Learned by Reading
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
But this is rather stark? for a US Senator who can afford a family compound, who has one son who has been enriched by having a Senator as a father, and by having the drop – dead gorgeous wife who happens to be a Doctor.
(Parse)
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(NP (DT this))
(VP (AUX is)
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(SBAR (SBAR (WHNP (WP who))
(S (VP (MD can)
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(, ,)
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
When Kathy did, she accused him of trying to turn her into a replica of his deceased wife; however, she was embarrassed to learn that the woman she had seen in the photo was not his dead wife after all.
(Parse)
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(: ;)
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Her acting credits included “My Wife and Kids” and the film “Pauly Shore Is Dead”.
(Parse)
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(VP (VBD included) ('' '')
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(VP (AUX Is)
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He found his wife, Yvonne, dead, with gunshots in her right side.
(Parse)
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(S (NP (NP (PRP$ his) (NN wife)) (, ,)
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(ADJP (JJ dead)))
(, ,)
(PP (IN with)
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(NP (PRP$ her) (JJ right) (NN side)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Las vegae has aces up its sleeve: hot parties and cool ddals hotel occupancy fell rom january through sprik fs the next story: man: airline lost my dead wife w body.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (NNP Las) (NNP vegae))
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(: :)
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(VP (VBD fell)
(NP (NP (NNP rom) (NNP january))
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(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ next) (NN story)) (: :)
(NP (NN man)))))
(: :)
(S (NP (NN airline))
(VP (VBD lost)
(NP (PRP$ my) (JJ dead) (NN wife))
(NP (NNP w) (NN body))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Ian finally comes to the realization that his wife has been dead for quite some time, but believes that it could have been the journey to the hospital that truly finished her off.
(Parse)
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(, ,) (CC but)
(VP (VBZ believes)
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(S (ADVP (RB truly))
(VP (VB finished)
(NP (PRP her)) (PRT (RP off)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
If romeo stayed alive after he saw his wife dead he could have used her as an example of what deaths and problems that are to come.
(Parse)
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
His wife has been dead since cancer ate her lungs thirty years ago.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP$ His) (NN wife))
(VP (AUX has)
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(NP (PRP$ her) (NNS lungs)) (ADVP (NP (CD thirty) (NNS years)) (RB ago))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Las vegas has aces up its sleeve: hot parties and cool deals hotel occupancy fell % from january through april vs the next story: man: airline lost my dead wife s body.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (NNP Las) (NNP vegas))
(VP (VBZ has)
(NP (NP (NNS aces))
(PP (IN up)
(NP (PRP$ its) (NN sleeve)))
(: :)
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(NP (NN hotel) (NN occupancy))
(VP (VBD fell)
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(: :)
(S (NP (NN man) (: :) (NN airline))
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(NP (NNP s) (NN body))))
(. .)))
In Simple Wikipedia:
In “Kafan” (Shroud), a poor man collects money for the funeral rites of his dead wife, but spends it on food and drink.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (PP (IN In) ('' '')
(NP (NNP Kafan) ('' '') (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-)
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(VP (VBZ spends)
(NP (PRP it))
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
For example, Ulysses S. Grant was famous for being a general in the Civil War, but he is also considered one of the worst presidents in history (one of my fourteen year old students actually chose to write me an entire essay on this subject). – Joe Biden’s dead wife and daughter / Joe Biden’s nightly trips back to Delaware for his kids.
(Parse)
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(, ,) (CC but)
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(-RRB- -RRB-)) (. .))))
(: -)
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(PP (TO to)
(NP (NNP Delaware))))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NNS kids)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Shannon’s past is slowly revealed, working backwards we know that he’s an in – debt alcoholic, with a dead wife, missing an index finger and has a step – brother who is a recently paroled felon.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NP (NNP Shannon) (POS 's)) (NN past))
(VP (VP (AUX is)
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(, ,)
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(S (NP (PRP we))
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(SBAR (IN that)
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(VP (AUX 's) (DT an)
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(, ,)
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(, ,)
(S (VP (VBG missing)
(NP (DT an) (NN index) (NN finger)))))
(CC and)
(VP (AUX has)
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(NP (NP (NN brother))
(SBAR (WHNP (WP who))
(S (VP (AUX is)
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Earlier he gave a? police description? of his dead wife when she asked; now, however, he opens up and tells Debby about his Katie.
(Parse)
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(NP (PRP$ his) (JJ dead) (NN wife))))
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when))
(S (NP (PRP she))
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(: ;) (ADVP (RB now)) (, ,) (ADVP (RB however)) (, ,)
(NP (PRP he))
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(NP (NNP Debby))
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(. .)))
In the British National Corpus:
So his wife was dead!
(Parse)
(S1 (S (RB So)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN wife))
(VP (AUX was)
(ADJP (JJ dead)))
(. !)))
In the British National Corpus:
GRIEVING Alfie Barney discovered his wife Daisy was dead after their dog limped home alone.
(Parse)
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(VP (VBD limped)
(NP (NP (NN home)) (ADVP (RB alone))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I will pledge my life zoloft fedex on it but my wife does she is not dead I saw him to the station sabor from the tender flesh of the strange zoloft dreams girl.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP I))
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(CC but)
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(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT the) (JJ strange) (NN zoloft) (NNS dreams) (NN girl))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
After the Oil dried up and the Modern world collapsed in Nuclear Fire, Plague and ennui Robert was left alone in union Grove, his wife and daughter dead, his son long gone into the wilderness.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (SBAR (IN After)
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(PP (IN into)
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
His head swam and every word of disgust and anger that floated through his mind sounded like his dead wife and he pushed them back, locking them with all the other horrors.
(Parse)
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(CC and)
(S (NP (PRP he))
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(S (VP (VBG locking)
(NP (PRP them))
(PP (IN with)
(NP (PDT all) (DT the) (JJ other) (NNS horrors))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He becomes Lawful again when he agrees to serve the emperor after he saves him from the volcano planet and when he is lied to and told that his wife and child are dead.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP He))
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(VP (VBD told)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (PRP$ his) (NN wife) (CC and) (NN child))
(VP (AUX are)
(ADJP (JJ dead)))))
(. .)))
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