each sentence or paragraph following from the proceding.是独立主格结构作原因状语，其中following from the proceding为现在分词短语，each sentence or paragraph为现在分词的逻辑主语。注意其前为逗号，没有并列连词或从属关联词。如果following改为谓语形式follows，则逗号后须加并列连词for或从属连词because。

Westerners think in "prose",  for each sentence or paragraph follows from the proceding.

Westerners think in "prose", because each sentence or paragraph follows from the proceding.