In English grammar, the words ending in “-ing” have different uses. Match these functions to a corresponding example in bold from the poem. 

(1) Continuous verbs
(2) Gerunds acting as nouns
(3) Adjectives

( ) “Why are the senators sitting there without legislating?” (l. 4)
( ) “Once the barbarians are here, they’ll do the legislating” (l. 7)
( ) “Why have they put on bracelets with so many amethysts, rings sparkling with magnificent emeralds?” (l. 17-18)
( ) “Now what’s going to happen to us without barbarians?” (l. 35) 
( ) “loaded with titles, with imposing names.” (l. 14)
( ) “and they’re bored by rhetoric and public speaking” (l. 26)

Select the alternative with the correct sequence from top to bottom.