Analysis for The Way South: Chapter 1

Lexical analysis

Number of words (tokens): 4297
Number of distinct words (types): 1439
Average number of words per sentence: 14.0
Average number of words per paragraph: 30.91
Lexical Density: 0.33
Longest Word: 'mini-interrogations' (19)
Shortest Word: 'bar' (3)
Ten Most Frequent Words:
just 35
salvador 27
get 15
like 13
beer 13
time 13
though 12
one 12
going 12
got 12

Textual analysis

Number of paragraphs: 139
Average number of sentences per paragraph:: 2.21
Longest Sentence: 'hearing salvador talk like that as i sat at the pink taco, scanning the nearby tables of chubby types with chubby tykes, i had difficulty suppressing the urge to jump in the grand marquis with him and start barreling down all the way south to border and o' (64 words)
Shortest Sentence: 'lights out.' (2 words)
Readability according to Gunning-Fog Index
(the higher, the harder to read):		 7.96
Readability according to Automated Readability Index
(the higher, the harder to read):		 0.5
Readability according to Coleman-Liau Index
(the higher, the harder to read):		 2.87
Average readability
(the higher, the harder to read):		 3.78

Phrasal analysis

Ten most frequent two-word phrases:
san tana 5
beer cans 4
grand marquis 4
don’t think 3
i’m going 3
pink taco 3
empty beer 3
just get 3
looked like 3
strip mall 3
Ten most frequent three-word phrases:
empty beer cans 3
mexican cowboy bar 2
just heading south 2
tana (the market 1
bright light places 1
can totally understand 1
fancy ice cream 1
lee roth mood 1
hoping he’d suggest 1
names like atitlan 1
Ten most frequent two-word phrases, including stop words
i was 23
in the 21
of the 14
out of 12
on the 11
i had 11
at the 9
in a 9
to the 9
and i 8
Ten most frequent three-word phrases, including stop words:
out of here 4
i want to 4
bump on my 4
the bump on 4
a couple of 4
on my head 4
i got to 4
the pink taco 3
what looked like 3
get out of 3
Most frequent two-word phrases:
san tana 5
beer cans 4
grand marquis 4
empty beer 3
pink taco 3
looked like 3
stock price 3
just get 3
i’m going 3
strip mall 3
don’t think 3
“i’m going 2
handcuffed salvador 2
plastic bottle 2
heading south 2
ice cream 2
software company 2
just heading 2
police officer 2
didn’t care 2
mexican cowboy 2
two weeks 2
hard liquor 2
saw salvador’s 2
david spackmann 2
pretty much 2
don’t know 2
steering wheel 2
cowboy bar 2
smiling taco 2
rearview mirror 2
salvador cracked 2
glove compartment 2
next morning 2
just trying 2
behind us 2
“i’m just 2
Most frequent three-word phrases:
empty beer cans 3
mexican cowboy bar 2
just heading south 2
Most frequent five-word phrases:
the bump on my head 4
i was wasting my life 2
to get some time off 2
part of the reason i 2
to step out of the 2
you to step out of 2
i paused for a moment 2
how i was wasting my 2
Most frequent two-word phrases, including stop words:
i was 23
in the 21
of the 14
out of 12
on the 11
i had 11
to the 9
at the 9
in a 9
and i 8
but i 7
of my 7
he was 7
got to 7
in my 7
going to 7
one of 7
my head 7
bump on 6
i felt 6
with the 6
to go 6
at a 6
the same 6
want to 6
into the 6
with a 6
began to 6
on a 6
the car 5
there was 5
have to 5
i saw 5
to get 5
of a 5
a little 5
san tana 5
on my 5
trying to 5
i don’t 5
that i 5
too much 5
as a 5
for a 5
up in 4
a couple 4
the marquis 4
came to 4
the bump 4
my father 4
as he 4
if i 4
i got 4
to see 4
grand marquis 4
beer and 4
how i 4
time off 4
was a 4
where you 4
as though 4
as i 4
not go 4
the next 4
the pink 4
couple of 4
to me 4
part of 4
i could 4
beer cans 4
of here 4
i want 4
it was 4
to have 3
empty beer 3
a moment 3
get out 3
just get 3
my life 3
to drive 3
to a 3
when i 3
a software 3
where i 3
of time 3
had a 3
had been 3
next to 3
would have 3
pink taco 3
i’m going 3
enough to 3
of his 3
the world 3
most of 3
a few 3
don’t think 3
ended up 3
i thought 3
way to 3
looked like 3
to take 3
you know 3
but with 3
the office 3
that was 3
as it 3
killing the 3
the grand 3
his head 3
from the 3
looked at 3
go to 3
at least 3
i have 3
all the 3
my parents 3
able to 3
strip mall 3
salvador had 3
at me 3
i can 3
had just 3
the way 3
what looked 3
i’d been 3
down at 3
grown up 3
off and 3
for some 3
my hometown 3
stock price 3
in san 3
reason i 3
and the 3
was on 3
about how 2
put my 2
the side 2
here for 2
and began 2
we got 2
felt i 2
up against 2
why i 2
each day” 2
he stepped 2
was being 2
some time 2
people in 2
car and 2
to step 2
down in 2
border and 2
but i’d 2
just heading 2
and what 2
they were 2
i kept 2
this place 2
to beer 2
force that 2
a way 2
was probably 2
with my 2
these days 2
police officer 2
to use 2
few days 2
been drinking 2
salvador would 2
up and 2
i tried 2
