Learned by Reading
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The effect was mesmerizing – so much incense, such a strong scent, so many sounds.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (DT The) (NN effect))
(VP (AUX was) (UCP (ADJP (JJ mesmerizing)) (: --)
(NP (NP (ADJP (RB so) (JJ much)) (NN incense)) (, ,)
(NP (PDT such) (DT a) (JJ strong) (NN scent)) (, ,)
(NP (ADJP (RB so) (JJ many)) (NNS sounds)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Chloe didn’t even have time to scream as her body was picked up by means unseen and she was flung backwards against the wall, the blow leaving her breathless and dizzy, wondering why the back of her head felt wet and why there was a strong metallic scent in the air.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NNP Chloe))
(VP (AUX did) (RB n't) (ADVP (RB even))
(VP (AUX have)
(NP (NP (NN time))
(SBAR (S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VBP scream)
(SBAR (IN as)
(S (S (NP (PRP$ her) (NN body))
(VP (AUX was)
(VP (VBN picked) (PRT (RP up))
(PP (IN by)
(NP (NP (NNS means))
(ADJP (JJ unseen))))
(CC and)
(S (NP (PRP she))
(VP (AUX was)
(VP (VBG flung) (ADVP (RB backwards))
(PP (IN against)
(NP (DT the) (NN wall)))
(, ,)
(S (NP (DT the) (NN blow))
(VP (VBG leaving)
(S (NP (PRP her))
(ADJP (JJ breathless) (CC and) (JJ dizzy)))
(, ,)
(S (VP (VBG wondering)
(SBAR (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB why))
(S (NP (NP (DT the) (NN back))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ her) (NN head))))
(VP (VBD felt)
(ADJP (JJ wet)))))
(CC and)
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB why))
(S (NP (EX there))
(VP (AUX was)
(NP (DT a) (JJ strong) (JJ metallic) (NN scent))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (NN air)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The scent it leaves on the hands is VERY strong.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NP (DT The) (NN scent))
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP it))
(VP (VBZ leaves)
(PP (IN on)
(NP (DT the) (NNS hands))))
(VP (AUX is)
(ADJP (RB VERY) (JJ strong)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
It’s not my style, however, and I accidentally over – applied (stupid imp leak) and the scent is already quite strong, so I’m more concerned with washing it off than having my depression alleviated.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP It))
(VP (AUX 's) (RB not)
(NP (PRP$ my) (NN style)) (, ,) (ADVP (RB however))))
(, ,) (CC and)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(ADJP (RB accidentally) (JJ over)) (: -)
(VP (VBD applied) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-) (JJ stupid) (NN imp) (NN leak) (-RRB- -RRB-))))
(CC and)
(S (NP (DT the) (NN scent))
(VP (AUX is) (ADVP (RB already))
(ADJP (RB quite) (JJ strong))))
(, ,) (CC so)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX 'm)
(ADJP (RBR more) (VBN concerned)
(PP (IN with)
(S (VP (VBG washing)
(NP (PRP it)) (PRT (RP off))
(PP (IN than)
(S (VP (AUXG having)
(S (NP (PRP$ my) (NN depression))
(VP (VBN alleviated)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Incense wisped lightly from a bowl on the altar, but the scent was quite strong.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (NN Incense))
(VP (VBD wisped) (ADVP (RB lightly))
(PP (IN from)
(NP (DT a) (NN bowl)))
(PP (IN on)
(NP (DT the) (NN altar)))))
(, ,) (CC but)
(S (NP (DT the) (NN scent))
(VP (AUX was)
(ADJP (RB quite) (JJ strong))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
It has deep purple flowers between three and four inches across with a strong scent.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP It))
(VP (AUX has)
(NP (NP (JJ deep) (JJ purple) (NNS flowers))
(PP (IN between)
(NP (QP (CD three) (CC and) (CD four)) (NNS inches))))
(PP (IN across)
(PP (IN with)
(NP (DT a) (JJ strong) (NN scent)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
This one had a strong scent and kept the bathroom smelling nice for awhile after.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (DT This) (NN one))
(VP (VP (AUX had)
(NP (DT a) (JJ strong) (NN scent)))
(CC and)
(VP (VBD kept)
(S (NP (DT the) (NN bathroom) (VBG smelling))
(ADJP (JJ nice)
(PP (IN for) (ADVP (RB awhile) (IN after))))
(. .)))
