A popular interpretation of this passage is to see it as a text with 'no verbs'.Later
in the passage, from sentence (4), part of the Predicator element is offered, but signif-
icantly, one key element is omitted.In the opening sentences, the Predicator element
has been ellipsed completely, and this takes with it all sense of verbal process.A more rigorous stylistic
description would therefore stipulate that the passage displays a restricted verbal
development in its main clauses.