Pride and Prejudice — NLP Analysis Report

Source: pride.txt | Sentences: 4,802 | Word tokens: 126,165

1. Vocabulary Frequency & Coverage

Top 50 lemmas by frequency:

Rank	Lemma	Count
1	be	6018
2	the	4667
3	to	4321
4	of	3843
5	and	3769
6	i	2522
7	she	2456
8	have	2349
9	he	2085
10	a	2038
11	in	1991
12	that	1605
13	not	1601
14	it	1560
15	her	1525
16	you	1325
17	his	1288
18	as	1228
19	with	1101
20	for	1094
21	but	1036
22	they	1029
23	at	816
24	do	807
25	on	732
26	my	710
27	by	701
28	s	666
29	elizabeth	643
30	all	635
31	say	611
32	so	606
33	which	567
34	could	529
35	from	511
36	no	508
37	very	504
38	what	492
39	would	482
40	this	457
41	their	452
42	your	438
43	darcy	424
44	will	423
45	see	393
46	such	393
47	when	388
48	know	384
49	an	379
50	we	378

Vocabulary coverage (% of book’s tokens covered by top N lemmas):

Top N lemmas	% of text covered
50	51.96%
100	62.24%
200	71.67%
300	77.07%
500	83.47%
1000	90.89%
1500	94.26%
2000	96.15%

Learning takeaway: this tells you how many headwords a learner needs to recognize before X% of the running text becomes comprehensible — directly useful for sequencing a graded reader.

2. Readability Metrics

Metric	Value
Flesch Reading Ease	64.15156170982382
Flesch-Kincaid Grade	8.995404060407445
Gunning Fog Index	11.243100778810668
SMOG Index	11.286048317177965
Dale-Chall Score	8.223981360563736
Automated Readability Index	9.86035071091532
Avg sentence length (words)	26.27
Type-Token Ratio (TTR)	0.0539

Sentence length distribution:

min	max	mean
2	202	31.49

3. Concordance / KWIC (Keyword-in-Context)

pride

…CROSS ROAD LONDON RUSKIN HOUSE Illustration Jane s PRIDE and PREJUDICE by Jane Austen with a Preface…
…the other hand I for my part declare Pride and Prejudice It seems to me the most…
…hand of the playwright has ever been laid Pride and Prejudice I dare say that if it…
…working out the story I for one should Pride and Prejudice lower if it did not contain…
…outside of these goodness of the minor characters Pride and Prejudice been already alluded to and it…
…has sometimes I believe been urged that his pride is unnatural at first in its expression and…
…own account of the way in which his pride had been pampered is perfectly rational and sufficient…
…everybody says that he is eat up with pride and I dare say he had heard somehow…
…may safely promise you to dance with His pride said Miss Lucas does not offend so much…
…Miss Lucas does not offend so much as pride often does because there is an excuse for…

prejudice

…LONDON RUSKIN HOUSE Illustration Jane s PRIDE and PREJUDICE by Jane Austen with a Preface by George…
…hand I for my part declare Pride and Prejudice It seems to me the most perfect the…
…the playwright has ever been laid Pride and Prejudice I dare say that if it were the…
…the story I for one should Pride and Prejudice lower if it did not contain what seem…
…these goodness of the minor characters Pride and Prejudice been already alluded to and it makes a…
…And never allow yourself to be blinded by prejudice I hope It is particularly incumbent on those…
…of shame would not conceal With a strong prejudice against everything he might say she began his…
…his conduct who will believe me The general prejudice against Darcy is so violent that it would…
…Gardiner highly amused by the kind of family prejudice to which he attributed her excessive commendation of…
…she knew it was a circumstance which must prejudice her against him I am certainly the most…

marriage

…studying his character for a twelvemonth Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance If the…
…disliking her guest by talking of their supposed marriage and planning his happiness in such an alliance…
…all in due time well disposed of in marriage This gallantry was not much to the taste…
…her to understand that the probability of their marriage was exceedingly agreeable to Elizabeth however did not…
…very house in all the felicity which a marriage of true affection could bestow and she felt…
…by no means certain that another offer of marriage may ever be made you Your portion is…
…situation who naturally looks for happiness in the marriage state If therefore she actually persists in rejecting…
…that Collins has made you an offer of marriage Is it true Elizabeth replied that it was…
…was Very well – and this offer of marriage you have refused I have Very well We…
…head to go on refusing every offer of marriage in this way you will never get a…

reputation

…manners were dictatorial and insolent She has the reputation of being remarkably sensible and clever but I…
…step involves her in endless ruin that her reputation is no less brittle than it is beautiful…
…her manners she retained all the claims to reputation which her marriage had given her Though Darcy…

accomplished

…herself mentioned to Miss Bingley as the most accomplished girl in the neighbourhood and Catherine and Lydia…
…Such a countenance such manners and so extremely accomplished for her age Her performance on the pianoforte…
…ladies can have patience to be so very accomplished as they all All young ladies accomplished My…
…very accomplished as they all All young ladies accomplished My dear Charles what do you mean Yes…
…a great deal in your idea of an accomplished Yes I do comprehend a great deal in…
…faithful assistant no one can be really esteemed accomplished who does not greatly surpass what is usually…
…am no longer surprised at your knowing six accomplished women I rather wonder now at your knowing…
…about fifteen or sixteen and I understand highly accomplished Since her father s death her home has…
…young lady that ever was seen and so accomplished She plays and sings all day long In…
…when the wishes of both sisters would be accomplished is their marriage to be prevented by a…

4. Named Entities & Pronoun Reference (heuristic)

Most frequently mentioned characters (by NER PERSON tag):

Character	Mentions
Elizabeth	633
Darcy	380
Jane	294
Bennet	232
Collins	189
Bingley	186
Wickham	178
Lizzy	95
Gardiner	94
Lady Catherine	85
Kitty	50
Miss Bingley	42
Mary	38
George Allen	35
Forster	34

Note: pronoun-to-character mapping below uses a nearest-preceding-entity heuristic, not full coreference resolution — good for a learner aid, not for a claim of accuracy in a technical write-up.

