Learned by Reading
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Times were tough – it was Stirling n a’ that for fucks sake.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (NNS Times))
(VP (AUX were)
(ADJP (JJ tough))))
(: -)
(S (NP (PRP it))
(VP (AUX was)
(NP (NNP Stirling) (NNP n) (NNP a)) ('' ')
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (PP (IN for)
(NP (JJ fucks) (NN sake))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
We won’t get into the ethics of such a move here, but he’ll have a tough time replacing Darren McFadden and Felix Jones in the backfield.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP We))
(VP (MD wo) (RB n't)
(VP (VB get)
(PP (IN into)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NNS ethics))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PDT such) (DT a) (NN move)))))
(ADVP (RB here)))))
(, ,) (CC but)
(S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (MD 'll)
(VP (AUX have)
(NP (NP (DT a) (JJ tough) (NN time))
(S (VP (VBG replacing)
(NP (NP (NNP Darren) (NNP McFadden)) (CC and)
(NP (NNP Felix) (NNP Jones)))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (VBN backfield)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I imagine it would be quite boring, and just the challenge of staying awake the whole time would be tough.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBP imagine)
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP it))
(VP (MD would)
(VP (AUX be)
(ADJP (ADJP (RB quite) (JJ boring)) (, ,) (CC and) (RB just))
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN challenge))
(PP (IN of)
(S (VP (VBG staying) (ADVP (RB awake))
(SBAR (S (NP (DT the) (JJ whole) (NN time))
(VP (MD would)
(VP (AUX be)
(ADJP (JJ tough)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
But to get through this tough time for America, and to come out stronger, we need a strategy of economic growth.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (CC But)
(S (VP (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB get)
(PP (IN through)
(NP (NP (DT this) (JJ tough) (NN time))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NNP America))))
(, ,) (CC and)
(VP (TO to)
(VP (VB come) (PRT (RP out))
(ADJP (JJR stronger)))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP we))
(VP (AUX need)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN strategy))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (JJ economic) (NN growth)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
July 11, 1908 at West Side Park Phillies 6, Cubs 2 (44 – 28) Ed Reulbach had a tough time and he took the loss as the Cubs three game winning streak came to an end.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (PP (NP (NNP July) (CD 11) (, ,) (CD 1908)) (IN at)
(NP (NNP West) (NNP Side) (NNP Park) (NNP Phillies) (CD 6)))
(, ,)
(S (NP (NAC (NNP Cubs) (CD 2) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-)
(NP (CD 44)) (: -)
(NP (CD 28)) (-RRB- -RRB-)))
(NNP Ed) (NNP Reulbach))
(VP (AUX had)
(NP (DT a) (JJ tough) (NN time))))
(CC and)
(S (NP (PRP he))
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(VP (VBD came)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (DT an) (NN end)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Blessings to you all, I want to thank you all for all your support through this tough time that I and my daughters are going through.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (ADVP (NNS Blessings)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (PRP you) (DT all))))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBP want)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB thank)
(NP (NP (PRP you))
(NP (DT all)))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NP (PDT all) (PRP$ your) (NN support))
(PP (IN through)
(NP (DT this) (JJ tough) (NN time)))))
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (NP (PRP I)) (CC and)
(NP (PRP$ my) (NNS daughters)))
(VP (AUX are)
(VP (VBG going) (PRT (RP through))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
This time of year is tough.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NP (DT This) (NN time))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NN year))))
(VP (AUX is)
(ADJP (JJ tough)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He says he still has a tough time getting out of bed on certain days, and on other days thoughts of suicide cross his mind.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP He))
(VP (VBZ says)
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP he)) (ADVP (RB still))
(VP (AUX has)
(NP (NP (DT a) (JJ tough) (NN time))
(S (VP (VBG getting) (PRT (RP out))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NN bed)))
(PP (PP (IN on)
(NP (JJ certain) (NNS days)))
(, ,) (CC and)
(PP (IN on)
(NP (JJ other) (NNS days))))
(S (NP (NP (NNS thoughts))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NN suicide))))
(VP (VB cross)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN mind)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
When times are tough, more often than not, we retreat into the feeling of “Only I Can Do It’ ’.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB When))
(S (NP (NNS times))
(VP (VBP are)
(ADJP (JJ tough)) (, ,) (ADVP (ADVP (RBR more) (RB often))
(PP (IN than)
(NP (RB not))))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP we))
(VP (VB retreat)
(PP (IN into)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN feeling))
(PP (IN of)))))
(: ') ('' ')
(S (RB Only)
(NP (PRP I))
(VP (MD Can)
(VP (AUX Do)
