Learned by Reading
In Wikipedia:
Research by Swiss food historians indicates that the “Murren” were a specialty of Zrich’s bakers up until the 20th century, at which time they became popular in other parts of Switzerland, with the exception of Ticino where they are almost unknown.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NP (NN Research))
(PP (IN by)
(NP (NNP Swiss) (NN food) (NNS historians))))
(VP (VBZ indicates)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (DT the) ('' '') (NNP Murren) ('' ''))
(VP (AUX were)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN specialty))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (NNP Zrich) (POS 's)) (NNS bakers))))
(PP (IN up)
(PP (IN until)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ 20th) (NN century)) (, ,)
(SBAR (WHPP (IN at) (WHNP (WDT which) (NN time)))
(S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (VBD became)
(ADJP (JJ popular))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (JJ other) (NNS parts))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NNP Switzerland)))))
(, ,)
(PP (IN with)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN exception))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (NNP Ticino))
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB where))
(S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (AUX are)
(ADJP (RB almost) (JJ unknown))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
They’re popular in this school also, they’re here because their management have sent them to learn English and at the same time to earn a degree.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP They))
(VP (AUX 're)
(ADJP (JJ popular))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT this) (NN school)))
(ADVP (RB also))))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP they))
(VP (AUX 're) (ADVP (RB here))
(SBAR (IN because)
(S (NP (PRP$ their) (NN management))
(VP (AUX have)
(VP (VBN sent)
(S (S (NP (PRP them))
(VP (TO to)
(VP (VB learn)
(NP (NNP English)))))
(CC and)
(S (PP (IN at)
(NP (DT the) (JJ same) (NN time)))
(VP (TO to)
(VP (VB earn)
(NP (DT a) (NN degree)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Ever wonder why some people are popular?
(Parse)
(S1 (S (ADVP (RB Ever))
(VP (VB wonder)
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB why))
(S (NP (DT some) (NNS people))
(VP (AUX are)
(ADJP (JJ popular)))
(. ?)))
In Wikipedia:
Supertramp attained superstardom in the United States, Canada, and most of Europe, although they were not quite as popular in their home country, the UK.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (VP (VB Supertramp)
(NP (NP (VBN attained) (NN superstardom))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NNP United) (NNPS States)) (, ,)
(NP (NNP Canada)) (, ,) (CC and)
(NP (NP (JJS most))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NNP Europe))))
(, ,))))
(SBAR (IN although)
(S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (AUX were) (RB not)
(ADJP (ADJP (RB quite) (RB as) (JJ popular))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (PRP$ their) (NN home) (NN country)) (, ,)
(NP (DT the) (NNP UK)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The reasons why they are so popular are they are easy to use, they burn more calories per hour used as compared with other equipment, they create less impact on your body compared with walking or running on hard surfaces and their convenient location inside your home.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (NP (DT The) (NNS reasons))
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB why))
(S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (AUX are)
(ADJP (RB so) (JJ popular)))
(VP (VBP are)
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (AUX are)
(ADJP (JJ easy)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB use))))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP they))
(VP (VBP burn)
(NP (NP (JJR more) (NNS calories))
(PP (IN per)
(NP (NN hour)))
(VP (VBN used)
(SBAR (IN as)
(S (PP (VBN compared)
(PP (IN with)
(NP (JJ other) (NN equipment))))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP they))
(VP (VBP create)
(NP (NP (JJR less) (NN impact))
(PP (IN on)
(NP (PRP$ your) (NN body))))
(PP (VBN compared)
(PP (IN with)
(S (VP (VBG walking) (CC or) (VBG running)
(PP (IN on)
(NP (NP (JJ hard) (NNS surfaces)) (CC and)
(NP (PRP$ their) (JJ convenient) (NN location))))
(PP (IN inside)
(NP (PRP$ your) (NN home))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
They are popular in the summer, particularly “Queen Elizabeth Gardens” as the water there is shallow and slow – flowing enough to enter safely.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP They))
(VP (AUX are)
(ADJP (JJ popular))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (NN summer)))
(, ,) (ADVP (RB particularly)) ('' '')
(NP (NNP Queen) (NNP Elizabeth) (NNPS Gardens)) ('' '')
(SBAR (IN as)
(S (NP (DT the) (NN water) (EX there))
(VP (AUX is)
(ADJP (ADJP (JJ shallow) (CC and) (JJ slow)) (: -)
(ADJP (VBG flowing) (RB enough)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB enter) (ADVP (RB safely)))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
They apparently became popular after being’discovered’ by Cromwell’s troops while they were stationed at Reading during the English Civil War. is the Japanese term for a breed of Berkshire pig given to Japan by English diplomats in the 1800s.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP They)) (ADVP (RB apparently))
(VP (VBD became)
(ADJP (JJ popular))
(PP (IN after)
(S (VP (AUXG being)
(VP (VBN 'discovered) ('' ')
(PP (IN by)
(NP (NP (NNP Cromwell) (POS 's)) (NNS troops)))
(SBAR (IN while)
(S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (AUX were)
(VP (VBN stationed)
(PP (IN at)
(S (VP (VBG Reading)
(PP (IN during)
(NP (DT the) (NNP English) (NNP Civil) (NNP War)))
(. .))
(VP (AUX is)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ Japanese) (NN term))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN breed))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (NNP Berkshire) (NN pig))
(VP (VBN given)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NNP Japan)))
(PP (IN by)
(NP (NP (JJ English) (NNS diplomats))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (NNS 1800s)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
One of the reasons they were so popular was because of their TV commercials.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NP (CD One))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NNS reasons))
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (AUX were)
(ADJP (RB so) (JJ popular)))))
(VP (AUX was)
(PP (IN because) (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ their) (NN TV) (NNS commercials))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Don’t link to personal blogs unless they are already popular and not yours. 2.
