Learned by Reading
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He felt his breath hitch.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP He))
(VP (VBD felt)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN breath) (NN hitch)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He felt his breath hitch in his throat as those goddamn still, glazed over eyes looked back at him with the apathy of a hume no longer living.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP He))
(VP (VBD felt)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN breath) (NN hitch))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (PRP$ his) (NN throat))
(PP (IN as)
(NP (NP (DT those))
(VP (VBG goddamn) (ADVP (RB still)))))
(, ,)
(VP (VBN glazed)
(PP (IN over)
(NP (NP (NNS eyes))
(VP (VBN looked) (PRT (RP back))
(PP (IN at)
(NP (PRP him)))
(PP (IN with)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN apathy))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT a) (NNP hume)
(ADJP (RB no) (JJR longer)) (NN living)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He felt his breath hitch again as he nodded.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP He))
(VP (VBD felt)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN breath) (NN hitch)) (ADVP (RB again))
(SBAR (IN as)
(S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (VBD nodded)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He felt his breath hitch again as he nodded.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP He))
(VP (VBD felt)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN breath) (NN hitch)) (ADVP (RB again))
(SBAR (IN as)
(S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (VBD nodded)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He feels his breath hitch as Neku settles on top of him, running his hands over Joshua’s chest and down his sides.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP He))
(VP (VBZ feels)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN breath) (NN hitch))
(SBAR (IN as)
(S (NP (NNP Neku))
(VP (VBZ settles)
(PP (IN on)
(NP (NP (NN top))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP him)))))
(, ,)
(S (VP (VBG running)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NNS hands))
(PP (PP (IN over)
(NP (NP (NNP Joshua) (POS 's)) (NN chest)))
(CC and)
(PP (IN down)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NNS sides))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He felt his breath hitch as the boy slowly raised his head, blue and brown meeting and locking.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP He))
(VP (VBD felt)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN breath) (NN hitch))
(SBAR (IN as)
(S (NP (DT the) (NN boy))
(VP (VP (ADVP (RB slowly)) (VBD raised)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN head)))
(, ,)
(NP (ADJP (JJ blue) (CC and) (JJ brown)) (VBG meeting) (CC and) (VBG locking)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He can feel the guitarist’s breath hitch as he lazily laps at the cream on his cheek, which is where most of it is smeared.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP He))
(VP (MD can)
(VP (VB feel)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN guitarist) (POS 's)) (NN breath) (NN hitch))
(SBAR (IN as)
(S (NP (PRP he)) (ADVP (RB lazily))
(VP (VBZ laps)
(PP (IN at)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN cream))
(PP (IN on)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN cheek)))
(, ,)
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT which))
(S (VP (AUX is)
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB where))
(S (NP (NP (JJS most))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP it))))
(VP (AUX is)
(ADJP (JJ smeared)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He could feel his breath hitch as he realised she wasn’t wearing any knickers beneath.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP He))
(VP (MD could)
(VP (VB feel)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN breath) (NN hitch))
(SBAR (IN as)
(S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (VBD realised)
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP she))
(VP (AUX was) (RB n't)
(VP (VBG wearing)
(NP (DT any) (NNS knickers))
(PP (IN beneath)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He means… more than you can imagine. “Luke felt his breath hitch at her words.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP He))
(VP (VBZ means)
(NP (FW ..) (. .)) (ADVP (ADVP (RBR more))
(SBAR (IN than)
(S (NP (PRP you))
(VP (MD can)
(VP (VB imagine))))
(. .) ('' ') (: ')
(S (NP (NNP Luke))
(VP (VBD felt)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN breath) (NN hitch))
(PP (IN at)
(NP (PRP$ her) (NNS words)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He felt his breath hitch as Jack started to crawl up his body.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP He))
(VP (VBD felt)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN breath) (NN hitch))
(SBAR (IN as)
(S (NP (NNP Jack))
(VP (VBD started)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB crawl) (PRT (RP up))
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN body)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He felt her breath hitch slightly in her chest, felt the warmth of her against him, seeming to warm him from the inside out, thawing all the places inside him that had been frozen for weeks now.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP He))
(VP (VP (VBD felt)
(NP (PRP$ her) (NN breath) (NN hitch)) (ADVP (RB slightly))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (PRP$ her) (NN chest))))
(, ,)
(VP (VBD felt)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN warmth))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP her)))
(PP (IN against)
(NP (PRP him)))
(, ,)
(ADJP (JJ seeming)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB warm)
(NP (PRP him))
(PP (IN from)
(NP (DT the) (NN inside) (RP out)))
(, ,)
(S (VP (VBG thawing)
(NP (NP (PDT all) (DT the) (NNS places))