In the British National Corpus:
He could feel the old wood beneath his fingers, smell the strong pine scent of the fire.
(Parse)
(S1 (SINV (S (NP (PRP He))
(VP (MD could)
(VP (VB feel)
(NP (DT the) (JJ old) (NN wood))
(PP (IN beneath)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NNS fingers)))
(, ,)
(VP (VBP smell))
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ strong) (NNP pine) (NN scent))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT the) (NN fire))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Then she stops, and there it is again: that strong scent of sandalwood that is so inextricably mixed with those other scents that they cannot be separated, and she thinks of it as if she’s saying it in one breath.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (ADVP (RB Then))
(NP (PRP she))
(VP (VBZ stops)))
(, ,) (CC and)
(S (ADVP (RB there))
(NP (PRP it))
(VP (AUX is) (ADVP (RB again)) (: :)
(NP (NP (DT that) (JJ strong) (NN scent))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NN sandalwood)))
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT that))
(S (VP (AUX is)
(ADJP (RB so) (RB inextricably) (JJ mixed)
(PP (IN with)
(NP (DT those) (JJ other) (NNS scents))))
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (PRP they)) (ADVP (RB cannot))
(VP (AUX be)
(VP (VBN separated)))))
(, ,) (CC and)
(S (NP (PRP she))
(VP (VBZ thinks)
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP it)))
(SBAR (IN as) (IN if)
(S (NP (PRP she))
(VP (AUX 's)
(VP (VBG saying)
(NP (PRP it))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (CD one) (NN breath)))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Numerous Pempek sellers and producers in Palembang use a cheaper combination of fish, which has a strong scent.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NP (JJ Numerous) (NNP Pempek) (NNS sellers)) (CC and)
(NP (NP (NNS producers))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NNP Palembang)))))
(VP (VB use)
(NP (NP (DT a) (JJR cheaper) (NN combination))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (NN fish)) (, ,)
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT which))
(S (VP (AUX has)
(NP (DT a) (JJ strong) (NN scent)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
It would also be pretty nice if, once in a while, they did not smell like they’d fallen into a vat of very cheap perfume, reeking of a scent so strong, guys that empty cesspools would prefer to stay in their present environs than walk within a 50 mile radius of said individual.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP It))
(VP (MD would) (ADVP (RB also))
(VP (AUX be)
(ADJP (RB pretty) (JJ nice))
(SBAR (IN if)
(S (, ,) (ADVP (RB once)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT a) (NN while))))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP they))
(VP (AUX did) (RB not)
(VP (NN smell)
(SBAR (IN like)
(S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (AUX 'd)
(VP (VBN fallen)
(PP (IN into)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN vat))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (JJ very) (JJ cheap) (NN perfume)))))
(, ,)
(S (VP (VBG reeking)
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (NP (DT a) (NN scent))
(ADJP (RB so) (JJ strong)))
(, ,)
(NP (NP (NNS guys))
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT that))
(S (NP (JJ empty) (NNS cesspools))
(VP (MD would)
(VP (VB prefer)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB stay)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (PRP$ their) (JJ present) (NNS environs)))
(PP (IN than)
(NP (NN walk)))
(PP (IN within)
(NP (NP (DT a) (CD 50) (NN mile) (NN radius))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (VBN said) (NN individual)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
It smelt familiar; a heady, strong scent that was neither appealing nor uninviting.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP It))
(VP (VBN smelt) (UCP (ADJP (JJ familiar)) (: ;)
(NP (NP (DT a) (JJ heady) (, ,) (JJ strong) (NN scent))
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT that))
(S (VP (AUX was)
(ADJP (DT neither) (JJ appealing) (CC nor) (JJ uninviting)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The scent was strong on his pillow and he dreamed of early summer nights in the garden. ii There were two blossoms carefully folded into his sleeping clothes the next day, adorning a box tied with a pale blue ribbon.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (S (NP (DT The) (NN scent))
(VP (AUX was)
(ADJP (JJ strong))
(PP (IN on)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN pillow)))))
(CC and)
(S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (VBD dreamed)
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (JJ early) (NN summer) (NNS nights))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (NN garden)))))
(. .)