Pronoun	Likely referent	Context (truncated)
his	Hugh Thomson	[Illustration: To J. Comyns Carr in acknowledgment of all I owe to his friendship and advice,
him	Norris	The catastrophe of Mansfield Park is admittedly theatrical, the hero and heroine are insipid, and
he	Norris	The catastrophe of Mansfield Park is admittedly theatrical, the hero and heroine are insipid, and
her	Bates	It is the larger, the more varied, the more popular; the author had by the time of its composition…
her	Bates	It is the larger, the more varied, the more popular; the author had by the time of its composition…
her	Austen	In the first place, the book (it may be barely necessary to remind the reader) was in its first shape…
her	Elizabeth	Although Miss Austen always liked something of the misunderstanding kind, which afforded her opportunities…
she	Elizabeth	Although Miss Austen always liked something of the misunderstanding kind, which afforded her opportunities…
his	Elizabeth	It sets off his other gifts and graces most advantageously to the critical eye; and the want of it…
her	Norris	And despite the ability which Miss Austen has shown in working out the story, I for one should put…
her	Miss Burney	It is the custom with those who judge grossly to contrast the good nature of Addison with the savage…
her	Austen	A man in the early eighteenth century, of course, could push this taste further than a lady in the eighteenth century…
his	Austen	A man in the early eighteenth century, of course, could push this taste further than a lady in the eighteenth century…
his	Austen	A man in the early eighteenth century, of course, could push this taste further than a lady in the eighteenth century…
him	Austen	A man in the early eighteenth century, of course, could push this taste further than a lady in the eighteenth century…

5. Collocations

Top collocations by PMI (strong but possibly rare pairings):

Word 1	Word 2
humble	abode
gracechurch	street
thousand	pounds
beg	pardon
de	bourgh
shook	head
fair	cousins
sir	william
colonel	fitzwilliam
lucas	lodge
colonel	forster
pride	prejudice
heading	chapter
ten	thousand
thousand	year
depend	upon
half	hour
drew	near
put	end
short	pause
make	haste
ten	minutes
years	ago
dare	say
lady	catherine

Top collocations by raw frequency (common chunks worth memorizing):

Word 1	Word 2
lady	catherine
miss	bingley
miss	bennet
said	elizabeth
sir	william
de	bourgh
miss	darcy
young	man
colonel	fitzwilliam
–	–
colonel	forster
dare	say
young	ladies
heading	chapter
elizabeth	could
said	–
illustration	chapter
miss	austen
miss	lucas
cried	elizabeth
said	bennet
uncle	aunt
went	away
great	deal
miss	de

‘said + adverb’ pattern (Austen’s dialogue-tag signature):

Adverb	Count
only	1
scarcely	1
lately	1

6. Copywork Samples Exercises (by difficulty band)

Beginner

Copywork — English

"Oh, yes!

Copywork — English

Yes, yes.

Copywork — English

Oh, Lord!

Copywork — English

"Oh, Jane!

Copywork — English

"Of music!

Intermediate

Copywork — English

Where does discretion end, and avarice begin?

Copywork — English

I am sure I shan't get a wink of sleep all night.

Copywork — English

I did not expect such a compliment."

Copywork — English

"Did not you?

Copywork — English

I will take care of myself, and of Mr. Wickham too.

Copywork — English

They met again on Sunday, and then I saw him too.

Advanced

Copywork — English

It was not in her nature, however, to increase her vexations by dwelling on them.

Copywork — English

"But perhaps he may be a little whimsical in his civilities," replied her uncle.

Copywork — English

He has been accused of many faults at different times; but this is the true one.

Copywork — English

"Oh, Lizzy, why am I thus singled from my family, and blessed above them all?

Copywork — English

I do not think it is very pretty; but I thought I might as well buy it as not.

7. Stylometry Profile

Metric	Value
TTR	0.0539
Mean sentence length	31.49
Sentence length std dev	24.1
Hapax legomena (words used once)	1860
Hapax ratio	0.3674

Function word frequency (per 1,000 tokens) — usable as a style fingerprint vector:

Word	Freq per 1,000 tokens
the	36.98
of	30.45
and	29.79
to	34.07
a	16.13
in	15.68
that	12.72
it	12.36
is	7.31
was	14.81
he	10.68
she	13.73
for	8.66
on	5.8
with	8.73
as	9.73
his	10.21
her	17.82
be	10.02
at	6.47
by	5.53
not	12.69
this	3.62
but	8.21
had	9.35
have	6.94
which	4.49
you	10.5
i	16.62
were	4.5