Joe went to see a soothsayer. I went to the store. I needed to buy some milk. Words are more than arbitrary strings of phonemes. Sentences are more than arbitrary strings of words.
Paragraphs are more than arbitrary strings of sentences.
The box is in the pen. Find a block which is taller than the red one and put it in the box. If things are unstated, then they are assumed to follow the script. John took the bus to New Haven. On the way, he had his pocket picked.