Oftener than not, use of language establishes membership and social-cum-educational rank as clearly as any parchment.
( ( Oftener ( than not ) ) ( , ( ( use ( of language ) ) ( ( establishes ( ( ( ( ( ( membership and ) ( social-cum-educational rank ) ) as ) clearly ) as ) ( any parchment ) ) ) . ) ) ) )
(ROOT (S (S (VP (VB Oftener) (ADVP (IN than) (RB not)))) (, ,) (NP (NP (NN use)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN language)))) (VP (VBZ establishes) (NP (NP (NP (NN membership)) (CC and) (NP (JJ social-cum-educational) (NN rank))) (RB as) (RB clearly) (IN as) (NP (DT any) (NN parchment)))) (. .)))
Membership is not at all contingent on the way in which language is used.
( Membership ( ( ( is not ) ( ( at all ) ( contingent ( on ( ( the way ) ( ( in which ) ( language ( is used ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Membership)) (VP (VBZ is) (RB not) (ADJP (ADVP (IN at) (DT all)) (JJ contingent) (PP (IN on) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN way)) (SBAR (WHPP (IN in) (WHNP (WDT which))) (S (NP (NN language)) (VP (VBZ is) (VP (VBN used))))))))) (. .)))