(NP (PRP It))))
('' ') ('' ')) (. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The other party’s candidate – usually somebody taking a task nobody else wanted – has a very tough time.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NP (DT The) (JJ other) (NN party) (POS 's)) (NN candidate)) (PRN (: -)
(S (ADVP (RB usually))
(NP (NN somebody))
(VP (VBG taking)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN task) (NN nobody))
(ADJP (RB else) (JJ wanted)))))
(: -))
(VP (AUX has)
(NP (DT a)
(ADJP (RB very) (JJ tough)) (NN time)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I recognize that times are tough and businesses of all types are raising their prices just to stay profitable, but I figure your costs for what I ordered are around 25 cents.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBP recognize)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (S (NP (NNS times))
(VP (VBP are)
(ADJP (JJ tough))))
(CC and)
(S (NP (NP (NNS businesses))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT all) (NNS types))))
(VP (VBP are)
(VP (VBG raising)
(NP (PRP$ their) (NNS prices)) (ADVP (RB just))
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB stay)
(ADJP (JJ profitable)))))
(, ,) (CC but)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBP figure)
(SBAR (S (NP (NP (PRP$ your) (NNS costs))
(PP (IN for)
(SBAR (WHNP (WP what))
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBD ordered)))
(VP (AUX are)
(PP (IN around)
(NP (CD 25) (NNS cents)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
But, that was a tough time, really tough.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (CC But) (, ,)
(NP (DT that))
(VP (AUX was)
(NP (NP (DT a) (JJ tough) (NN time)) (, ,)
(ADJP (RB really) (JJ tough))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
John McCain’s recent attack on Obama in a campaign ad begins “Life in the spotlight must be grand, but for the rest of us times are tough.”
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NP (NP (NNP John) (NNP McCain) (POS 's)) (JJ recent) (NN attack))
(PP (IN on)
(NP (NNP Obama)))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT a) (NN campaign) (NN ad))))
(VP (VBZ begins)) (: ') ('' ')
(S (S (NP (NP (NN Life))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (NN spotlight))))
(VP (MD must)
(VP (AUX be)
(ADJP (JJ grand)))))
(, ,) (CC but)
(S (PP (IN for)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN rest))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP us)))))
(NP (NNS times))
(VP (VBP are)
(ADJP (JJ tough)))))
(. .) ('' ') ('' ')))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Don’t bail because times are tough.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (VP (AUX Do) (RB n't)
(VP (VB bail)
(SBAR (IN because)
(S (NP (NNS times))
(VP (VBP are)
(ADJP (JJ tough))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Times are tough.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NNS Times))
(VP (VBP are)
(ADJP (JJ tough)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
And times were TOUGH!?
(Parse)
(S1 (S (CC And)
(NP (NNS times))
(VP (AUX were)
(ADJP (JJ TOUGH) (. !)))
(. ?)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Lo, though times are tough, do not be tempted by the spawn of Nintendo, for I would not be caught dead with that thing.”
(Parse)
(S1 (S (ADVP (RB Lo)) (, ,)
(SBAR (IN though)
(S (NP (NNS times))
(VP (VBP are)
(ADJP (JJ tough)))))
(, ,)
(VP (AUX do) (RB not)
(VP (AUX be)
(VP (VBN tempted)
(PP (IN by)
(NP (NP (DT the) (VB spawn))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NNP Nintendo)))
(, ,)
(SBAR (IN for)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (MD would) (RB not)
(VP (AUX be)
(VP (VBN caught)
(S (ADJP (JJ dead)
(PP (IN with)
(NP (DT that) (NN thing)))
(. .) ('' ') ('' ')))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
CEO gets paid millions of dollars in salary and bonuses, but when the time is tough, it is the middle class tax payers who bail big company out of their problems.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (NN CEO))
(VP (VBZ gets)
(VP (VBN paid)
(NP (NP (NNS millions))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NNS dollars))))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NN salary) (CC and) (NNS bonuses)))
(, ,) (CC but)
(S (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when))
(S (NP (DT the) (NN time))
(VP (AUX is)
(ADJP (JJ tough)))))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP it))
(VP (AUX is)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ middle) (NN class) (NN tax) (NNS payers))
(SBAR (WHNP (WP who))
(S (VP (VB bail)
(NP (JJ big) (NN company))
(PP (IN out)
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ their) (NNS problems))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Help me to be part of communties that stick together, encourage and support one another when times are tough and the future is uncertain.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (VP (VB Help)
(S (NP (PRP me))
(VP (TO to)
(VP (AUX be)
(NP (NP (NN part))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (NNS communties))
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT that))
(S (VP (VBP stick) (ADVP (RB together)) (, ,)
(S (VP (VB encourage) (CC and) (VB support)
(NP (CD one) (DT another))
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when))
(S (S (NP (NNS times))
(VP (VBP are)
(ADJP (JJ tough))))
(CC and)
(S (NP (DT the) (NN future))
(VP (VBZ is)
(ADJP (JJ uncertain)))
(. .)))
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