
but the 2
no 2
his last 2
not always 2
then he 2
she heard 2
and raau 2
wanted to 2
the best 2
* 2
and off 2
she would 2
her to 2
his 2
the man 2
by his 2
after the 2
around her 2
the apartment 2
being had 2
a large 2
because it 2
was not 2
Most frequent three-word phrases, including stop words:
he 6
the 5
behind the piano 5
she 4
the back of 4
on top of 4
mao 3
wilfred 3
to the bathroom 3
up to the 3
that he was 3
the top edge 3
a phone call 3
the two women 2
his 2
glass shelf over 2
when they were 2
phone call that 2
it was the 2
it a little 2
to the same 2
not always a 2
had taken to 2
this because she 2
to the floor 2
she had taken 2
he glanced 2
on the last 2
back of her 2
into the kitchen 2
on the top 2
up on the 2
purple polo shirt 2
had been taking 2
that wilfred was 2
he glanced up 2
the same time 2
ludmilla 2
get inside her 2
her bushy tail 2
there was a 2
to get inside 2
glanced up at 2
to the toilet 2
shelf over the 2
their being was 2
when he tried 2
no 2
the one that 2
“i 2
because she had 2
down the corridor 2
the living room 2
like the old 2
she did it 2
hiding behind the 2
knew this because 2
on and off 2
ball on the 2
* 2
on the limestone 2
Most frequent four-word phrases, including stop words:
he 6
the 5
she 4
wilfred 3
mao 3
no 2
hiding behind the piano 2
she had taken to 2
“i 2
his 2
he glanced 2
glass shelf over the 2
to get inside her 2
he glanced up at 2
a phone call that 2
he glanced up 2
ludmilla 2
knew this because she 2
the back of her 2