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Eric Lease Morgan Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 7 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6884 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 76 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 President 4 Commandant 3 Transvaal 3 State 3 Government 3 General 3 Free 3 English 3 Boer 2 british 2 Wet 2 Steyn 2 Stephanus 2 River 2 Rey 2 Pretoria 2 Ladysmith 2 Gideon 2 Cape 2 Botha 2 Boers 2 Aletta 2 Adrian 1 uitlander 1 tuy 1 mountain 1 illustration 1 enemy 1 dutch 1 day 1 Zombode 1 Wenlock 1 Walt 1 Villiers 1 Uncle 1 Umzulek 1 Tzaneen 1 Tyardt 1 Tuys 1 Town 1 Swazis 1 Swaziland 1 Sugden 1 South 1 Sibijaan 1 Sebuza 1 Schoeman 1 Rustenburg 1 Roux 1 Rietvlei Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 1728 man 1037 day 1019 time 949 burgher 696 war 673 enemy 545 horse 513 way 501 night 483 hand 482 woman 433 people 423 year 380 place 370 side 369 life 359 country 351 commando 345 eye 338 thing 319 force 310 number 308 morning 308 house 308 farm 299 part 294 head 291 child 287 word 287 officer 287 moment 285 battle 281 position 279 one 278 order 278 nothing 265 king 260 gun 256 camp 249 face 248 father 241 mountain 239 fire 236 other 233 fact 232 army 230 waggon 229 girl 226 hour 224 brother Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 1514 _ 714 General 677 Boer 532 Boers 512 English 378 Colvin 355 Commandant 332 President 327 Government 322 Tuys 313 Transvaal 279 Buno 278 Aletta 275 State 255 de 242 Swaziland 238 Stephanus 234 Free 224 Gideon 224 De 209 Wet 207 Lord 191 England 189 Cape 182 South 181 la 180 Sebuza 180 Mr. 180 Labotsibeni 177 Rey 176 Pretoria 172 British 171 Oom 166 Elsie 164 Botha 162 Africa 160 God 157 Kanu 145 River 145 Adrian 131 Lomwazi 128 Frank 126 Sugden 124 Ladysmith 122 Republics 113 Kop 110 L''Tunga 109 Kershaw 108 Steyn 107 Orange Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 5428 he 4424 it 4364 i 3233 we 2682 they 1773 him 1752 you 1400 she 1389 them 1068 me 1040 us 578 her 336 himself 201 themselves 104 herself 94 one 90 myself 69 itself 59 ourselves 39 yourself 23 his 19 ''s 12 mine 10 yours 9 ours 7 theirs 7 thee 6 hers 5 oneself 3 ''em 2 yu 1 you.--stand.--another 1 this 1 nonsense,--you 1 jelf 1 em 1 consulted?--they 1 buno Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 19226 be 7873 have 2018 do 1355 go 1255 see 1243 make 1235 come 1143 say 1124 take 791 know 669 get 655 give 570 tell 520 find 519 look 513 seem 493 think 485 leave 456 become 449 hear 421 follow 384 stand 378 ask 368 send 350 begin 339 bring 336 remain 336 pass 314 reach 314 fight 312 lie 306 want 306 hold 303 feel 286 fall 283 turn 279 meet 269 carry 268 return 257 keep 256 call 250 lead 242 kill 231 speak 229 ride 217 die 210 shoot 209 let 208 continue 198 wait Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3511 not 1295 then 1174 so 944 up 942 now 890 more 787 only 780 other 780 great 736 out 707 very 627 well 609 as 607 there 596 long 550 old 543 little 540 good 520 many 517 much 480 down 457 first 455 even 446 few 442 again 437 here 425 most 423 also 422 away 421 too 412 soon 410 back 403 never 402 own 369 still 367 british 366 however 363 such 347 on 343 just 343 about 329 far 294 same 294 last 293 several 290 almost 281 small 270 ever 265 always 264 large Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 124 good 94 most 79 least 72 great 28 bad 27 high 23 slight 18 Most 13 near 12 fine 10 large 9 low 8 deep 7 strong 7 early 6 safe 6 eld 6 brave 6 big 5 late 4 strange 4 rinderp 4 keen 4 hard 4 able 3 noble 3 l 3 happy 3 handsome 3 full 3 fierce 3 farth 3 bright 2 young 2 wild 2 true 2 small 2 simple 2 showy 2 short 2 sad 2 rough 2 rare 2 proud 2 poor 2 old 2 new 2 hot 2 faint 1 yellow Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 331 most 18 least 6 well 1 writhe 1 oh!--oh 1 highest 1 brightest Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- Top 50 email addresses; "Who are you gonna call?" ------------------------------------------------- Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 boers were able 6 burghers were not 6 colvin did not 6 enemy had not 5 day was sunday 4 boers did not 4 enemy did not 4 enemy were not 4 english did not 4 war is over 3 _ is _ 3 burghers did not 3 colvin was not 3 day was hot 3 english were not 3 life was not 3 men had not 3 time passed rapidly 2 _ is nie 2 _ see _ 2 _ was _ 2 _ were _ 2 boer is gideon 2 boers were not 2 burghers had already 2 burghers took up 2 burghers was very 2 burghers were able 2 burghers were also 2 burghers were very 