Sentence:  When <WSD>now</WSD> we count the frequency of the 71 items in the two language families appearing in the same column or grade , or one column or grade apart , or two or three or four , we find these differences : * * f This distribution can be summarized by averaging the distance in grades apart : * * f ; which , divided by * * f gives a mean of 1.07 grades apart . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events