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Eric Lease Morgan Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 11 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2289 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 86 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Conan 7 man 6 Cimmerian 2 like 2 Valerius 2 Shah 2 Picts 2 Aquilonia 1 pictish 1 hyborian 1 eye 1 black 1 aye 1 Zogar 1 Zargheba 1 Zamboula 1 Yuetshi 1 Yimsha 1 Yasmina 1 Yar 1 Yakin 1 Xuchotl 1 Xotalanc 1 Xapur 1 Xaltotun 1 Velitrium 1 Valeria 1 Trocero 1 Totrasmek 1 Tolkemec 1 Tito 1 Tigress 1 Thutmekri 1 Tecuhltli 1 Techotl 1 Tascela 1 Tarascus 1 Tarantia 1 Taramis 1 Stygia 1 Shemites 1 Shem 1 Salome 1 Sag 1 River 1 Publio 1 Poitain 1 Orastes 1 Olmec 1 Olivia Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 1328 man 619 hand 528 eye 524 head 448 door 345 foot 341 sword 330 wall 326 arm 304 blood 261 city 260 king 254 woman 240 way 226 chamber 224 life 222 people 214 figure 213 girl 213 face 208 time 202 river 200 priest 197 night 196 body 189 shoulder 186 voice 181 fire 178 floor 176 side 175 stone 170 shadow 161 horse 159 tree 156 kingdom 154 something 152 sound 152 lip 152 light 152 hill 142 darkness 139 death 133 thing 133 finger 129 road 127 steel 126 day 125 dog 124 corridor 124 breast Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 1634 Conan 421 _ 193 Cimmerian 193 Balthus 173 Valeria 150 Xaltotun 138 Valerius 116 Aquilonia 97 Tarascus 90 Amalric 78 Taramis 73 Picts 69 Mitra 68 Yasmina 62 Olmec 62 Constantius 61 Shah 60 Techotl 59 Tascela 58 Nemedia 56 Olivia 56 Khemsa 55 Devi 52 Stygia 50 Zogar 50 Khauran 48 Kerim 48 Acheron 47 Tecuhltli 46 Tarantia 46 Crom 45 Salome 44 Black 43 Sag 43 Publio 43 Aram 42 Poitain 40 Xotalanc 39 Orastes 38 Set 37 Nemedians 37 King 36 Shemites 36 Argos 35 Keshan 34 Zargheba 34 Yar 34 Bêlit 34 Afzal 33 exclaimed Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 4150 he 2126 it 1823 i 1615 you 1554 they 1496 him 1312 she 866 them 603 we 574 me 502 her 255 us 189 himself 62 herself 56 themselves 45 itself 26 yourself 25 myself 13 one 13 mine 10 his 9 theirs 9 ''s 6 yours 5 ourselves 2 thee 1 xaltotun!--_and 1 valeria 1 tiberias 1 hers 1 here?--crom 1 ''em Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 7040 be 2912 have 1009 do 702 see 679 come 557 know 490 go 380 say 355 stand 338 make 325 take 314 lie 287 fall 276 look 266 turn 266 rise 240 find 232 hear 226 stare 224 follow 218 move 209 run 208 answer 203 seem 202 give 200 die 199 lift 193 feel 191 shake 191 leave 191 hold 181 draw 174 tell 165 bring 163 think 162 catch 159 strike 158 ride 156 live 155 break 149 lead 146 grow 142 reach 141 let 141 begin 136 get 135 open 130 fight 126 mutter 124 speak Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1734 not 624 then 560 up 550 black 470 down 447 great 441 out 437 back 403 long 380 only 319 so 305 more 282 other 279 now 269 away 262 even 251 dark 233 again 209 there 206 far 202 still 192 here 185 last 175 as 169 never 163 dead 161 many 161 first 150 white 147 well 147 few 145 too 145 broad 144 off 140 wide 137 own 137 deep 135 old 132 low 130 human 125 red 122 blue 121 open 118 just 116 suddenly 116 on 115 high 113 tall 112 naked 112 ever Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44 most 36 least 14 near 10 Most 9 high 9 great 9 good 6 strong 5 tall 4 slight 4 large 3 fine 3 fair 3 deep 3 bad 2 wide 2 staunch 2 rich 2 j 2 grim 2 full 2 farth 1 writhe 1 wild 1 swift 1 strange 1 southw 1 small 1 short 1 safe 1 rearmost 1 ragged 1 old 1 northw 1 low 1 late 1 l 1 keen 1 fresh 1 fast 1 eld 1 early 1 dim 1 close 1 clever 1 choice 1 broad 1 brave 1 bold Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 30 most 5 least 3 well 1 writhe 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?