2 colvin is conscious 2 enemy had again 2 english had already 2 english had not 2 english were again 2 english were busy 2 eyes were very 2 government did not 2 horse ''s back 2 horses were tired 2 horses were well 2 life is too 2 life was too 2 man was not 2 man was so 2 men coming up 2 men did not 2 men took part 2 men were immediately 2 men were nearly Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 enemy had not yet 2 english were not such 1 boer is not easily 1 boers had no men 1 boers had no regiments 1 burghers did not always 1 burghers had no broken 1 burghers had no intention 1 burghers had not even 1 burghers was not conducive 1 burghers were not slow 1 burghers were not so 1 day was not pleasant 1 enemy did no more 1 enemy had no guns 1 enemy had not only 1 enemy were not soon 1 english are not brave 1 english had not yet 1 english made no advance 1 english were not idle 1 eyes are not so 1 eyes was not applicable 1 government had no misgivings 1 horses was not exactly 1 life was not so 1 life was not worth 1 man was not dead 1 men had no mackintoshes 1 men made no attempt 1 men made no effort 1 men tell no tales 1 men was not there 1 side was not steep 1 time has not yet 1 war was not so 1 women made no distinctions 1 women were not kind A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 16462 author = Hillegas, Howard Clemens title = With the Boer Forces date = keywords = Boer; Botha; Commandant; Cronje; Free; General; Government; Joubert; Kruger; Ladysmith; Meyer; Natal; President; Pretoria; State; Transvaal; Wet; british summary = threshold--The low-veld or fever country--Old-time battlefields--The Boer fighting--Every burgher a general--The Boers'' mobility--The retreat of the BOER COMMANDANTS READING MESSAGE FROM BRITISH OFFICERS AFTER THE BATTLE OF The enemy and all other men called it war, but to the Boers it was merely Commandant-General, were the same men who ruled the country in times of firing line, but when British successes in the Free State placed the Boers In the Boer army the generals and commandants were of much In battle the Boer burgher was practically his own general. men time and again attacked thousands of British soldiers, and frequently Boers had more men engaged than the British, but in the majority of The day before the battle General De Wet and his men were in laager Boer general and said, "I will return to my men and will order them to The men who became the Boer generals gained their id = 37083 author = Kestell, J. D. (John Daniel) title = Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet date = keywords = Boers; Botha; British; Commandant; English; Free; General; Government; Harrismith; Kitchener; Kop; Lord; Mr.; People; President; River; State; Steyn; Transvaal; Villiers; Wet summary = On the same day a meeting of Free State officers was held in the tent of These men came in contact with the English on the following day, On the following day a meeting of Harrismith burghers was held at Molen The following day, being Sunday, I held a service in the house of Mr. David de Villiers, at Holspruit, and then rode to the commando to see if following day was passed as usual, and at three o''clock the General rode On the following day a Council of War was held, General de Wet command; but during the first days following, General de Wet had the Here on the following morning General de Wet called the burghers On the following day the President and General de Wet addressed the General Botha therefore sent a number of burghers to take up a position General Botha with a number of burghers took up positions. English drove General de Wet and a considerable number of burghers id = 32565 author = Mitford, Bertram title = Aletta: A Tale of the Boer Invasion date = keywords = Adrian; Aletta; Boer; Colvin; Commandant; English; Englishman; Frank; Gert; Gideon; Jan; Kershaw; Morkel; Mrs; Mynheer; Piet; Plessis; Rey; Roux; Schoeman; Stephanus; Wenlock; dutch summary = "Did you come straight here from your place to-day?" said Mrs Wenlock, "There''s a sign of the times for you, Frank," said Colvin as they "Let the joke stand, Stephanus," said Colvin in an undertone. "This little girl is a red-hot patriot, Colvin," said Stephanus, resting "Let''s drive over and see the Wenlocks one day, mother," said Aletta. "I think he will leave us alone, so long, Gert," said Colvin, panting "We shall have to turn you into a prisoner of war, Colvin," said Piet "I haven''t seen you for a long time, Dr Da Costa," said Aletta. "Who is the Englishman?" said the old man at last, designating Colvin "Look after him, Piet," said