[〈det (plur child.n)〉 hypothetical.a]
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Damn he was sexy when he got worked up. “If hypothetically we never have any couple time then we won *n’t be having more hypothetical children will we?’ ’ “Whatever.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (INTJ (UH Damn))
(NP (PRP he))
(VP (AUX was)
(ADJP (JJ sexy))
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when))
(S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (VBD got)
(VP (VBN worked) (PRT (RP up))))
(. .) ('' ')) (: ')
(SBAR (IN If) (RB hypothetically)
(S (NP (PRP we)) (ADVP (RB never))
(VP (AUX have)
(NP (NP (DT any) (JJ couple) (NN time))
(SBAR (S (ADVP (RB then))
(NP (PRP we))
(VP (VBP won)
(SBAR (S (NP (NNP *))
(VP (RB n't) (AUX be)
(VP (AUXG having)
(SBAR (S (NP (ADJP (RBR more) (JJ hypothetical)) (NNS children))
(VP (MD will) (ADVP (PRP we))))
(. ?) ('' ') ('' ') ('' ') ('' '))))
(SBAR (WDT Whatever)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I saw a life with my best friend and his hypothetical wife and hypothetical children? and I thought that if that’s how things turn out for Sasuke, it would be nice.?
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBD saw)
(NP (DT a) (NN life))
(PP (IN with)
(NP (NP (PRP$ my) (JJS best) (NN friend)) (CC and)
(NP (NP (PRP$ his) (JJ hypothetical) (NN wife)) (CC and)
(NP (JJ hypothetical) (NNS children)))))
(. ?)))
(CC and)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBD thought)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (SBAR (IN if)
(S (NP (DT that))
(VP (AUX 's)
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB how))
(S (NP (NNS things))
(VP (VBP turn) (PRT (RP out))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NNP Sasuke)))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP it))
(VP (MD would)
(VP (AUX be)
(ADJP (JJ nice))))
(. .)))))
(. ?)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
We love this arrangement and will do so with any [hypothetical but very cute] future children.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP We))
(VP (VP (VBP love)
(NP (DT this) (NN arrangement)))
(CC and)
(VP (MD will)
(VP (AUX do) (ADVP (RB so))
(PP (IN with)
(NP (DT any) (JJ -LSB-)
(ADJP (JJ hypothetical) (CC but) (RB very) (JJ cute)) (JJ -RSB-) (JJ future) (NNS children)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Reproduction not actually required; hypothetical children count. 1.
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG (NP (NN Reproduction)) (ADVP (RB not) (RB actually))
(VP (VBN required)) (: ;)
(NP (JJ hypothetical) (NNS children))
(NP (NN count)) (. .)
(NP (CD 1)) (. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
“For me the conversation was hypothetical – hypothetical children with a hypothetical man – and I worried that for him it wasn’t.
(Parse)
(S1 (S ('' ') (: ')
(S (PP (IN For)
(NP (PRP me)))
(NP (DT the) (NN conversation))
(VP (AUX was) (UCP (ADJP (JJ hypothetical)) (: -)
(NP (NP (JJ hypothetical) (NNS children))
(PP (IN with)
(NP (DT a) (JJ hypothetical) (NN man))))
(: -) (CC and)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBD worried)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (PP (IN for)
(NP (PRP him)))
(NP (PRP it))
(VP (AUX was) (RB n't)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Reproduction not actually required; hypothetical children count. 1.
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG (NP (NN Reproduction)) (ADVP (RB not) (RB actually))
(VP (VBN required)) (: ;)
(NP (JJ hypothetical) (NNS children))
(NP (NN count)) (. .)
