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Eric Lease Morgan Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 6 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 59041 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 84 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 man 3 York 3 Tom 3 New 3 Mr. 3 John 3 Captain 2 spanish 2 West 2 Spaniards 2 Sir 2 Morgan 2 Malyoe 2 Mainwaring 2 Levi 2 Jones 2 Hiram 2 Chist 2 Blackbeard 2 Barnaby 1 ship 1 mate 1 look 1 illustration 1 hand 1 deck 1 american 1 Ulrica 1 Todd 1 Thomas 1 Tess 1 Swarth 1 Spillane 1 Seldom 1 Point 1 Mary 1 Marretje 1 Marken 1 Maltham 1 Major 1 Magali 1 Krelis 1 Jonathan 1 Johnson 1 Jerry 1 Jan 1 Jackson 1 Jaap 1 Geert 1 Finnegan Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 1369 man 647 time 480 boat 460 captain 455 hand 405 pirate 380 day 361 way 360 eye 356 water 355 sea 353 face 308 ship 291 deck 275 head 244 life 238 word 238 moment 234 voice 231 wind 231 night 228 vessel 222 nothing 219 sand 211 foot 201 thing 197 house 197 crew 187 part 187 hero 185 end 182 side 178 place 169 light 164 mate 162 name 158 town 154 one 142 something 142 cabin 141 year 141 other 140 line 140 door 139 gun 138 mind 137 pistol 136 fire 136 arm 133 lieutenant Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 811 _ 412 Captain 329 Tom 300 Hiram 263 Barnaby 262 Mr. 211 Levi 152 Morgan 136 Krelis 136 John 125 Blackbeard 122 Chist 120 West 113 New 97 York 97 Spaniards 92 Mainwaring 89 Malyoe 87 Jones 84 Maltham 73 Jonathan 70 ye 70 Sir 70 Parson 69 Blueskin 68 Squire 68 Jan 63 Tess 63 Master 61 Marretje 61 Cooper 60 Harry 60 God 57 Major 57 Indies 57 Hall 57 Geert 55 Ulrica 53 Yankee 49 Jamaica 48 yo 48 Scarfield 48 Magali 45 Martin 45 Capt 44 Maynard 44 Jaap 43 Swarth 43 Johnson 43 Eleazer Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 5423 he 3159 it 2195 i 1753 him 1708 you 1632 they 1045 she 874 them 669 me 656 her 617 we 398 himself 220 us 92 themselves 68 ''em 64 thee 58 itself 53 herself 48 myself 37 one 24 mine 17 ye 16 yourself 13 his 10 em 8 ourselves 8 hers 8 ''s 6 yours 5 theirs 4 ours 3 hehself 3 ha 2 youahself 2 yo 2 na 1 youah 1 track,--you 1 thyself 1 hisself 1 earnestness,--"you Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 9826 be 3997 have 1338 do 1183 say 1140 come 951 go 705 see 675 know 601 make 562 take 482 look 476 get 411 stand 402 find 349 give 341 tell 309 lie 271 fall 270 think 270 leave 261 run 261 hear 246 turn 239 speak 239 begin 233 seem 229 bring 227 call 217 follow 209 keep 199 hold 197 sit 188 put 185 answer 173 set 163 feel 157 want 156 strike 156 carry 154 pass 150 show 149 cry 147 ask 146 become 140 stop 137 draw 130 send 128 sail 125 reach 124 appear Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1886 not 1021 so 1019 then 827 out 762 up 590 now 567 down 550 again 549 away 525 more 517 little 504 very 469 only 432 other 424 great 392 good 374 as 361 old 356 there 354 back 349 long 342 still 341 well 337 first 305 here 303 own 277 off 273 last 257 just 253 even 246 never 231 together 228 black 217 all 206 white 205 in 203 over 203 ever 202 on 200 too 197 such 196 most 192 enough 190 close 181 young 176 same 176 almost 175 much 171 far 169 once Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 69 good 51 most 33 least 25 great 16 bad 15 near 7 strong 7 slight 7 large 6 high 6 heavy 6 Most 4 rich 4 long 4 fine 4 close 4 bold 3 late 3 hot 3 black 3 big 2 young 2 wild 2 wide 2 wicked 2 wealthy 2 strict 2 strange 2 slow 2 short 2 old 2 nice 2 j 2 honest 2 happy 2 fast 2 eld 2 easy 2 early 2 deadly 2 bright 2 brave 2 blue 1 weak 1 temp 1 tall 1 steady 1 small 1 semihon 1 safe Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 145 most 7 well 3 least 2 nigh 2 hard 1 worst 1 lest 1 easiest 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?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 boat did not 4 boat spoke up 4 face turned away 4 men was captain 4 tom had not 2 _ was _ 2 barnaby came somewhat 2 barnaby did not 2 barnaby had ever 2 barnaby made shift 2 barnaby was out 2 barnaby was thus 2 boat being now 2 boat came slowly 2 boat fall off 2 boat was alongside 2 boat was half 2 boat went away 2 captain came aboard 2 captain came down 2 captain did not 2 captain had really 2 captain was dead 2 captain was nowhere 2 captain was so 2 captains were englishmen 2 captains were very 2 deck were almost 2 decks were nearly 2 eyes following now 2 eyes stood out 2 face gone as 2 face had never 2 face was ghastly 2 face was thin 2 hand was fairly 2 hands get below 2 hiram did not 2 hiram looked down 2 hiram said not 2 hiram said nothing 2 hiram spoke levi 2 hiram stood as 2 hiram stood silent 2 hiram thought nothing 2 hiram was half 2 hiram was present 2 man did not 2 man fell violently 2 man following close Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 barnaby did not then 2 barnaby made no reply 2 captain had no relish 2 man was not very 2 time was no part 2 times was no better 2 vessel was no small 1 face was not cherubic 1 time found no bottom 1 words had no hold A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 60811 author = Janvier, Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone) title = In Great Waters: Four Stories date = keywords = Geert; Jaap; Jan; John; Krelis; Magali; Major; Maltham; Marken; Marretje; Point; Tess; Ulrica summary = sure, the thought did cross her mind that Krelis might not come to her At this Geert''s red cheeks grew a little redder, and her big black eyes Just as the set was forming, Krelis dropped Marretje''s hand and said matters, pulled long faces when they talked about the little Krelis the little Krelis was laid away in the graveyard--what love he had to time one of the men would open the door a little and take a look It was old Jan himself who told me this, and he said that when Krelis come into a bubble of water that set the boat to dancing like a cork. boat was lying; and when we were come close to her I said suddenly, as My little Tess came to me, a sea upcast, after one of our great That was the way that my Tess came to me: and I know now how good my id = 18062 author = London, Jack title = Stories of Ships and the Sea date = keywords = Alf; Bub; Chris; Jerry; Mary; Spillane; Thomas; man summary = seaman sing out, ''Boy, der water-jug!'' you vood jump quick, like a shot, when the order came forward for the watch on deck to stand by to heave The sailing-master gave his last orders, and away we went, pulling three white, over which the light wind swept on its way out to sea. Away we went before the wind with a single reef in our sail. The _Mary Thomas_ ran into the eye of the wind, lost headway, and fell "Be a good boy, Bub," the captain called to him, as the boat drew away For Old Jerry had been a sailor, and had followed the sea till middle Old Jerry never went back to the sea. "We''ve got to get across, Jerry," Spillane said, at the same time It was not the first time Jerry had worked the cable, but it was the id = 26862 author = Pyle, Howard title = Howard Pyle''s Book of Pirates Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main date = keywords = Barnaby; Blackbeard; Blueskin; Captain; Chist; Hiram; John; Jonathan; Jones; Levi; Mainwaring; Malyoe; Morgan; Mr.; New; Sir; Spaniards; Tom; West; York; illustration; man; spanish summary = The pirates came all in good time, and then, in spite of the brave a great big pistol, he said, and Barnaby could hear every word he The man went straight to the great cabin, and poor Barnaby, his brain Barnaby sitting there holding her hand, she with her face turned away, Barnaby," the good old man said, as he led the way through the hall, For Captain Morgan, if he had felt a liking for the young man of the chest, she cried out in a great loud voice that the Good Man That was the year that the famous pirate captain, coming up from the pirate captain and the two men carrying the chest had gone. Meantime the pirate captain had stopped, and now stood with his hand "Why," said the New York captain,--"why, has a--a bloody p-pirate like "That," said the lady, "must have been Captain Keitt''s pirate id = 973 author = Pyle, Howard title = Howard Pyle''s Book of Pirates Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main date = keywords = Barnaby; Blackbeard; Captain; Chist; Hiram; John; Jones; Levi; Mainwaring; Malyoe; Morgan; Mr.; New; Sir; Spaniards; Tom; West; York; man; spanish summary = The pirates came all in good time, and then, in spite of the brave After that the lieutenant cut off the pirate''s head, and sailed away in The man went straight to the great cabin, and poor Barnaby, his brain Barnaby sitting there holding her hand, she with her face turned away, the good old man said, as he led the way through the hall, holding up For Captain Morgan, if he had felt a liking for the young man a boat came from a man-of-war, and who should come stepping aboard but An Old-time Story of the Days of Captain Kidd That was the year that the famous pirate captain, coming up from the Meantime the pirate captain had stopped, and now stood with his hand "Why," said the New York captain,--"why, has a--a bloody p-pirate like Lieutenant Maynard stood looking out forward at the pirate vessel, which id = 23539 author = Robertson, Morgan title = "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea date = keywords = Argyll; Becker; Benson; Breen; Bunce; Captain; Elisha; Finnegan; Jackson; Johnson; Mr.; New; Seldom; Swarth; Todd; Tom; York; american; deck; hand; look; man; mate; ship summary = "Look here, old horse," he said; "I don''t know whether you''re captain "Now, men," said the captain, "what''s this trouble about? The captain took a turn or two along the deck, then faced them, and answer." Up went the signal, and as the men on the main-deck were to, very slowly, head to sea, while the men on the ship, who had been to an Oswego sailor whether he shipped as captain, mate, engineer, of sound over which no man above the water-line could lift his voice. The young man''s face changed, and his hand went to his cap in salute; "Angel," said the captain to his mate, who stood close to him, "we''re Captain Swarth looked at the square-rigged ship, now on the port "You may ask, of course," said the man,--it was Elisha,--"but we''d like and dead-lights appeared faces; and those on deck, officers and men,