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 conan did not 7 conan was not 6 conan had not 4 conan was aware 4 eyes did not 4 king is dead 3 balthus did not 3 conan had already 3 conan was too 3 man did not 2 _ did _ 2 _ was _ 2 chamber was empty 2 conan had ever 2 conan had only 2 conan stared down 2 conan stood silently 2 door did not 2 door stood partly 2 eyes were open 2 eyes were red 2 face was calm 2 faces were dim 2 faces were immobile 2 life do not 2 man was not 2 people did not 1 _ are _ 1 _ are west 1 _ are xaltotun 1 _ came up 1 _ feel _ 1 _ go alone 1 _ have _ 1 _ is _ 1 _ is not 1 _ know _ 1 _ moved off 1 _ stand alone 1 _ was quickly 1 _ was short 1 arm was still 1 arms looked shocked 1 arms looking up 1 arms were unnaturally 1 balthus felt more 1 balthus felt something 1 balthus had ever 1 balthus had never 1 balthus knew conan Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 cimmerian made no attempt 2 conan did not at 2 feet made no sound 1 _ is not alafdhal 1 conan had no instinct 1 conan had no time 1 conan had not yet 1 conan made no comment 1 conan made no more 1 conan made no reply 1 conan saw no catch 1 conan was no longer 1 conan was no swamp 1 conan was not afraid 1 conan was not dead 1 conan was not really 1 conan was not surprised 1 eyes was not impersonal 1 feet making no sound 1 girl made no move 1 king is not yet 1 man gave no heed 1 man is no hyborian 1 men are not enough 1 priests were not so 1 wall was not great 1 woman made no reply A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 32759 author = Howard, Robert E. (Robert Ervin) title = Red Nails date = keywords = Conan; Olmec; Tascela; Techotl; Tecuhltli; Tolkemec; Valeria; Xotalanc; Xuchotl; eye; like; man summary = "Run!" snarled Conan, his eyes blazing like those of a trapped wolf. Conan''s iron arm about the woman''s waist half lifted her; her feet Conan lifted Valeria to her feet and together they started away at a "Black last night against the moon," grunted Conan, his eyes clouding chambers, floored like the hall, and with walls of the same green jade, black as the mouth of the Pit. These Conan and Valeria avoided, keeping Again Valeria felt Conan''s hand bearing her up and sweeping her along as While Olmec talked, Valeria felt the blazing eyes of Tascela fixed upon "But look you, Conan and Valeria, Conan ran down the corridor, even as Valeria emerged from her chamber. Conan and Valeria entered the fray, and when a man or woman went down Conan caught Valeria''s arm and turned her about. Conan sprang up, his eyes like live coals. id = 42182 author = Howard, Robert E. (Robert Ervin) title = The Hyborian Age date = keywords = Aquilonia; Hyrkanians; Picts; Shem; hyborian; pictish summary = The barbarians of that age were the Picts, who lived on islands far out savages--the Picts--carrying on continual warfare with tribes of Hyborians, whose warlike tribes dominate the western world. This mixed race was in turn conquered later by a roving tribe of Hybori, The kingdoms of the Hyborians--Aquilonia, Nemedia, Brythunia, western-most Hyborian kingdom, are the Cimmerians, ferocious savages, kingdom is Aquilonia, but others vie with it in strength and mixed race; dark-skinned Zamorians, and the people of southern Aquilonia have mixed peopled by descendants of an aboriginal race, conquered by a tribe of country as far south as the black kingdom of Amazon, of whose people Picts and Hyrkanians, and aided the people of Shem to throw off the All over the western world, the Picts and Hyrkanians settled together far to the east, formed a mixed race, and emerged ages the Roman race, were descendants of a people of mixed Stygian, Hyrkanian id = 42183 author = Howard, Robert E. (Robert Ervin) title = Queen of the Black Coast date = keywords = Argus; Bêlit; Cimmerian; Conan; Tigress; Tito; black summary = white feet spurned the blood-stained deck and dying men forgot death as black warriors to trembling, but all this noise, Conan noted, came from jungle, he sighted the black fangs of towers jutting up among the trees. pirates, white plumes waving in the morning wind, spears ready, eyes ''Look!'' a muscular black arm stabbed toward the _Tigress_, and Bêlit rolled away on either hand and a huge city of dark green stone rose on Black men came up the river in long At first Conan thought it to be a great black gorilla. it was a giant black man that crouched ape-like, long arms dangling, The black man gave no heed