(NP (NNP ii) (EX There))
(VP (AUX were) (ADVP (NP (CD two) (NNS blossoms)) (RB carefully))
(VP (VBN folded)
(PP (IN into)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN sleeping) (NNS clothes)))
(NP (DT the) (JJ next) (NN day)) (, ,)
(S (VP (VBG adorning)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN box))
(VP (VBN tied)
(PP (IN with)
(NP (DT a) (JJ pale) (JJ blue) (NN ribbon)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The scent is not very strong, so that’s nice.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (DT The) (NN scent))
(VP (AUX is) (RB not)
(ADJP (RB very) (JJ strong))))
(, ,) (CC so)
(S (NP (DT that))
(VP (AUX 's)
(ADJP (JJ nice))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
A scent so strong even I could smell it.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NP (DT A) (NN scent))
(ADJP (RB so) (JJ strong)))
(NP (RB even) (PRP I))
(VP (MD could)
(VP (NN smell)
(NP (PRP it))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The scent was so strong.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (DT The) (NN scent))
(VP (AUX was)
(ADJP (RB so) (JJ strong)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
And there is usually a distinct shudder that goes through Him when the scent is very strong. * purrs * So hopefully, that explains it a bit better for those who were wondering.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (CC And)
(NP (EX there))
(VP (AUX is) (ADVP (RB usually))
(NP (NP (DT a) (JJ distinct) (NN shudder))
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT that))
(S (VP (VBZ goes)
(PP (IN through)
(NP (PRP Him)))
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when))
(S (NP (DT the) (NN scent))
(VP (AUX is)
(ADJP (RB very) (JJ strong))))
(. .)
(S (NP (NNP *))
(VP (VBZ purrs)
(NP (NNP *)) (ADVP (RB So) (RB hopefully)) (, ,)
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT that))
(S (VP (VBZ explains)
(NP (PRP it)) (ADVP (ADVP (NP (DT a) (NN bit)) (RBR better))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NP (DT those))
(SBAR (WHNP (WP who))
(S (VP (AUX were)
(VP (VBG wondering))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
A scent so strong it eradicated all memory of the scent of pollen, grass, water, and cold fall air? leaving only the wretched stench of iron and death.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NP (DT A) (NN scent))
(ADJP (RB so) (JJ strong)))
(NP (PRP it))
(VP (VBN eradicated)
(NP (NP (DT all) (NN memory))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (NP (DT the) (NN scent))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NN pollen))))
(, ,)
(NP (NN grass)) (, ,)
(NP (NN water)) (, ,) (CC and)
(NP (JJ cold) (NN fall) (NN air)) (. ?))))
(S (VP (VBG leaving)
(NP (NP (RB only) (DT the) (JJ wretched) (NN stench))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NN iron) (CC and) (NN death))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Dean’s scent is too strong: getting to his head like a hundred proof liquor.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NP (NNP Dean) (POS 's)) (NN scent))
(VP (AUX is)
(ADJP (RB too) (JJ strong)) (: :)
(S (VP (VBG getting)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN head)))
(PP (IN like)
(NP (DT a) (CD hundred) (NN proof) (NN liquor)))
(. .)))
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