Learned by Reading
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I couldn’t help getting sucked in to their enthusiasm, and their youthful vigor really works in their favour, as they managed to get the crowd bounding around like a bunch of prepubescent tadpoles.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (MD could) (RB n't)
(VP (VB help)
(S (VP (VBG getting)
(VP (VBN sucked) (PRT (RP in))
(PP (TO to)
(NP (PRP$ their) (NN enthusiasm)))
(, ,) (CC and)
(S (NP (PRP$ their) (JJ youthful) (NN vigor)) (ADVP (RB really))
(VP (VBZ works)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (PRP$ their) (NN favour)))
(, ,)
(SBAR (IN as)
(S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (VBD managed)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB get)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN crowd))
(VP (VBG bounding) (ADVP (RB around))
(PP (IN like)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN bunch))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (JJ prepubescent) (NNS tadpoles)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Can you buy a bunch of tadpoles from petsmart or somewhere?
(Parse)
(S1 (SQ (MD Can)
(NP (PRP you))
(VP (VB buy)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN bunch))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (NNS tadpoles))
(PP (PP (IN from)
(NP (NN petsmart)))
(CC or) (ADVP (RB somewhere))))
(. ?)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
On Friday, my little sister Tori found a whole bunch of tadpoles in a nasty rain puddle.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (PP (IN On)
(NP (NNP Friday)))
(, ,)
(NP (NP (PRP$ my) (JJ little) (NN sister))
(NP (NNP Tori)))
(VP (VBD found)
(NP (NP (DT a) (JJ whole) (NN bunch))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NNS tadpoles))))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT a) (JJ nasty) (NN rain) (NN puddle))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
One of the teachers friends caught a bunch of tadpoles and put them in an aquarium for us to see.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NP (CD One))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT the) (NNS teachers) (NNS friends))))
(VP (VP (VBD caught)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN bunch))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NNS tadpoles)))))
(CC and)
(VP (VBD put)
(NP (PRP them))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT an) (NN aquarium)
(SBAR (IN for)
(S (NP (PRP us))
(VP (TO to)
(VP (VB see)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
You could go down to the creek, catch a bunch of tadpoles, take them home in an old fruit jar, feed them the scrapin’s off burnt toast and watch? em turn into frogs.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP You))
(VP (MD could)
(VP (VB go) (PRT (RP down))
(PP (TO to)
(NP (DT the) (NNP creek)))
(, ,)
(VP (VB catch)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN bunch))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NNS tadpoles)))))
(, ,)
(VP (VB take)
(NP (PRP them)) (ADVP (RB home))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT an) (JJ old) (NN fruit) (NN jar))))
(, ,)
(VP (VB feed)
(NP (PRP them))
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN scrapin) (POS 's))
(ADJP (RB off) (JJ burnt)) (NN toast)))
(CC and)
(VP (VB watch)
(S (INTJ (. ?) (UH em))
(VP (VB turn)
(PP (IN into)
(NP (NNS frogs)))))
(. .)))