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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?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 37209 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 87 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Mr. 2 Uncle 2 Miss 2 George 1 water 1 vein 1 test 1 steer 1 silver 1 rock 1 ore 1 mineral 1 metal 1 man 1 iron 1 inch 1 illustration 1 gold 1 foot 1 find 1 copper 1 cent 1 ahead 1 Zeke 1 Williams 1 Viney 1 Venus 1 Tucker 1 Tobe 1 Tigmores 1 Sweetbriar 1 Stonie 1 Steering 1 Simpson 1 Simon 1 Sawyer 1 Sally 1 Rose 1 Road 1 Ralph 1 Poteet 1 Piney 1 Pete 1 Oscar 1 Newcombe 1 New 1 Navajo 1 Nada 1 Mrs. 1 Moultrie Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 940 man 655 time 540 boy 453 way 362 thing 353 hand 342 day 337 eye 334 place 294 water 294 gold 291 foot 285 one 264 night 259 side 256 horse 244 ore 241 voice 236 rock 234 house 232 work 229 face 222 oil 192 moment 191 head 191 friend 189 anything 188 something 185 hour 179 girl 173 nothing 169 road 165 life 153 woman 152 year 150 camp 147 part 147 money 145 well 136 wood 133 story 133 minute 132 party 131 matter 131 hill 129 word 128 guide 127 mile 127 arm 126 case Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 590 Bob 561 George 513 Mr. 422 Ralph 404 Rose 376 Mary 368 Fred 356 _ 356 Zeke 273 Madeira 232 Miss 224 Piney 199 Tucker 189 John 186 Uncle 184 Grant 183 Everett 168 Canaan 149 Morrison 144 Bernique 142 Steering 130 Pete 127 Simpson 119 Sally 113 Jim 102 Gulch 101 Mrs. 100 Harnett 96 Bruce 90 Rucker 90 Boys 85 Stonie 84 General 83 New 80 Andy 78 Morgan 75 God 74 Dick 70 Missouri 70 Crabtree 66 Moultrie 64 York 64 Tigmores 64 Newcombe 62 Simon 61 Viney 61 Poteet 60 Thomas 60 Navajo 60 Aunt Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 4238 he 3564 it 3446 i 2888 you 1828 they 1337 him 1104 we 957 she 801 them 646 me 432 her 295 us 238 himself 97 ''em 55 itself 54 myself 51 themselves 41 herself 35 ''s 33 one 30 yourself 20 yours 20 his 18 mine 13 hers 12 em 9 theirs 8 ourselves 3 hisself 2 ours 2 huh 2 d''you 1 you''ll 1 yit 1 y'' 1 tremulous--"you 1 m''self 1 less''n 1 hg 1 here,--you 1 here,--not 1 here,--and Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 12352 be 4870 have 2226 do 1325 say 1164 go 997 come 834 get 828 make 824 see 645 know 636 find 537 take 519 look 491 think 439 tell 369 give 333 leave 292 ask 286 want 265 turn 263 begin 261 try 255 answer 250 seem 241 stand 234 let 230 keep 219 hear 218 follow 216 start 205 hold 197 speak 194 put 181 wait 167 show 165 reply 161 carry 155 call 155 add 153 feel 148 stop 148 laugh 147 run 145 use 144 cry 143 move 143 bring 141 work 138 talk 135 believe Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2761 not 802 up 753 out 677 so 661 then 640 now 574 here 543 little 539 more 523 just 491 as 468 very 442 good 437 long 421 back 402 old 400 well 398 down 352 much 345 other 314 again 309 there 307 even 306 away 305 on 297 first 294 only 290 great 281 right 266 young 261 all 260 last 257 too 232 over 223 once 219 most 206 far 203 almost 200 never 198 still 198 off 189 in 185 soon 176 small 175 ahead 169 own 168 few 161 same 157 many 155 white Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 94 good 77 least 49 most 24 great 14 bad 12 j 10 slight 10 near 8 Most 7 fine 7 big 6 manif 6 late 6 large 6 high 6 heavy 5 rich 5 loud 4 simple 4 old 3 low 3 hard 2 strong 2 short 2 quick 2 long 2 easy 2 bright 1 white 1 true 1 swift 1 sure 1 supreme 1 stern 1 southw 1 soft 1 sad 1 remote 1 queer 1 pure 1 pleasant 1 onli 1 northw 1 nervy 1 lovely 1 little 1 light 1 keen 1 healthy 1 handsome Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 170 most 14 well 13 least 2 fast 1 near 1 jest 1 hard Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 www.gutenberg.net Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/3/3/9/23391/23391-h/23391-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/3/3/9/23391/23391-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?