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Eric Lease Morgan Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 8 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 65788 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 79 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 Jones 6 Paul 5 Captain 4 american 4 Serapis 4 Richard 4 John 4 England 3 spanish 3 french 3 british 3 United 3 States 3 Ranger 3 Alliance 2 ship 2 Pearson 2 Mr. 2 Lord 2 God 2 France 2 English 2 Alfred 1 turkish 1 russian 1 man 1 illustration 1 english 1 Weather 1 Water 1 Wannashego 1 Tlascalans 1 Spaniards 1 Spain 1 Ship 1 Scotch 1 Sail 1 Royal 1 Remarks 1 Recd 1 Providence 1 Pizarro 1 Peruvians 1 Peru 1 Perry 1 People 1 Pedrarias 1 Patiomkine 1 Paris 1 Ojeda Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 1757 ship 1700 man 948 time 726 officer 714 day 570 vessel 528 captain 512 hand 470 way 469 gun 454 deck 454 boat 430 order 429 year 416 war 399 sea 389 letter 379 life 378 sir 376 side 370 command 343 | 343 service 342 water 329 moment 324 crew 309 people 307 nothing 306 place 301 fleet 299 enemy 281 part 281 country 275 night 272 action 269 battle 262 word 262 friend 259 squadron 257 flag 256 shore 249 fire 248 hour 248 head 246 prisoner 241 thing 241 admiral 236 name 235 wind 234 sailor Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 4008 | 3407 _ 2107 Jones 752 Paul 618 Archy 555 Ditto 486 Richard 403 Captain 393 Remarks 342 John 331 Weather 325 Serapis 290 Lord 287 France 285 Alliance 279 Mr. 276 America 274 States 258 + 253 Congress 249 Admiral 247 United 244 Spaniards 237 O''Neill 234 de 220 Cortes 205 English 204 Top 203 England 202 Langton 201 Bellingham 199 Ranger 190 Landais 172 Franklin 171 Elizabeth 169 Baskerville 151 Pizarro 151 New 148 General 146 Pearson 146 Colonel 145 George 142 Americans 137 Sail 137 Beef 134 Indians 133 Ship 132 American 128 Main 128 April Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 6948 he 3548 it 3172 i 2309 him 2118 they 1972 you 1348 them 930 she 806 me 756 we 655 her 554 himself 259 us 119 themselves 103 myself 73 itself 50 yourself 47 herself 33 one 17 mine 14 ''em 13 ourselves 11 yours 10 ours 9 his 7 theirs 4 thee 3 hers 3 em 2 ye 2 ditto.-ditto 1 yourselves 1 truly,--she 1 sir,--this 1 pelf 1 last,--she 1 i.--how 1 hisself 1 heart,--you 1 genl 1 ay Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 17307 be 6871 have 1784 do 1327 make 1107 say 1045 take 858 come 818 see 806 go 742 give 582 get 559 know 520 find 466 send 450 leave 425 receive 383 think 342 begin 338 call 332 follow 330 bring 321 return 308 put 305 look 305 carry 289 stand 287 seem 278 tell 269 pass 265 fight 264 keep 259 turn 259 sail 257 write 256 hear 248 show 239 run 230 meet 226 reach 223 die 221 fall 214 become 212 hold 201 capture 196 remain 195 lose 191 feel 190 ask 189 cry 189 continue Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2634 not 993 great 990 so 819 other 797 up 781 more 712 out 646 then 630 now 595 well 594 first 582 very 570 little 555 as 519 good 508 only 503 most 465 old 453 much 431 young 428 many 425 own 416 never 413 american 405 down 403 last 392 long 392 away 370 again 338 even 337 small 336 off 322 however 320 french 316 back 316 also 312 there 311 such 297 soon 295 still 287 large 284 too 281 once 281 few 272 same 261 here 256 far 245 ever 240 high 238 english Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 155 good 110 most 99 least 84 great 51 high 23 large 19 slight 19 Most 18 near 18 fine 15 bad 9 old 9 early 9 brave 8 young 8 strong 8 late 7 happy 7 dear 6 small 6 noble 6 eld 6 deep 5 proud 5 poor 4 warm 4 low 4 bright 4 able 3 rough 3 hot 3 fast 3 farth 2 trusty 2 strange 2 smart 2 slow 2 sad 2 rude 2 rare 2 mean 2 heavy 2 hardy 2 hard 2 handsome 2 full 2 faint 2 easy 2 clear 2 calm Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 393 most 22 well 11 least 1 wishest 1 tempest 1 stoutest 1 stood,--fought 1 soon 1 highest 1 hard Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 www.gutenberg.org 2 www.gutenberg.net 2 books.google.com 2 archive.org Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/42864/42864-h/42864-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/42864/42864-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/0/9/1/20910/20910-h/20910-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/0/9/1/20910/20910-h.zip 1 http://books.google.com/books?id=jZxBAAAAYAAJ 1 http://books.google.com/books?id=4D_NBMwcGQUC 1 http://archive.org/details/thestoryofjohnpa00fras 1 http://archive.org Top 50 email addresses; "Who are you gonna call?" ------------------------------------------------- Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 | begins moderate 15 jones was not 10 jones did not 9 | do | 8 | begins fresh 5 archy was not 4 jones was now 3 _ was now 3 captain had not 3 jones left st. 3 jones was still 3 jones was thus 3 jones was very 3 men were then 3 ship was not 2 _ did not 2 _ was so 2 _ went down 2 _ were well 2 archy got up 2 archy had ever 2 archy went below 2 boat came alongside 2 boats was due 2 captain was not 2 captain was very 2 ditto do | 2 guns were badly 2 guns