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG (VP (AUX Do) (RB n't)
(VP (VB link)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (JJ personal) (NNS blogs)))
(SBAR (IN unless)
(S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (AUX are)
(ADJP (ADJP (RB already) (JJ popular)) (CC and)
(ADJP (RB not) (JJ yours)))))
(. .)
(NP (CD 2)) (. .)))
In Wikipedia:
In 1249 a Royal Charter for a weekly market and an annual fair was granted, they are both still very popular, with a Friday market in the town hall and a May fair in the playing fields.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (PP (IN In)
(NP (CD 1249)))
(NP (NP (NP (DT a) (NNP Royal) (NN Charter))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (DT a) (JJ weekly) (NN market))))
(CC and)
(NP (DT an) (JJ annual) (NN fair)))
(VP (AUX was)
(VP (VBN granted) (PRN (, ,)
(S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (AUX are) (ADVP (DT both) (RB still))
(ADJP (RB very) (JJ popular))))
(, ,))
(PP (IN with)
(NP (DT a) (NNP Friday) (NN market)))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN town) (NN hall)) (CC and)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NNP May) (NN fair))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (NN playing) (NNS fields)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Wecan *n’t worry if we’re popular (macrowise) we must tell the truth with style and passion.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NNP Wecan) (NNP *))
(VP (RB n't) (VB worry)
(S (SBAR (IN if)
(S (NP (PRP we))
(VP (AUX 're)
(ADJP (JJ popular)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-) (FW macrowise) (-RRB- -RRB-)))))
(NP (PRP we))
(VP (MD must)
(VP (VB tell)
(NP (DT the) (NN truth))
(PP (IN with)
(NP (NN style) (CC and) (NN passion))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
They are popular for the moment, but they have nothing to do with historic evangelicalism or the biblical principles that made evangelicalism an important idea.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP They))
(VP (AUX are)
(ADJP (JJ popular))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (DT the) (NN moment)))))
(, ,) (CC but)
(S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (AUX have)
(NP (NP (NN nothing))
(SBAR (S (VP (TO to)
(VP (AUX do)
(PP (IN with)
(NP (NP (JJ historic) (NN evangelicalism)) (CC or)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ biblical) (NNS principles))
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT that))
(S (VP (VBD made)
(NP (NN evangelicalism))
(NP (DT an) (JJ important) (NN idea)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
These people oddly can be successful or trash, yet some how they mix together into the coctail of popular people that everyone is always trying to be apart of (personally I think its better to be a nobody then be apart of this category).
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (DT These) (NNS people)) (ADVP (RB oddly))
(VP (MD can)
(VP (AUX be) (UCP (JJ successful) (CC or) (NN trash) (, ,) (CC yet) (RB some)
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB how))
(S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (VB mix) (PRT (RP together))
(PP (IN into)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN coctail))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (JJ popular) (NNS people)))))
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (NN everyone))
(VP (AUX is) (ADVP (RB always))
(VP (VBG trying)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (AUX be) (ADVP (RB apart))
(PP (IN of)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-)
(S (ADVP (RB personally))
(NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBP think)
(S (NP (PRP$ its) (JJR better))
(VP (TO to)
(VP (AUX be)
(SBAR (S (NP (DT a) (NN nobody)) (RB then)
(VP (AUX be) (ADVP (RB apart))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT this) (NN category)))))
(-RRB- -RRB-)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Some people are so popular, they seem like celbrities.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (DT Some) (NNS people))
(VP (AUX are)
(ADJP (RB so) (JJ popular))))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP they))
(VP (VBP seem)
(PP (IN like)
(NP (NNS celbrities))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
They are especially popular during the holidays, but in Minnesota and some other parts of the Midwest, people eat them all year.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP They))
(VP (AUX are)
(ADJP (RB especially) (JJ popular))
(PP (IN during)
(NP (DT the) (NNS holidays)))))
(, ,) (CC but)
(S (PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (NNP Minnesota)) (CC and)
(NP (NP (DT some) (JJ other) (NNS parts))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT the) (NNP Midwest)))
(, ,)
(NP (NNS people))
(VP (VBP eat)
(NP (PRP them))
(NP (DT all) (NN year))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Because of them, I now know that approximately 10 people have taken a glance at these postings. 10 people is popular enough for me.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (PP (IN Because) (IN of)
(NP (PRP them)))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP I)) (ADVP (RB now))
(VP (VBP know)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (QP (RB approximately) (CD 10)) (NNS people))
(VP (AUX have)
(VP (VBN taken)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN glance))
(PP (IN at)
(NP (DT these) (NNS postings))))
(. .)
(NP (CD 10) (NNS people))
(VP (AUX is)
(ADJP (JJ popular) (RB enough)
(PP (IN for)
(NP (PRP me)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Wecan *n’t worry if we’re popular (macrowise) we must tell the truth with style and passion.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NNP Wecan) (NNP *))
(VP (RB n't) (VB worry)
(S (SBAR (IN if)
(S (NP (PRP we))
(VP (AUX 're)
(ADJP (JJ popular)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-) (FW macrowise) (-RRB- -RRB-)))))
(NP (PRP we))
(VP (MD must)
(VP (VB tell)
(NP (DT the) (NN truth))
(PP (IN with)
(NP (NN style) (CC and) (NN passion))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
They became popular in the 1950s in America.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP They))
(VP (VBD became)
(ADJP (JJ popular))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (NNS 1950s)))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NNP America))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I would imagine they will be popular for similar reasons.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (MD would)
(VP (VB imagine)
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (MD will)
(VP (AUX be)
(ADJP (JJ popular))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (JJ similar) (NNS reasons)))
(. .)))
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