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Where the Verb Falls

Word order across the classical languages, from a treebank · 古典语言之语序

Object before verb, or after? · 宾语在动词之前抑或之后

For every direct object, did it come before its verb (OV — verb-final, the Latin of Caesar) or after (VO — verb-medial, the Greek of the Gospels)? The bar is the OV share; the dashed line is the 50% tipping point. Watch classical Latin sit far right, Greek far left — and the Latin Bible defect to the Greek side, calquing the word order of its source.