(NP (CD 1)) (. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
And I like to believe, and would love to have my hypothetical children believe, that they did it not because they were heroes, nor because they were Spartans, but because they were men; they knew that they could not win, and yet they fought; they could not be sure that their sacrifice would inspire future victories, and still they fought.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (CC And)
(NP (PRP I))
(VP (VP (VBP like)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB believe)))))
(, ,) (CC and)
(VP (MD would)
(VP (VB love)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (AUX have)
(S (NP (PRP$ my) (JJ hypothetical) (NNS children))
(VP (VB believe) (, ,)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (AUX did)
(NP (PRP it))
(SBAR (SBAR (RB not) (IN because)
(S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (AUX were)
(NP (NNS heroes)))))
(, ,) (CC nor)
(SBAR (IN because)
(S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (AUX were)
(NP (NNPS Spartans)))))
(, ,) (CC but)
(SBAR (IN because)
(S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (AUX were)
(NP (NNS men)))))
(: ;)
(S (S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (VBD knew)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (MD could) (RB not)
(VP (VB win))))
(, ,) (CC and) (RB yet)
(S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (VBD fought)))
(: ;)
(S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (MD could) (RB not)
(VP (AUX be)
(ADJP (JJ sure)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (PRP$ their) (NN sacrifice))
(VP (MD would)
(VP (VB inspire)
(NP (JJ future) (NNS victories))))
(, ,) (CC and)
(S (ADVP (RB still))
(NP (PRP they))
(VP (VBD fought))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I, for one, would rather raise my hypothetical children next to a brothel than a church.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP I)) (, ,)
(PP (IN for)
(NP (CD one)))
(, ,)
(VP (MD would) (ADVP (RB rather))
(VP (VB raise)
(NP (PRP$ my) (JJ hypothetical) (NNS children)) (ADVP (JJ next)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN brothel))
(PP (IN than)
(NP (DT a) (NN church)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
They had four or five children, I believe; but anyway, the advice they gave us, over and over, was to find time for ourselves, to make time for ourselves, to hire babysitters, to go away for weekends if family would watch our hypothetical future children, to do whatever we could to still do the romantic’ ‘date’’ things we liked to do (in our case, antique store browsing, used book hunting and things like that) without the kids.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP They))
(VP (AUX had)
(NP (QP (CD four) (CC or) (CD five)) (NNS children))))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBP believe)
(NP (: ;)
(S (CC but) (ADVP (RB anyway)) (, ,)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN advice))
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (VBD gave)
(NP (PRP us)) (, ,) (ADVP (IN over) (CC and) (IN over)))
(, ,)
(VP (AUX was)
(S (VP (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB find)
(NP (NN time))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (PRP ourselves)))))
(, ,)
(VP (TO to)
(VP (VB make)
(NP (NN time))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (PRP ourselves)))))
(, ,)
(VP (TO to)
(VP (VB hire)
(NP (NNS babysitters))))
(, ,)
(VP (TO to)
(VP (VB go) (PRT (RP away))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NNS weekends)))
(SBAR (IN if)
(S (NP (NN family))
(VP (MD would)
(VP (VB watch)
(NP (PRP$ our) (JJ hypothetical) (JJ future) (NNS children)) (, ,)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (AUX do)
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT whatever))
(S (NP (PRP we))
(VP (MD could)
(VP (TO to) (ADVP (RB still))
(VP (AUX do)
(NP (DT the) (JJ romantic)) ('' '))))
('' ') (NN date)) ('' ') ('' ')
(NP (NP (NNS things))
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP we))
(VP (VBD liked)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (AUX do) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (PRP$ our) (NN case)) (, ,)
(NP (JJ antique) (NN store) (NN browsing)) (, ,)
(NP (VBN used) (NN book) (NN hunting)) (CC and)
(NP (NP (NNS things))
(PP (IN like)
(NP (DT that)))
(-RRB- -RRB-))
(PP (IN without)
(NP (DT the) (NNS kids)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
That will be different if / when little Eleanor and Nathalie are up at the crack of dawn demanding to know what the fat bloke in the red pyjamas has left in their stockings, but since I’m yet to meet someone with whom to have these hypothetical children, I don’t think my Scrooge – meets – Grinch position is going to change in the foreseeable future.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (DT That))
(VP (MD will)
(VP (AUX be)
(ADJP (JJ different))
(SBAR (IN if)
(S (VP (VBG /)
(SBAR (WHADJP (WRB when) (JJ little))
(S (NP (NNP Eleanor) (CC and) (NNP Nathalie))
(VP (AUX are) (ADVP (RB up))
(PP (IN at)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN crack))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NN dawn)))
(VP (VBG demanding)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB know)
(SBAR (WHNP (WP what))
(S (S (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ fat) (NN bloke))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (JJ red) (NNS pyjamas))))