to Conan''s shout as he the sane, Conan passed his sword through the black man''s body; then, lay the Queen of the Black Coast in her last sleep, wrapped in Conan''s prostrate Cimmerian like a black shadow, arms thrown wide--a glimmer of id = 42188 author = Howard, Robert E. (Robert Ervin) title = Shadows in the Moonlight date = keywords = Amurath; Cimmerian; Conan; Olivia; Shah; like; man summary = twisted about to follow his stare, and saw a green wall of trees and Then rising, sword in hand, he began to back away, thrusting Olivia Once within, Conan grunted in surprize, and Olivia stifled a scream. Conan, poised like a bronze statue on the cliffs, pointed northward. Straining her eyes, Olivia saw a white fleck that seemed to hang great white stars, and Conan entered the shadowy ruins, drawing the Quick as a great cat Conan caught up Olivia and ran. But no sleep came to Olivia, and she lay watching the distant ruins and ''Conan the Cimmerian!'' His voice was like the deep challenge of a lion. the stone to its mark, and Conan reeled and fell as a tall tree falls to Olivia, opening her eyes, saw that they were passing under the shadow of Conan''s action was a blur of speed Olivia''s eye could not follow. id = 42196 author = Howard, Robert E. (Robert Ervin) title = Shadows in Zamboula date = keywords = Aram; Baal; Baksh; Cimmerian; Conan; Totrasmek; Zamboula summary = Conan shifted his broad sword-belt to his liking, and calmly returned streets before Conan reached the house of Aram Baksh. The black craned his neck to stare into the starlit road behind Conan; Conan followed Aram down a corridor lighted by copper lamps, and it did prey--and such men as Aram Baksh to open the doors to them. Conan blew out the light, stepped to the door and opened it, and ran his ''Black dog of hell!'' Conan drove his sword between the dusky shoulders ''Beauty like yours might drive a man mad,'' quoth Conan, running his Conan bent swiftly, turned the man on his side and ran quick fingers At a word from Zabibi, Conan gave the limp body into the black''s arms, Conan stood beside her, sword in hand, glancing warily Conan knew that Aram Baksh slept in a chamber that opened into a id = 42209 author = Howard, Robert E. (Robert Ervin) title = The Devil in Iron date = keywords = Conan; Jehungir; Khosatral; Octavia; Xapur; Yuetshi; man summary = the saw-edged crescent blade of the Yuetshi that could disembowel a man ''We must lure Conan away from the _kozaks_,'' said the counsellor went up a great tree like a cat, and reaching a point above the parapet, Houses shouldered so closely to the wall that half-way down the stair he She came across the chamber, and taking Conan''s hand, drew him to the led broad curving steps, there stood a throne of copper, and when Conan Conan realized with a crawling of his skin that beyond the wall the It was dim and misty in the chamber, and Conan''s hair began to lift on Conan wasted no time trying the door. Conan raced up the stair, carrying the big girl over one shoulder as devil has to break down a door like a common man; but after all, his before the great bronze-valved door, Conan caught Octavia by her id = 42227 author = Howard, Robert E. (Robert Ervin) title = A Witch Shall Be Born date = keywords = Conan; Constantius; Khauran; Olgerd; Salome; Shemites; Taramis; Valerius; man summary = Taramis, queen of Khauran, awakened from a dream-haunted slumber to a For answer Salome clapped her hands, and lifting her voice, with a Constantius, whom men called Falcon, was tall, broad-shouldered, ''You know how to reach the dungeons from the palace, Constantius?'' said Taramis, whom all Khauran loves, betraying her people to that devil from except for Constantius, who stood stroking his mustache like a great muscle started out of the massive arms, and Conan beat his head forward Shaking the sweat and blood from his eyes, Conan saw four horsemen gripped the head of the spike in Conan''s right hand, tearing the skin to Constantius are men from the Shemitish cities of the west, Pelishtim, telling them that Conan spoke the truth when he said I was not Taramis. ''I knew that