the old man as he gave them his hand, and "_Daag_, Mynheer Commandant," said Colvin, mindful of the way in which a together that day, Aletta," said Colvin, turning to watch the id = 38447 author = O''Neil, Owen Rowe title = Adventures in Swaziland: The Story of a South African Boer date = keywords = Boers; Buno; King; L''Tunga; Labotsibeni; Lebombo; Lomwazi; Nkoos; Oom; Queen; Rietvlei; Sebuza; Sibijaan; Sugden; Swaziland; Swazis; Tuys; Tzaneen; Umzulek; Zombode; illustration; tuy summary = Oom Tuys Grobler, known as "The White King of Swaziland," I was Tuys Grobler tells of Swaziland and King Buno, "The Terrible." Tuys Grobler tells of Swaziland and King Buno, "The Terrible." visit Swaziland and see the great King Buno, and I asked Oom Tuys to Tuys--Why the Boers paid tribute to King Buno--Queen Labotsibeni, the Tuys--Why the Boers paid tribute to King Buno--Queen Labotsibeni, the A short time before our visit to Swaziland, King Buno had gone to kraal of Queen Labotsibeni--Common and royal ground--We reach King kraal of Queen Labotsibeni--Common and royal ground--We reach King "Queen Labotsibeni, his royal widow, lives there now," Tuys told me. "Oom Tuys and the king plan great things for the people of Swaziland," race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, id = 36601 author = Scully, W. C. (William Charles) title = A Vendetta of the Desert date = keywords = Adrian; Aletta; Bushman; CHAPTER; Cape; Diederick; Elsie; Gideon; God; Governor; Jacomina; Kanu; Marta; Stephanus; Town; Tyardt; Uncle; Walt; day summary = Tyardt van der walt left a widow, two sons--Stephanus and Gideon--who When Gideon opened his eyes they rested upon his brother''s face for a Uncle Diederick was an old Boer who lived about half a day''s journey brother-in-law lived only a little more than a day''s journey away. So the long-looked-forward-to triumph of Gideon van der Walt sank foully A few days before Gideon''s projected departure Elsie and Kanu were "Kanu,--how much farther do you think Cape Town is?" asked Elsie in a "Uncle Gideon," said Elsie, "one day your tears will flow." "It is not your blood that he wants, Uncle Gideon," said Elsie in a calm "Do not go, Uncle Gideon," said Elsie, "stay and meet him." "Gideon, you are wrong about Elsie; she loves her father, but she will Stephanus, like Gideon--but with what different feelings--looked back Stephanus soon ascertained from Kanu that Gideon''s wagon had passed but id = 15106 author = Thomas, C. H. title = Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked date = keywords = Africa; Afrikaner; Boer; Bond; Cape; Dutch; England; English; Free; Government; Holland; Krüger; Orange; President; Republics; South; State; Transvaal; british; uitlander summary = of Belfast Transvaal formerly Orange Free State Burgher delusive aims of the Afrikaner Bond combination, to which the Anglo-Boer British colonies, and a large number of Boers combined with the the independent Orange Free State and Transvaal Republics. British Government and the English people in South Africa. Orange Free State and Transvaal Republics was marked with much progress Boer Government posed as innocent; the designs of the Afrikaner Bond England towards both the Orange Free State and the Transvaal Republics. Dutch nation, who renounce all claim in favour of the Afrikaner or Boer Boer people, assuming that a Government majority allows itself to be From 1881 every Transvaal and Orange Free State Boer without exception among the Cape Colonial and Orange Free State Boers, the declension the Transvaal, while the Colonial Boers on the whole have had no such Cape Colony, Natal, Orange Free State, and Transvaal have been id = 15160 author = Van Warmelo, Dietlof title = On Commando date = keywords = Commandant; General; Ladysmith; President; Pretoria; Rey; River; Rustenburg; Steyn; enemy; mountain summary = behind us, where some of our burghers lay firing at the enemy. already seen many such bullets taken from the enemy by our burghers in days after the enemy had tried to force their way through to the right day long the enemy fired at us from the smaller positions facing us, at Our burghers had already taken two of the enemy''s guns. men could not surround the enemy or attack them in the rear; and as enemy on the white kopje, one of our men went by himself to see if there When the enemy, a few days later, drove us from Olifantsnek, General de the first time saw a farm-house burnt down by the enemy. enemy advanced towards us on the day following, General De la Rey had General Beyers, with 400 or 500 men, passed to the rear of the enemy to