(VP (AUX has)
(VP (VBN left)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (PRP$ their) (NNS stockings)))
(, ,) (CC but)
(S (SBAR (IN since)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX 'm) (ADVP (RB yet))
(VP (TO to)
(VP (VB meet)
(NP (NN someone))
(PP (IN with)
(SBAR (WHNP (WP whom))
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (AUX have)
(NP (DT these) (JJ hypothetical) (NNS children)))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX do) (RB n't)
(VP (VB think)
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP$ my) (NNP Scrooge) (PRN (: -)
(VP (VBZ meets)) (: -)) (NNP Grinch) (NN position))
(VP (AUX is)
(VP (VBG going)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB change)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (JJ foreseeable) (NN future)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Somehow, when I’m imagining those hypothetical children, I never try to impose my own goals on them.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (ADVP (RB Somehow)) (, ,)
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when))
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX 'm)
(VP (VBG imagining)
(NP (DT those) (JJ hypothetical) (NNS children)))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP I)) (ADVP (RB never))
(VP (VBP try)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB impose)
(NP (PRP$ my) (JJ own) (NNS goals))
(PP (IN on)
(NP (PRP them))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
P. S. – If one of my hypothetical children ends up being totally metal, I can only pray he gets Boy’s alcohol tolerance genes.
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG (NP (NNP P) (. .) (NNP S) (. .)) (: -)
(S (SBAR (IN If)
(S (NP (NP (CD one))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ my) (JJ hypothetical) (NNS children))))
(VP (VBZ ends) (PRT (RP up))
(S (VP (AUXG being)
(ADJP (RB totally) (NN metal))))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP I))
(VP (MD can) (ADVP (RB only))
(VP (VB pray)
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (VBZ gets)
(NP (NP (NNP Boy) (POS 's)) (NN alcohol) (NN tolerance) (NNS genes)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
It wasn’t even that the items were necessarily of inferior quality (though she hastened to add that she wouldn’t really know, having never tried them herself), but rather that it made me’ ’ look poor’ ’ and that my hypothetical children would be taunted for that.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP It))
(VP (AUX was) (RB n't) (ADVP (RB even))
(SBAR (SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (DT the) (NNS items))
(VP (AUX were) (ADVP (RB necessarily))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (JJ inferior) (NN quality)))
(PRN (-LRB- -LRB-)
(SBAR (IN though)
(S (NP (PRP she))
(VP (VBN hastened)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB add)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (PRP she))
(VP (MD would) (RB n't) (ADVP (RB really))
(VP (VB know) (, ,)
(S (VP (AUXG having) (ADVP (RB never))
(VP (VBN tried)
(NP (PRP them))
(NP (PRP herself)))
(-RRB- -RRB-)))))
(, ,) (CONJP (CC but) (RB rather))
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (PRP it))
(VP (VBD made)
(S (NP (PRP me)) ('' ') ('' ')
(VP (VB look) (UCP (ADJP (JJ poor)) ('' ') ('' ') (CC and)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (PRP$ my) (JJ hypothetical) (NNS children))
(VP (MD would)
(VP (AUX be)
(VP (VBD taunted)
(PP (IN for)
(NP (DT that))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Has never entertained anyone ever, to the point where his hypothetical children start crying when he enters the room.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (VP (AUX Has) (ADVP (RB never))
(VP (VBN entertained)
(NP (NN anyone)) (ADVP (RB ever)) (, ,)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN point))
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB where))
(S (NP (PRP$ his) (JJ hypothetical) (NNS children))
(VP (VBP start)
(VP (VBG crying)
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when))
(S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (VBZ enters)
(NP (DT the) (NN room))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I thought it might be interesting to complete that’ ’ privilege meme’ ’ (yes, I’m still thinking about it) from my parents’ perspective, since I’ve already done it for myself and my hypothetical children.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBD thought)
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP it))
(VP (MD might)
(VP (AUX be)
(ADJP (JJ interesting)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB complete)
(NP (DT that)) ('' ') ('' ')
(NP (NN privilege) (JJ meme) ('' ') (PRN (: ') (-LRB- -LRB-)
(S (INTJ (UH yes)) (, ,)
(NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX 'm) (ADVP (RB still))
(VP (VBG thinking)
(PP (IN about)
(NP (PRP it)))
(-RRB- -RRB-)))
(PP (IN from)
(NP (NP (PRP$ my) (NNS parents) (POS ')) (NN perspective))))
(, ,)
(SBAR (IN since)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX 've) (ADVP (RB already))
(VP (AUX done)
(NP (PRP it))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NP (PRP myself)) (CC and)
(NP (PRP$ my) (JJ hypothetical) (NNS children))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Reproduction not actually required; hypothetical children count. 1.
