Synoptic Sentence View: Sentence 1897

L'Innommable Segment 1897, version 1 (MS-HRC-SB-4-1, f. 07v)

Les larmes en jaillissent, presque sans arrêt, on se demande ^sait pourquoi, c'est peut-être on ne sait rien, si c'est de chagrin, si c'est de rage, c'est comme ça, c'est peut-être la voix qui le fait pleurer de rage, ou de toute ^d'une autre émotion quelconque, ou d'avoir à voir, de temps en temps, quelque chose, c'est peut-être ça, peut-être qu'il pleure, pour ne pas voir, quoiqu'il semble difficile de lui attribuer une initiative de cette force.

L'Innommable Segment 1897, version 2 (Minuit 1953, p. 149)

Les larmes en jaillissent presque sans arrêt, on ne sait pourquoi, on ne sait rien, si c'est de rage, si c'est de chagrin, c'est comme ça, c'est peut-être la voix qui le fait pleurer, de rage, ou d'une autre passion quelconque, ou d'avoir à voir, de temps en temps, quelque chose, c'est peut-être ça, peut-être qu'il pleure, pour ne pas voir, quoiqu'il semble difficile de lui attribuer une initiative de cette force.

The Unnamable Segment 1897, version 3 (MS-HRC-SB-5-9-2, f. 32r)

Tears gush from it practically without ceasing, why is not known, nothing is known, whether it's for ^with rage, or whether it's for ^with grief, the fact is there, perhaps it's the voice that makes him weep, with rage, or some other passion, or ^with having to see, from time to time, some sight or other, perhaps that's it, perhaps he weeps in order not to see, though it seems difficult to attri credit him with an initiative of this importance.

The Unnamable Segment 1897, version 4 (MS-HRC-SB-5-10, f. 82r)

Tears gush from it practically without ceasing, whh^y is not known, nothing is known, whether it's with rage, or whether it's with grief, the fact is there, perhaps it's the voice that makes him weep, with rage, or some other passion, or having to see, from time to time, some sight or other, perhaps that's it, perhaps he weeps in order not to see, though it seems difficult to credit him with an initiative of this importance ^complexity.

The Unnamable Segment 1897, version 5 (MS-WU-MSS008-3-71, f. 81r)

Tears gush from it practically without ceasing, why is not known, nothing is known, whether it's with rage, or wha^ether it's with grief, the fact is there, perhaps it's the voice that makes hi it weep, with rage, or some other passion, or having to seex^, from time to time, some sight or other, perhaps that's it, perhaps he weeps in order not to see, though it seems difficult to credit him with an initiative of this complexity.

The Unnamable Segment 1897, version 6 (Grove Press 1958, p. 101)

Tears gush from it practically without ceasing, why is not known, nothing is known, whether it's with rage, or whether it's with grief, the fact is there, perhaps it's the voice that makes it weep, with rage, or some other passion, or at having to see, from time to time, some sight or other, perhaps that's it, perhaps he weeps in order not to see, though it seems difficult to credit him with an initiative of this complexity.

L'Innommable Segment 1897, version 7 (Minuit 1971, p. 121)

Les larmes en jaillissent presque sans arrêt, on ne sait pourquoi, on ne sait rien, si c'est de rage, si c'est de chagrin, c'est comme ça, c'est peut-être la voix qui le fait pleurer, de rage, ou d'une autre passion quelconque, ou d'avoir à voir, de temps en temps, quelque chose, c'est peut-être ça, peut-être qu'il pleure, pour ne pas voir, quoiqu'il semble difficile de lui attribuer une initiative de cette force.