Conan spoke the truth when he said it was not Taramis!'' the id = 42236 author = Howard, Robert E. (Robert Ervin) title = Jewels of Gwahlur date = keywords = Alkmeenon; Cimmerian; Conan; Keshan; Muriela; Thutmekri; Yakin; Zargheba summary = but one thing for Conan to do: find the jewels before the king of Keshan Bît-Yakin had dwelt in the valley when the priests came of old to He wheeled, crouching like a great cat, sword in hand, glaring down the and corridors, and Conan believed he was still in the great palace. Crom, you do look like Yelaya, face, hair, figure and all! Conan thought of the girl, Muriela, alone and unguarded in that great wall, he reached the great door as they crossed the huge throne-room, the high priest thrust open the golden door and entered, bowing gold door closed behind them, shutting out sound and sight, and Conan Conan crouched in the black mouth of the tunnel, staring at the walls dying light Conan saw a black body and ebon countenance, hideous in the Conan saw black bodies tossed like chaff in the inhuman hands of the id = 42243 author = Howard, Robert E. (Robert Ervin) title = The Hour of the Dragon date = keywords = Acheron; Amalric; Aquilonia; Cimmerian; Conan; King; Mitra; Nemedia; Nemedians; Orastes; Poitain; Publio; Stygia; Tarantia; Tarascus; Trocero; Valerius; Xaltotun; aye; man summary = wide dark eyes of the man within, he said, slowly: ''Awake, Xaltotun!'' Xaltotun lifted his lion-like head and stared far off into space, as if It was in the darkness before dawn that King Conan stirred on his couch, named--a tall man, broad and powerful, built much like the king. Of that long ride in the chariot of Xaltotun, Conan knew nothing. Conan''s eyes narrowed as he stared at the man in silence. they moved through it like black ghosts bearing a dead man, and down a ''Men say King Conan died beneath the stones and dirt when the cliffs ''Lead your horse and follow me, King Conan,'' she said briefly. Conan felt the old tug of the professional fighting-man, to turn Conan lay and stared, half expecting it to vanish like a figure of a his hand toward Conan, with the jewel throbbing like a living heart id = 42254 author = Howard, Robert E. (Robert Ervin) title = Beyond the Black River date = keywords = Balthus; Cimmerian; Conan; Picts; River; Sag; Velitrium; Zogar; man summary = clink, and Balthus knew Conan could glide through the deepest thicket or Conan shook his head and straightened to scowl down at the dead man. Conan started convulsively, and Balthus almost let go the poles. Fort Tuscelan stood on the eastern bank of Black River, the tides of ''When they smoke my head the whole river will know it,'' grunted Conan. They were the heads of the men who had followed Conan white man knew what shapes haunted the great forests beyond Black River. Conan, felt the forest man''s iron grip on his arm. Conan leaped high, caught, not Balthus'' hand but his arm near the river which they must cross if they were to warn the men in the fort. Not understanding, Balthus saw Conan take from his hand the bow he had of the river a few miles south of the fort,'' grunted Conan. id = 42259 author = Howard, Robert E. (Robert Ervin) title = The People of the Black Circle date = keywords = Afghulis; Afzal; Conan; Devi; Irakzai; Kerim; Khemsa; Shah; Yar; Yasmina; Yimsha; man summary = Looking at the man as he stood squarely, knife in fist and eyes glaring, came upon a trail that followed the lap of the left-hand wall. men, with eyes like wolves, and long blades in their fists. and Conan mounted the horse of the man he had killed, lifting the girl The Wazuli girl laughed mockingly, Conan scowled, and then the door ''Carry this to Yar Afzal,'' he said, and the Wazuli turned like an That fellow Yar Afzal beat and sent away--he moved like a man walking in Yasmina cried out, and Conan wheeled, hand starting to knife-hilt. vulture-like heads, and black robes that hid their feet. to lift the Devi on the black stallion and ride like the wind, but an As he hacked and smote like a man possessed, Conan had time Conan turned to Yasmina, his red knife still in his hand, his blue eyes