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Figuring out the menu numbers can, of course, take a bit of time.
Another approach is to generalise a bit and simply write something like:

GetMenuItem("OFOC", {"Edit", "Sort", "By Name"})

(full code, with reusable functions, below)

Code:
tell application id "sevs"
	set mnuSort to my GetMenuItem("OFOC", {"Edit", "Sort", "By Name"})
	tell application id "OFOC" to activate
	click mnuSort
end tell



-- RETURNS A REFERENCE TO A CLICKABLE MENU ITEM
-- E.G. set mnuZoomFit to GetMenuItem("OGfl", {"View", "Zoom", "Zoom to Selection"})
on GetMenuItem(strAppCode, lstMenu)
	set lngChain to length of lstMenu
	if lngChain < 2 then return missing value
	
	tell application id "sevs"
		set lstApps to application processes where its creator type = strAppCode
		if length of lstApps < 1 then return missing value
		tell first item of lstApps
			-- GET THE TOP LEVEL MENU
			set strMenu to item 1 of lstMenu
			set oMenu to menu strMenu of menu bar item strMenu of menu bar 1
			
			-- TRAVEL DOWN THROUGH ANY SUB-MENUS
			repeat with i from 2 to (lngChain - 1)
				set strMenu to item i of lstMenu
				set oMenu to menu strMenu of menu item strMenu of oMenu
			end repeat
			
			-- AND RETURN THE FINAL MENU ITEM
			return menu item (item -1 of lstMenu) of oMenu
		end tell
	end tell
end GetMenuItem

on GUIEnabled()
	tell application id "sevs"
		if UI elements enabled then
			return true
		else
			activate
			display dialog "This script depends on enabling access for assistive devices in system preferences" buttons "OK" default button "OK" with title pTitle & "   " & pVer
			tell application id "sprf"
				activate
				set current pane to pane id "com.apple.preference.universalaccess"
			end tell
			return false
		end if
	end tell
end GUIEnabled