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 _ is _ 4 fred did not 4 ralph had not 3 bob was not 3 fred had not 3 george was not 3 gold is present 3 ralph did not 3 ralph had already 3 ralph was not 2 _ got _ 2 _ know _ 2 _ think _ 2 _ were _ 2 bob went back 2 boys were aware 2 boys were away 2 eyes looked out 2 george had not 2 george was perfectly 2 george was still 2 gold is always 2 gold is then 2 horse ''s back 2 horses were there 2 man was simon 2 men come here 2 night was not 2 one was able 2 ore is worth 2 ores are heavy 2 ores are worth 2 ralph was far 2 things were very 2 zeke does n''t 2 zeke said no 1 _ are _ 1 _ are n''t 1 _ be wuth 1 _ come up 1 _ did n''t 1 _ do n''t 1 _ had _ 1 _ have _ 1 _ have n''t 1 _ is better 1 _ make _ 1 _ say _ 1 bob do n''t 1 bob found signs Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 ralph had no idea 2 zeke said no more 1 bob had no difficulty 1 bob made no further 1 bob made no reply 1 bob was no longer 1 bob was not at 1 bob was not long 1 boys have no end 1 boys was not as 1 boys were no more 1 fred had no conception 1 fred was not aware 1 george had not yet 1 george made no reply 1 george was no better 1 george was not as 1 george was not strong 1 gold is not pure 1 madeira had not yet 1 man made no answer 1 men have no business 1 men tell no tales 1 night was not as 1 night was not so 1 ores are not difficult 1 place were not unduly 1 ralph made no objection 1 ralph was not so 1 ralph was not very 1 side was not as 1 waters were not so A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 45287 author = Bramble, Charles A. title = The A B C of Mining: A Handbook for Prospectors date = keywords = New; cent; copper; find; foot; gold; illustration; inch; iron; metal; mineral; ore; rock; silver; test; vein; water summary = as gold found is to Ans. About 13 cubic feet of quartz weigh a ton before being disturbed; when Much gold is derived from copper and iron pyrites, and silver gold can be moved by water accounts for the value of the deposits given the rocks by an ore containing water, quartz, nickel and below, and this is especially true of gold and silver ores. To test an ore for gold, take a pound of it, crush in mortar and pass detecting minute quantities of gold in rocks, ore tailings, etc. basin of water; heat the bottom of the tube containing the ore and Drop a little powdered ore in a test tube; add nitric acid; dilute valuable in the case of copper ore, as little as 1 per cent. minerals are generally the ores of lead, zinc, and carbonate of iron. great specific gravity of gold as compared with water and rock. id = 61895 author = Cummings, Ray title = Space-Wolf date = keywords = Livingston; Morgan; Nada summary = Solo Morgan laid his small portable spectroscope on the rock and sat From here, Solo Morgan could just see the tiny blob of his one-man Morgan dropped to the rocks, into a shadow Morgan was flat in the rock hollow. There was a rock-ledge some thirty feet away over a little chasm. The little red-shelled, ball-like thing on the window ledge suddenly "Well," Morgan said, "your father''s theories, here on Titan--" "They found him, lying like that," Nada said. had seen Morgan''s little space-ship; knew he was here, and were looking Morgan knew perfectly well what he was going to try to do--get the girl Morgan gripped the girl and stood still, peering around. Morgan and the girl were lying in a little depression Morgan could see that there was no chance for him and the girl to move trembling girl gripped Morgan. Morgan raised his gun, but Nada shoved it down. id = 15195 author = Daviess, Maria Thompson title = Rose of Old Harpeth date = keywords = Aunt; Crabtree; Everett; General; Lavinia; Mary; Miss; Mr.; Mrs.; Poteet; Road; Rose; Stonie; Sweetbriar; Tobe; Tucker; Uncle; Viney summary = "Mary of the Rose, stop right there!" said Everett as he came over "Yes, Stonie," answered Rose Mary judicially, while Everett''s "Rose Mary," said Uncle Tucker, with a quizzical smile quirking at the Tucker''s big gray eyes, Rose Mary''s curled mouth and more than a tinge "Looks like Miss Rose Mary''s freezer ain''t got no bottom at all," said "Don''t worry, Uncle Tucker leads it," answered Rose Mary as they "Rose Mary," came Miss Amanda''s cheery little voice from the doorway "It never will, old sweetie," answered Rose Mary as she took Uncle "No; I''ve just come up from the milk-house," answered Rose Mary with a "Rose Mary," said Uncle Tucker as he came and stood beside her as she come this time to talk things over with him and--er--Miss Rose Mary. "Rose Mary, child," came in a gentle voice, and Uncle Tucker''s "Please don''t!" answered Rose Mary with a little smile that still held id = 14998 author = Kay, Ross title = The Go Ahead Boys and Simon''s Mine date = keywords = Fred; George; Grant; Gulch; John; Moultrie; Navajo; Pete; Simon; Zeke; ahead summary = Turning to his companions Zeke said abruptly, "Better look around, boys, Thrusting his discovery into his pocket, Zeke turned to the boys and said. "Zeke," said Fred abruptly, "how long do you think it took the coyotes and John turned to the guide and said, "Let them see that coat, Zeke. At last however, Fred declared it was time for the Go