aspect_pluperfect.jpg
The image displays a linguistic diagram titled "Pluperfect" in large black serif font at the top center. Below the title is a horizontal timeline running across the width of the image. The line has arrowheads on both the far left and far right ends, indicating that time extends indefinitely in both directions.

On this timeline, slightly to the right of the center, there is a solid black dot labeled "Now" underneath it. A vertical dotted line extends upward from this dot into the white space above the timeline.

Above the timeline, there are two distinct graphical elements representing events:

1.  On the left side, there is text in quotation marks that reads: "I had been eating when...". Below this text is a black horizontal bracket. The left end of this bracket has an arrowhead pointing to the left, indicating duration or continuation backwards in time. The right end of the bracket terminates with a vertical line. This entire segment is positioned above the timeline but clearly to the left of the "Now" marker.

2.  To the right of the first event, and slightly lower down (closer to the timeline), there is text in grey quotation marks that reads: "he arrived". Below this text is a grey horizontal bracket with vertical lines at both ends. This bracket aligns horizontally with the end point of the black bracket above it ("I had been eating").

The diagram illustrates that the action "I had been eating" occurred over a period leading up to the moment "he arrived," and both events took place in the past relative to the "Now" marker on the timeline.
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