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Eric Lease Morgan Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 14 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 23465 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 Uncle 2 Shah 2 Picts 2 Mr. 2 Aquilonia 1 snow 1 pictish 1 hyborian 1 eye 1 black 1 aye 1 Zogar 1 Zargheba 1 Zamboula 1 Yuetshi 1 Ymir 1 Yimsha 1 Yasmina 1 Yar 1 Yakin 1 Xuchotl 1 Xotalanc 1 Xapur 1 Xaltotun 1 Wriggletto 1 Whittier 1 Wheatcroft 1 Velitrium 1 Van 1 Valeria 1 Twins 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 Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 1555 man 686 hand 612 eye 593 head 492 door 415 foot 366 sword 358 time 353 wall 344 arm 332 way 317 blood 288 life 286 woman 276 city 267 night 266 king 265 face 260 people 249 girl 246 day 236 thing 229 figure 226 chamber 223 fire 218 voice 212 side 211 year 210 river 209 body 207 shoulder 200 priest 197 horse 194 tree 194 something 191 light 186 floor 183 stone 175 shadow 167 hill 162 sound 162 lip 160 death 158 room 156 water 156 kingdom 155 darkness 154 place 152 dog 150 nothing Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 1635 Conan 533 _ 232 Mr. 193 Cimmerian 193 Balthus 173 Valeria 163 Baron 150 Xaltotun 138 Valerius 138 Munchausen 130 Paul 116 Aquilonia 97 Tarascus 94 Wheatcroft 90 Amalric 78 Taramis 73 Picts 70 Ananias 69 Mitra 68 Yasmina 65 Uncle 64 Shah 62 Olmec 62 Constantius 60 Techotl 59 Tascela 58 Whittier 58 Nemedia 56 Olivia 56 Khemsa 55 Diavolo 55 Devi 53 Stygia 50 Zogar 50 Khauran 49 Eliphalet 49 Acheron 48 Kerim 48 Crom 47 Van 47 Tecuhltli 47 King 46 Tarantia 46 Salome 46 Black 43 Sag 43 Publio 43 Poitain 43 Aram 40 Xotalanc Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 5398 he 3821 i 3181 it 2333 you 1926 they 1840 him 1475 she 1062 them 926 me 854 we 559 her 314 us 285 himself 98 myself 70 themselves 69 herself 67 itself 46 yourself 23 ''em 22 mine 17 one 16 ''s 13 his 11 yours 11 theirs 9 ourselves 2 thee 2 ours 1 ye 1 xaltotun!--_and 1 valeria 1 tiberias 1 indistinct 1 hers 1 here?--crom 1 facetiously;--"it 1 em Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 10004 be 4136 have 1594 do 1015 see 901 say 898 come 784 know 747 go 508 make 460 take 422 stand 365 look 363 lie 353 get 339 find 335 fall 333 tell 325 turn 321 think 309 give 307 hear 295 rise 271 seem 271 answer 269 follow 266 run 263 leave 239 ask 234 stare 233 move 230 feel 220 hold 219 die 208 draw 206 shake 206 begin 205 lift 202 catch 200 live 198 bring 187 let 186 break 185 strike 184 keep 177 return 173 reach 173 open 170 cry 168 grow 163 lead Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2580 not 825 then 769 up 588 down 577 out 574 black 552 so 514 great 504 back 493 long 492 only 434 more 406 now 378 other 353 again 333 away 313 there 310 even 308 here 296 never 292 as 269 dark 259 last 253 old 250 still 250 first 245 far 235 well 216 just 209 off 202 ever 201 very 195 many 194 too 192 own 190 few 190 dead 184 little 174 white 172 once 169 all 162 on 162 good 155 wide 153 much 152 red 152 broad 148 enough 147 deep 144 open Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 58 most 52 least 31 good 14 near 14 high 14 Most 11 great 6 tall 6 strong 4 slight 4 large 4 fine 4 fair 4 eld 4 bad 3 deep 2 young 2 wide 2 swift 2 staunch 2 rich 2 rare 2 low 2 j 2 grim 2 full 2 farth 2 brave 2 bold 1 writhe 1 wild 1 thick 1 sweet 1 strange 1 southw 1 small 1 simple 1 short 1 savage 1 safe 1 rough 1 rearmost 1 ragged 1 queer 1 pleasant 1 old 1 northw 1 nice 1 long 1 late Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 75 most 10 least 7 well 1 writhe Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 www.gutenberg.org Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/33432/33432-h/33432-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/33432/33432-h.zip 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 5 man did not 4 _ was _ 4 conan was aware 4 eyes did not 4 king is dead 3 conan had already 3 conan was too 3 man