Ahead Boys to turn the guide, "Fred thinks he saw those two men that were in our camp last Zeke''s word carried the day and in a brief time the Go Ahead Boys were "Zeke," said Grant, who up to this time had taken little part in the "Yes," said Zeke one night in reply to a question by Fred, "I''ve had some looking, he said excitedly, "Zeke, isn''t that two men coming up the As soon as the guide and the Go Ahead boy arrived, Zeke said to the id = 27984 author = Otis, James title = Ralph Gurney''s Oil Speculation date = keywords = Bob; Bradford; CHAPTER; Dick; George; Gurney; Harnett; Hubbard; Jim; Kenniston; Massie; Mr.; Newcombe; Ralph; Sawyer; Simpson summary = Bob hesitated in what Ralph thought a very peculiar way, and said, after The time had come when Ralph was to learn whether Bob was making a "Don''t drive so fast!" said Ralph, believing the time had come for him moonlighters, Ralph concluded that George had said some hard things to nothing there," said George, half believing Bob had some good reason for Close behind George came Ralph and Bob, both excited by the thought that When Ralph and George made their appearance half an hour later, Bob had George, Ralph and Bob looked at each other in surprise. "Yes, George," said Ralph, as he motioned Bob to remain quiet. "I tell you what it is, boys," he said to George and Ralph, "this thing That was all George could tell, and Ralph and Bob were both called to of his duty while Ralph and George were in town; but to Bob it was id = 51768 author = Sheckley, Robert title = Prospector''s Special date = keywords = Krandall; Morrison; Mr.; Venus; Williams summary = "Time for that nap," Morrison said to himself. "At the moment," Morrison said, "I haven''t got a cent on me." "And you know the rules on Venus," Eddie said, his mournful face set in "I can''t run the sandcar without tires," Morrison said. "I''m not turning back," Morrison said. "It sure did," Morrison said, taking his letters. "I''m going to pay for the water," Morrison said. "With goldenstone," Morrison said. "See for yourself," Morrison said, swinging the telephone around. "There''s rich stuff just beyond it," Morrison said. "Goldenstone, sure as sure," Morrison said, looking around at the "Just in time!" Morrison said. "Here," Morrison said, handing the robot a piece of goldenstone worth "I hope so," Morrison said, raising the revolver above his head. "Let''s have that telephone," Morrison said. "Look at it." Morrison turned the telephone so that Krandall could see "Send me back something to take care of the wolves," Morrison said. id = 61811 author = Williams, Robert Moore title = Quest on Io date = keywords = Andy; Oscar summary = "You shoot like a rocket-man," Oscar commented. his hands still, so that old rocket-men always looked like they had and Andy jerked his head down behind the boulder just in time to avoid Oscar protested against following the person who had shot at them, Andy Andy heard a startled cry as the man saw him coming. the man jerked his head to one side and Andy''s fist landed up on the her eyes made Andy think they were heat guns of a new kind. Andy glared at the _thlot_ and turned to the girl. caves--dark, gloomy places that looked like they would make good hiding "Hell!" Andy gasped, "another shot like that and we''ll be buried alive. If the pellet from his gun hit the blaster in the man''s hands--well, "I got it," said Andy, awe in his voice. Andy held the sights of the heat gun on it, waited. "Oscar!" Andy shouted dropping his gun. id = 23391 author = Young, Rose E. (Rose Emmet) title = Sally of Missouri date = keywords = Bernique; Bruce; Canaan; Carington; Crittenton; God; Grierson; Madeira; Miss; Missouri; Mist; Mr.; Piney; Sally; Steering; Tigmores; Uncle; man; steer summary = Yessair, the Canaan Tigmores," repeated old Bernique, looking out "Yes, but about these Canaan Tigmores, Mr. Bernique," insisted Steering, got you interested in this scheme,"--Steering looked at Madeira with a so little did Steering understand that a boy like Piney would Canaan Tigmores, d''you know that?" said Madeira. servant came out for the horses, and Steering helped Miss Madeira to But, alas, Piney has a man''s heart, Miss Madeira. "All right, Mr. Madeira, I''ll come," assented Steering; "look for me "You know what I think, Piney," said Steering after a long wait, in "Miss Madeira is going to Europe, I hear, Piney," adventured Steering. Steering got up and shook hands with the old man with so much energy The memory of what Steering had said and done seemed to come on to Piney "Do you know," said Steering, "I do not like to leave Missouri, Sally,