were silent 2 jones had not 2 jones received word 2 jones was again 2 jones was also 2 jones was as 2 jones was determined 2 jones was greatly 2 jones was mary 2 jones was naturally 2 jones was probably 2 jones was quick 2 jones was ready 2 men were also 2 men were badly 2 men were dead 2 men were so 2 officer is rank 2 officers have not 2 officers were american 2 sea was still 2 ship was ready Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 archy had no fault 1 archy made no more 1 archy was not ashamed 1 archy was not so 1 captain had not yet 1 captain has not yet 1 captain made no move 1 captain was not far 1 captain was not yet 1 command was no less 1 days was no slight 1 jones had no idea 1 jones had no intention 1 jones had no more 1 jones had no option 1 jones had no remedy 1 jones made no effort 1 jones was no so 1 jones was not only 1 jones was not particularly 1 jones was not sorry 1 jones was not willing 1 men found no gold 1 men had not proper 1 men was no mere 1 men were not very 1 officer is not amenable 1 ship was no match 1 ship was not yet 1 ships were not due 1 vessel was not equal 1 vessels were no match A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 36581 author = Beebe, Mabel Borton title = Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Farragut, Admiral Dewey date = keywords = Captain; Dewey; England; English; Farragut; Jones; New; Paul; Perry; States; United; american; illustration; spanish summary = The ships of war in those earlier times were wooden sailing vessels, and with which Paul Jones and Commodore Perry and Admiral Farragut won their navy, and the command of his vessel was given to Lieutenant Jones. An English naval vessel called the _Drake_ was sent out to capture the Paul Jones replied: "The American Continental ship American navy, and so Paul Jones said, "As a servant of the republic of For several months Captain Perry''s vessel convoyed ships between Cuba British war vessels claimed the right to stop American ships on the sea, brief time the Americans captured more British ships than the French had the vessels of his new fleet the _Lawrence_, after this gallant captain. The English fleet of six vessels was commanded by Captain Barclay. Captain Perry was soon afterwards ordered to sail for America, carrying to cruise along the Atlantic coast, in order to protect American vessels id = 20910 author = Brady, Cyrus Townsend title = South American Fights and Fighters, and Other Tales of Adventure date = keywords = Almagro; Alvarado; Atahualpa; Aztecs; Balboa; Charles; Cortes; God; Hernando; Inca; Indians; John; Jones; King; Mexicans; Mexico; Montezuma; Nicuesa; Ojeda; Paul; Pedrarias; Peru; Peruvians; Pizarro; Spain; Spaniards; Tlascalans; american; man; spanish summary = debarked in great state with his men, and, as soon as he firmly got difference between Balboa and the men of his time is seen in his after attended by a small escort, immediately set forth for Ada. He was arrested on the way by a company of soldiers headed by Francisco In April, 1532, Pizarro embarked his men on the ships and landed, not Great, laid out the city of Lima and the Spaniards flocked into Peru the other great men of his age were much like him in these things. This great city contains a large number of temples[3] or houses for man of action like Cortes and to the men who followed him as well. precipitating a great mass of Spaniards and Indians into the causeway. Cortes had not cleared the causeway in time of his Indian allies. ship practically deserted, a great number of Indians came off in their id = 52485 author = Brady, Cyrus Townsend title = Commodore Paul Jones date = keywords = Alfred; Alliance; Captain; Congress; Drake; England; English; Footnote; France; Franklin; John; Jones; Landais; Majesty; Nassau; Paris; Patiomkine; Paul; Pearson; Providence; Ranger; Richard; Serapis; States; United; american; british; french; russian; ship; turkish summary = action, as Jones had imagined, the English captain had loaded his guns officer in the navy; nor is any man fit to command a ship of war who At the same time the committee sent the following letter to Jones "_Resolved_, That Captain Paul Jones be appointed to command the ship command, and the ships which had been proposed for Jones were throughout his ship, Jones called out a sharp word of command. our ship at once, by the orders of Commodore Jones. greater moment than to secure Paul Jones or to receive the two ships, To this letter Jones sent the following reply; he was a generous man, ship Jones would have been able to persuade his men to action, and Jones stated that he never had seen a ship better fought by a crew frigate, by placing it under Jones'' command with other ships, they id = 52540 author = Brady, Cyrus Townsend title = The Grip of Honor: A Story of Paul Jones and the American Revolution date = keywords = Captain; Coventry; Dale; Elizabeth; God; Howard; Irishman; Jones; Lady; Lord; O''Neill; Pearson; Ranger; Richard; Serapis; english summary = "It seems to me, sir," said O''Neill to the captain, "that unless she "Sir," said the young girl, looking gratefully at the Irishman out of "Ay, ay, sir," said the old sailor, turning to fulfil the command. "Lady Elizabeth, if you please, sir," said Coventry. "Your condemnation comes too late, sir," said O''Neill, with bitter Leddyship," said the old man, in great disappointment, as the boat Stop, sir!" said O''Neill to Coventry, who made a "Come, sir," said Coventry, dryly, turning at this moment, having "I shall ever remember Captain John Paul Jones," said Lady Elizabeth, "Sir, your admiration does me too much honor," said Elizabeth, "Me as well," said the captain; "upon the deck of my own ship--to put "Good luck to you, Captain Pearson," said the admiral, turning away. "The ship is clear, sir," said Lieutenant Richard Dale, saluting "Very good, sir," said the little man, nodding his head but not id = 42864 author = Fraser, Chelsea Curtis title = The Story of John Paul Jones date = keywords = Alfred; Captain; John; Jones; Mr.; Paul; Ranger; Richard; Scotch; Serapis; Wannashego; american; british; french; ship summary = Young Paul Jones enjoyed his new life to the utmost. One morning, a short time after this, Paul Jones received word that two at anchor, Paul Jones''s eye fell on a tall, lithe young man who was just entrance into Long Island Sound by way of Narragansett Bay. Paul Jones went about his arduous duties as first-lieutenant of the Paul Jones was in command of the gun deck. American ships were handled; for only one commanding officer--Captain Turning to his chief marine officer, Paul Jones said: "Direct When Paul Jones was ordered to Portsmouth to command the new never seen a ship crowded the way Captain Jones crowded the _Ranger_. British officer clambered on deck and faced Paul Jones the American the various commanders of the ships which Paul Jones was compelled to pirate and criminal, Paul Jones, and every ship under his command." An id = 28633 author = Hapgood, Hutchins title = Paul Jones date = keywords = Alliance; England; France; Jones; Paul; Richard; Serapis; States; United; british; french summary = Paul Jones made his first of a series of merchant-ship voyages to the On the John O''Gaunt, in which Jones shipped for England, after leaving Soon after the battle of Lexington Jones wrote a letter to Joseph Hewes, In this state of affairs Paul Jones proved a very useful man. which Jones and other United States captains actually carried out. Philippe, who at a later time called Jones the Bayard of the Sea, and service, Landais, who refused to obey Jones, and in the important fight merchant ships, when they saw Jones''s squadron bearing down upon them, disheartened at the time Jones took personal command of them. Jones was forced to yield, the French flag was displayed, the command the time: "I am sorry that all the officers are raging about Paul Jones. Paul Jones left St. Petersburg on May 7, to take command of the Russian id = 47785 author = Seawell, Molly Elliot title = The Rock of the Lion date = keywords = Admiral; Archy; Baskerville; Bellingham; Captain; Colonel; Curtis; Don; England; George; Gibraltar; Isabel; Jones; Langton; Lord; Mr.; Mrs.; Paul; Royal; spanish summary = "Don''t you think, sir," said Archy, eagerly, "that we had better keep But the officer had turned away, and Archy, his usually light heart not lord, Archy was singularly like him, and Colonel Baskerville believed Every moment that Archy passed with Colonel Baskerville he felt more and personal charm--and one day, after a long conversation with Archy, Lord A day or two after that Colonel Baskerville said to Archy, in his usual After the Admiral left him Archy lay there a little time longer, when it Archy, watching Admiral Rodney''s ship, saw by the dull and "Kindness to my wife and child is a very good recommendation to me, Mr. Baskerville," said Captain Curtis, cordially, "and I would like to know Then Colonel Baskerville shouted, and Mrs. Langton smiled, and Archy, "Uncle," then said Archy, turning to Colonel Baskerville, "will you not, Colonel Baskerville, Archy, and Langton awaited Lord Bellingham to drive id = 45011 author = nan title = The Logs of the Serapis--Allance--Ariel, Under the Command of John Paul Jones, 1779-1780 date = keywords = Alliance; Beef; Board; Ditto; Employd; Fore; John; Jones; Main; March; People; Recd; Remarks; Sail; Ship; Water; Weather summary = Ship of War, _Ariel_, Commanded, by the Honble, John Paul Jones." Ship of War, _Ariel_, Commanded, by the Honble, John Paul Jones." | This Day fine Moderate Weather, People employed fitting the Ship SE | This Day fine Pleasant Weather, People variously employed, Received on | This Day Cloudy Weather, fresh Breezes of Wind, People employed | This Day Fresh Gales of Wind and Rainy Weather, People employd, fixing | This Day Fresh Breeze of Wind, and Squally Weather, People employed Pleasant Weather, and small Breeze of Wind, unmoord Ship | 13 Cask Gang Water, Handed Sails and Righted Ship, Carpenters employd Fresh Breezes of Wind and Clear Weather, People variously employd | PM Fair Weather, Moderate Breezes of Wind, People variously employed, Fair Weather, People employd Rigging the Ship and making some | PM Pleasant Weather, got the Main Top Mast on End, People Employd