...organization. that kissed the maiden all forlorn that milked the cow with the crumpled horn that kicked the dog that worried the cat that killed the rat that ate the malt that lay in the house that Jack built is too much for most people to integrate into a single representation....

...shorn, That married the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog...the cat That killed the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the farmer sowing his corn, That kept the cock that crowed...

...and shorn That married the man all tattered and torn That kissed the maiden all forlorn That milked the cow with the crumpled horn That tossed the dog...the cat That killed the rat that ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built — are a vocal imitation of the deepening labyrinth. "Theseus, a...

...worried the cat, That killed the rat, That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog,...the cat, That killed the rat, That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled...

...kept the cock that waked the priest that married the man that kissed the maiden that milked the cow that tossed the dog that worried the cat that killed the rat that ate the malt that lay in the house that Jack built." But even a short recursive (nested) sentence is confusing: "This...

...and shorn That married the man all tattered and torn That kissed the maiden all forlorn That milked the cow with the crumpled horn That tossed the dog That worried the cat That chased the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built. Enlarge patterns as needed....

...is that we can create sentences of (theoretically) infinite length (as in the nursery rhyme This is the dog that worried the cat that killed the rat that ate the malt that lay in the house that Jack built), although there are obviously practical limits on length. Animal...

...built. a. 0 y I 1 1 This is the maiden all forlorn \\that milked the cow \\that tossed the dog 5 BC I \that worried the cat \ \ that killed the rat \ \ that ate the malt \ \ 1 0 that lay in the house \ \ that Jack built, j 1 1 It is, of course, possible for the same bound...

..."The House That Jack Built" * Traditional Version This is the maiden all forlorn, That milked that cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog, That...the cat. That killed the rat. That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built. Scary Story Version This is the mummy from days of yore that rose...

...shaven and shorn, that married the man all tattered and torn unto the maiden all forlorn that milked the cow with the crumpled horn that tossed the dog that worried the cat that caught the rat that ate the malt that lay in the House that Jack built. From Mark Twain's (Burlesque)...