had ever 3 voice was not 2 _ did _ 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 open 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 has ever 2 man was not 2 men do n''t 2 people did not 2 voice told eliphalet 1 _ are _ 1 _ are west 1 _ are xaltotun 1 _ came up 1 _ go alone 1 _ have _ 1 _ is _ 1 _ is not 1 _ know _ 1 _ make _ 1 _ moved off 1 _ stand alone 1 _ think not 1 _ was quickly 1 _ was short 1 _ went stale 1 arm was still 1 arms looked shocked Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 day is no better 1 eyes was not impersonal 1 face is not so 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 people were not willing 1 voice was not familiar 1 voice was not human 1 wall was not great 1 woman made no reply A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 33432 author = Bangs, John Kendrick title = Mr. Munchausen  Being a True Account of Some of the Recent Adventures beyond the Styx of the Late Hieronymus Carl Friedrich, Sometime Baron Munchausen of Bodenwerder date = keywords = Ananias; Angelica; Baron; Beelzy; Diavolo; Jang; June; Mr.; Munchausen; Sapphira; Twins; Uncle; Wriggletto summary = "Good morning, Mr. Munchausen," said the interviewer of the _Gehenna "Uncle Munch," said the Twins one day, as they climbed up into the "All but two days," said the Baron. natural mistake," said the Baron stroking his mustache a little As the Twins'' father said, a feat of that kind entitled the Baron to a "I wanted to," said the Baron, stroking the Twins'' soft brown locks "Well, that was the way I did with the bees," said Mr. Munchausen. "We say yes," said the Twins, and off they went, while the Baron "I was about twenty years old when this thing happened to me," said "Well, it happened this way," said the Baron. "They were celebrating Decoration Day," said Mr. Munchausen. "Above all things," said the Baron. "That''s what I said," returned Mr. Munchausen, "and so of course that "No," said Mr. Munchausen, "it wasn''t that way at all. 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 id = 42664 author = Howard, Robert E. (Robert Ervin) title = Gods of the North date = keywords = Amra; Ymir; snow summary = glittered so blindingly from the ice-fields and the snow-covered plains The glare of the sun on the snow cut his eyes like a of mail across the snow-plains, or seen armed men moving upon the ice?" "Like Dawn running naked on the snows," he muttered, his eyes burning die in the snow with the other fools, Amra of the black hair. white body dancing across the glittering snow beyond his reach--ever at the instant Amra was dashed into the snow, his left shoulder numb Amra saw the remaining giant looming above him like a sink through the snow and deep into the frozen earth as Amra hurled then a dancing white flame on the snow, then a dim blur in the "We found only your tracks in the snow, Amra." the dead in the snows, her naked body gleaming like ivory and her golden ice-giants, who lay men''s red hearts smoking on Ymir''s board. id = 23678 author = Matthews, Brander title = Tales of Fantasy and Fact date = keywords = Baby; Cosmo; Dear; Duncan; Eliphalet; Jones; Larry; Major; Mr.; Paul; Rensselaer; Uncle; Van; Wheatcroft; Whittier summary = little old house which she left to my friend Eliphalet Duncan was knows whether the ghost which used to haunt the little old house in "I haven''t said it went away," answered Uncle Larry, with much dignity. "But you said it _used_ to haunt the little old house at Salem, so second night the house ghost was seen by the officer; on the third "Eliphalet went down to the little old house at Salem, and as soon as "What''s strange?" asked the third occupant of the office, Mr. Wheatcroft, a short, stout, irascible-looking man with a shock of Wheatcroft & Co. Of late years, as Paul knew, the old firm seemed to "Yesterday morning," Paul answered, still smiling, "a little before mysterious, Paul," he said, "and I confess I''d like to know how you did But a little after three a man came into the office