(PP (IN inside)
(NP (PRP him)))
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT that))
(S (VP (AUX had)
(VP (AUX been)
(VP (VBN frozen)
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NNS weeks)))
(ADVP (RB now)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He feels his breath hitch in his throat as Archie begins to move his hips against him, friction for release.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP He))
(VP (VBZ feels)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN breath) (NN hitch))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN throat)))
(SBAR (IN as)
(S (NP (NNP Archie))
(VP (VBZ begins)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB move)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NNS hips))
(PP (IN against)
(NP (PRP him)))
(, ,)
(NP (NP (NN friction))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NN release)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He felt his breath hitch in his throat as those goddamn still, glazed over eyes looked back at him with the apathy of a hume no longer living.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP He))
(VP (VBD felt)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN breath) (NN hitch))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (PRP$ his) (NN throat))
(PP (IN as)
(NP (NP (DT those))
(VP (VBG goddamn) (ADVP (RB still)))))
(, ,)
(VP (VBN glazed)
(PP (IN over)
(NP (NP (NNS eyes))
(VP (VBN looked) (PRT (RP back))
(PP (IN at)
(NP (PRP him)))
(PP (IN with)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN apathy))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT a) (NNP hume)
(ADJP (RB no) (JJR longer)) (NN living)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He felt his breath hitch, and Jared looked up at him with intense hazel eyes.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP He))
(VP (VBD felt)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN breath) (NN hitch))))
(, ,) (CC and)
(S (NP (NNP Jared))
(VP (VBD looked) (PRT (RP up))
(PP (IN at)
(NP (PRP him)))
(PP (IN with)
(NP (JJ intense) (JJ hazel) (NNS eyes)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Going for a closer look, he felt his breath hitch as he realised that it was a picture of the whole team, taken shortly before Martha’s arrival, standing in front of the water tower.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (VP (VBG Going)
(PP (IN for)
(NP (DT a) (JJR closer) (NN look)))))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP he))
(VP (VBD felt)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN breath) (NN hitch))
(SBAR (IN as)
(S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (VBD realised)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (PRP it))
(VP (AUX was)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN picture))
(PP (IN of)
(S (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ whole) (NN team)) (, ,)
(VP (VBN taken)
(PP (ADVP (RB shortly)) (IN before)
(NP (NP (NNP Martha) (POS 's)) (NN arrival))))
(, ,))
(VP (VBG standing)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (NN front))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT the) (NN water) (NN tower))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Brian smiled and Johnny felt his breath hitch, he knew that he would not turn back after seeing that smile.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (S (NP (NNP Brian))
(VP (VBD smiled)))
(CC and)
(S (NP (NNP Johnny))
(VP (VBD felt)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN breath) (NN hitch)))))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP he))
(VP (VBD knew)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (MD would) (RB not)
(VP (VB turn) (PRT (RP back))
(PP (IN after)
(S (VP (VBG seeing)
(NP (DT that) (NN smile))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He felt his breath hitch in his throat, and slowly, he let his gaze wander upwards, from the tips of his fingers to the dark curls at his shoulders.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP He))
(VP (VBD felt)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN breath) (NN hitch))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN throat)))))
(, ,) (CC and)
(S (ADVP (RB slowly)) (, ,)
(NP (PRP he))
(VP (VBD let)
(S (NP (PRP$ his) (VBP gaze))
(VP (VB wander)
(NP (NNS upwards))))
(, ,)
(PP (PP (IN from)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NNS tips))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NNS fingers)))))
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ dark) (NNS curls))
(PP (IN at)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NNS shoulders)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Promising nothing, though he felt the other mans breath hitch when fingertips pressed against cloth and skin as another step was taken.
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG (NP (JJ Promising) (NN nothing)) (, ,)
(SBAR (IN though)
(S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (VBD felt)
(NP (DT the) (JJ other) (NNP mans) (NN breath) (NN hitch))
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when))
(S (NP (NNS fingertips))
(VP (VBN pressed)
(PP (IN against)
(NP (NN cloth) (CC and) (NN skin)))
(SBAR (IN as)
(S (NP (DT another) (NN step))
(VP (AUX was)
(VP (VBN taken)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He felt his breath hitch as John pulled back his lip and searched his mouth.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP He))
(VP (VBD felt)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN breath) (NN hitch))
(SBAR (IN as)
(S (NP (NNP John))
(VP (VP (VBD pulled) (PRT (RP back))
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN lip)))
(CC and)
(VP (VBD searched)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN mouth))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He felt his breath hitch.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP He))
(VP (VBD felt)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN breath) (NN hitch)))
(. .)))
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