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG (NP (NN Reproduction)) (ADVP (RB not) (RB actually))
(VP (VBN required)) (: ;)
(NP (JJ hypothetical) (NNS children))
(NP (NN count)) (. .)
(NP (CD 1)) (. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
They don’t’ ‘do’’ hypothetical children.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP They))
(VP (AUX do) (RB n't)
(VP (POS ') ('' ')
(NP (AUX do) (POS ')) ('' ')
(NP (JJ hypothetical) (NNS children))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Plus, I remember very fondly the scores of Halloween costumes my mother lovingly sewed for me and my sister over the years, and I figured if I want to have a chance of doing the same thing for hypothetical eventual children, I should probably, you know, learn to sew.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (CC Plus) (, ,)
(S (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBP remember) (ADVP (RB very) (RB fondly))
(NP (NP (DT the) (NNS scores))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (NNP Halloween) (NNS costumes))
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP$ my) (NN mother)) (ADVP (RB lovingly))
(VP (VBD sewed)
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NP (PRP me)) (CC and)
(NP (PRP$ my) (NN sister))))
(PP (IN over)
(NP (DT the) (NNS years)))))
(, ,) (CC and)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBD figured)
(SBAR (IN if)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBP want)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (AUX have)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN chance))
(PP (IN of)
(S (VP (VBG doing)
(NP (DT the) (JJ same) (NN thing))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (JJ hypothetical) (JJ eventual) (NNS children))))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP I))
(VP (MD should) (ADVP (RB probably)) (PRN (, ,)
(S (NP (PRP you))
(VP (VBP know)))
(, ,))
(VP (VB learn)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB sew)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Whether or not these rumors are true is irrelevant in the grand scheme of things, but Banned Books Week still reminds us that there are a lot of wonderful challenged books (PDF) that I certainly would want my hypothetical children to be able to read.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (SBAR (IN Whether) (CC or) (RB not)
(S (NP (DT these) (NNS rumors))
(VP (AUX are)
(ADJP (JJ true)))))
(VP (AUX is)
(ADJP (JJ irrelevant))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ grand) (NN scheme))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NNS things)))))
(, ,) (CC but)
(VP (VBN Banned)
(SBAR (S (NP (NNP Books) (NNP Week)) (ADVP (RB still))
(VP (VBZ reminds)
(NP (PRP us))
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (EX there))
(VP (AUX are)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN lot))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (JJ wonderful) (VBN challenged) (NNS books))))
(PRN (-LRB- -LRB-)
(NP (NNP PDF)) (-RRB- -RRB-))
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (PRP I)) (ADVP (RB certainly))
(VP (MD would)
(VP (VB want)
(S (NP (PRP$ my) (JJ hypothetical) (NNS children))
(VP (TO to)
(VP (AUX be)
(ADJP (JJ able)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB read)))))
(. .)))
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