and not 2
i just 2
but in 2
over my 2
me as 2
before my 2
was no 2
need to 2
a second 2
the bathroom 2
and just 2
from a 2
to make 2
week after 2
was only 2
you can 2
back to 2
i went 2
his feet 2
a flashlight 2
be able 2
a bus 2
so i 2
the landscape 2
to do 2
i looked 2
i stuck 2
was about 2
cowboy bar 2
a lot 2
the ticker 2
of these 2
ice cream 2
i’ll be 2
have a 2
my friend 2
settle down 2
when he 2
do you 2
the more 2
mexicans in 2
handcuffed salvador 2
as salvador 2
heading south 2
software company 2
the steering 2
with him 2
pretty much 2
the police 2
steering wheel 2
me in 2
smiling taco 2
was the 2
he said 2
the reason 2
bar in 2
my nose 2
a bottle 2
a week 2
plastic bottle 2
for the 2
wasting my 2
hard liquor 2
when the 2
a new 2
about what 2
to not 2
wanted to 2
you to 2
had to 2
of us 2
i really 2
you could 2
should have 2
“i don’t 2
looking at 2
out in 2
mexican cowboy 2
just a 2
the rearview 2
this to 2
i began 2
i should 2
this was 2
for our 2
just trying 2
but as 2
“i’m just 2
to quit 2
at his 2
of empty 2
salvador was 2
wandering off 2
stepped on 2
to look 2
a handcuffed 2
the glove 2
i came 2
long i 2
saw salvador’s 2
deep in 2
was just 2
glove compartment 2
the point 2
ian was 2
behind us 2
to be 2
the window 2
you had 2
as the 2
near his 2
the time 2
months as 2
had gotten 2
waking up 2
know why 2
had difficulty 2
i figured 2
and on 2
two weeks 2
to work 2
a plastic 2
get some 2
and was 2
first few 2
just as 2
or at 2
tried to 2
the cops 2
stuck to 2
and had 2
at each 2
didn’t care 2
those first 2
in his 2
i wasn’t 2
take the 2
itself in 2
the stock 2
salvador cracked 2
next morning 2
“why not 2
to panama 2
of an 2
think i 2
for too 2
go wandering 2
was guzzling 2
to happen 2
idea of 2
“i’m going 2
out to 2
get on 2
and start 2
back down 2
to an 2
to believe 2
if we 2
only a 2
like a 2
step out 2
in one 2
i guess 2
accelerated and 2
paused for 2
you were 2
how long 2
more i 2
away from 2
i paused 2
take a 2
was wasting 2
the idea 2
i stopped 2
i need 2
thinking about 2
the firm 2
it wasn’t 2
though i 2
david spackmann 2
rearview mirror 2
take off 2
that had 2
don’t know 2
to settle 2
advantage of 2
my friends 2
for my 2
Most frequent three-word phrases, including stop words:
on my head 4
i got to 4
a couple of 4
the bump on 4
i want to 4
bump on my 4
out of here 4
the grand marquis 3
empty beer cans 3
the pink taco 3
get out of 3
up in the 3
in san tana 3
what looked like 3
i paused for 2
came to believe 2
to get some 2
to the point 2
one of my 2
at a software 2
of my friends 2
in the office 2
people in the 2
you to step 2
about how i 2
of here for 2
i felt i 2
i don’t think 2
but i felt 2
the more i 2
and i was 2
mexican cowboy bar 2
if i was 2
i had a 2
killing the landscape 2
get some time 2
of these days 2
the steering wheel 2
a plastic bottle 2
but i got 2
i was just 2
was only a 2
i was wasting 2
stuck to beer 2
salvador had just 2
there was a 2
one of the 2
part of the 2
wasting my life 2
in the rearview 2
the rearview mirror 2
the glove compartment 2
the next morning 2
just trying to 2
i saw salvador’s 2
going to quit 2
was wasting my 2
i was guzzling 2
bump on the 2
i stuck to 2
go wandering off 2
i began to 2
the idea of 2
don’t think i 2
next to a 2
i had difficulty 2
paused for a 2
i had to 2
i came to 2
for a moment 2
just heading south 2
to step out 2
he stepped on 2
to settle down 2
i have to 2
into the glove 2
a software company 2
to take off 2
near his feet 2
get on a 2
at the pink 2
or at least 2
on a bus 2
in my hometown 2
a handcuffed salvador 2
i’m going to 2
stepped on the 2
step out of 2
some time off 2
accelerated and the 2
be able to 2
the reason i 2
how long i 2
of the reason 2
at the ticker 2
looking at the 2
got to get 2
to go to 2
and what looked 2
and not go 2
not go wandering 2
how i was 2
all the way 2
i was on 2
of empty beer 2
those first few 2
looked at me 2
have to see 2
out of the 2
“i’m going to 2
as salvador had 2
one of these 2
a week after 2
Most frequent four-word phrases, including stop words:
bump on my head 4
the bump on my 4
was wasting my life 2
i was wasting my 2
to step out of 2
but i got to 2
you to step out 2
get on a bus 2
i stuck to beer 2
not go wandering off 2
into the glove compartment 2
of the reason i 2
looking at the ticker 2
in the rearview mirror 2
out of here for 2
to get some time 2
how i was wasting 2
i paused for a 2
of empty beer cans 2
he stepped on the 2
i have to see 2
i came to believe 2
part of the reason 2
people in the office 2
and what looked like 2
step out of the 2
one of these days 2
get out of here 2
at a software company 2
paused for a moment 2
as salvador had just 2
get some time off 2
at the pink taco 2