Learned by Reading
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
We both sat in silence for a while, Noel stirring his coffee.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP We)) (DT both)
(VP (VBD sat)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NN silence)))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (DT a) (NN while)))
(, ,)
(S (NP (NNP Noel))
(VP (VBG stirring)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN coffee)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I consider it the first funeral I ever went to. 50,000 people sitting in stunned silence.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBP consider)
(NP (PRP it))
(NP (DT the) (JJ first) (NN funeral)
(S (NP (PRP I)) (ADVP (RB ever))
(VP (VBD went)
(PP (TO to)))
(. .)))
(S (NP (CD 50,000) (NNS people))
(VP (VBG sitting)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (JJ stunned) (NN silence)))
(. .)))
In the British National Corpus:
The two young people had been sitting in silence for most of the time Nahum had been upstairs, Seb gazing morosely into the fire and Carrie reading at the kitchen table.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (DT The) (CD two) (JJ young) (NNS people))
(VP (AUX had)
(VP (AUX been)
(VP (VBG sitting)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NN silence)))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NP (JJS most))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN time))
(SBAR (S (NP (NNP Nahum))
(VP (AUX had)
(VP (AUX been)
(S (ADVP (RB upstairs)) (, ,)
(S (NP (NNP Seb))
(VP (VBG gazing) (ADVP (RB morosely))
(PP (IN into)
(NP (DT the) (NN fire)))))
(CC and)
(S (NP (NNP Carrie))
(VP (VBG reading)
(PP (IN at)
(NP (DT the) (NN kitchen) (NN table)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
We just sat in silence for a while, and that was fine with me.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP We)) (ADVP (RB just))
(VP (VBD sat)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NN silence)))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (DT a) (NN while)))))
(, ,) (CC and)
(S (NP (DT that))
(VP (AUX was)
(ADJP (JJ fine)
(PP (IN with)
(NP (PRP me)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
We sat there in total silence, and then I real…
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP We))
(VP (VBD sat) (ADVP (RB there))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (JJ total) (NN silence)))))
(, ,) (CC and)
(S (ADVP (RB then))
(NP (PRP I))
(NP (JJ real) (NN ..)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Much to Han Geng’s surprise they sat in silence until Siwon came back.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (ADVP (JJ Much)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NP (NNP Han) (NNP Geng) (POS 's)) (NN surprise))))
(NP (PRP they))
(VP (VBD sat)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NN silence)))
(SBAR (IN until)
(S (NP (NNP Siwon))
(VP (VBD came) (ADVP (RB back)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
And as was their ritual, too, that they’d sit together in silence for a while before they’d begin to speak.
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG (CC And)
(SBAR (IN as)
(S (VP (AUX was)
(NP (PRP$ their) (NN ritual)) (, ,) (ADVP (RB too)) (, ,)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (MD 'd)
(VP (VB sit) (ADVP (RB together))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NN silence)))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (DT a) (NN while)))
(SBAR (IN before)
(S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (MD 'd)
(VP (VB begin)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB speak)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
We sat in silence for a minute, then I said, before I could chicken out, “I think I might… have feelings for him.”
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP We))
(VP (VBD sat)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NN silence)))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (DT a) (NN minute)))))
(, ,) (RB then)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBD said) (, ,)
(S (SBAR (IN before)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (MD could)
(VP (NN chicken) (PRT (RP out)))
(, ,) ('' ') ('' ')
(NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBP think)
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (MD might) (ADVP (RB ..) (. .))
(VP (AUX have)
(NP (NP (NNS feelings))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (PRP him)))
(. .) ('' ') ('' '))))))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Brendon stopped talking for a little while, and we sat together in silence.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (NNP Brendon))
(VP (VBD stopped)
(VP (VBG talking)
(PP (IN for)
(NP (DT a) (JJ little) (NN while)))
(, ,) (CC and)
(S (NP (PRP we))
(VP (VBD sat) (ADVP (RB together))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NN silence)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
They sat in silence, sipping their sodas for a time.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP They))
(VP (VBD sat)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NN silence)))
(, ,)
(S (VP (VBG sipping)
(NP (PRP$ their) (NNS sodas))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (DT a) (NN time)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
“Kristian lit him a cigarette and they sat there in silence the next seven minutes, smoking and watching the smoke vanish.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S ('' ') ('' ')
(NP (NNP Kristian))
(VP (VBD lit)
(NP (PRP him))
(NP (DT a) (NN cigarette))))
(CC and)
(S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (VBD sat) (ADVP (RB there))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NN silence)))
(NP (DT the) (JJ next) (CD seven) (NNS minutes)) (, ,)
(S (VP (VBG smoking) (CC and) (VBG watching)
(NP (DT the) (NN smoke) (VB vanish)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
They sat in silence again, but suddenly, Jeremy spoke up.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP They))
(VP (VBD sat)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NN silence)))
(ADVP (RB again))))
(, ,) (CC but)
(S (ADVP (RB suddenly)) (, ,)
(NP (NNP Jeremy))
(VP (VBD spoke) (PRT (RP up))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
They sat in silence for a moment staring up at the dark night sky before Brendon let out a little content sigh.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP They))
(VP (VBD sat)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NN silence)))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (DT a) (NN moment)))
(S (VP (VBG staring) (PRT (RP up))
(PP (IN at)
(NP (DT the) (JJ dark) (NN night) (NN sky)))
(SBAR (IN before)
(S (NP (NNP Brendon))
(VP (VBD let) (PRT (RP out))
(NP (DT a) (JJ little) (NN content) (NN sigh)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
After it finished we all just sat there in silence for at least five minutes.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (SBAR (IN After)
(S (NP (PRP it))
(VP (VBD finished))))
(NP (PRP we)) (ADVP (RB all) (RB just))
(VP (VBD sat) (ADVP (RB there))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NN silence)))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (QP (IN at) (JJS least) (CD five)) (NNS minutes))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
At that point she took hold of her grandmother’s hand and again they sat in silence, each now with her own thoughts.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (PP (IN At)
(NP (DT that) (NN point)))
(NP (PRP she))
(VP (VBD took)
(NP (NN hold))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (PRP$ her) (NN grandmother) (POS 's)) (NN hand)))))
(CC and)
(S (ADVP (RB again))
(NP (PRP they))
(VP (VBD sat)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NN silence)))
(, ,)
(S (NP (DT each))
(ADJP (RB now)
(PP (IN with)
(NP (PRP$ her) (JJ own) (NNS thoughts))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
We sat in total silence and almost total darkness with 12 or so young people in one house, until our eyes could discern a faint rectangle of light at the far end of the long building, when at a given signal we all stood and walked towards the light, in another James Turrell adventure.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP We))
(VP (VBD sat)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (JJ total) (NN silence)) (CC and)
(NP (RB almost) (JJ total) (NN darkness))))
(PP (IN with)
(NP (NP (QP (CD 12) (CC or) (RB so)) (JJ young) (NNS people))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (CD one) (NN house)))))
(, ,)
(SBAR (IN until)
(S (NP (PRP$ our) (NNS eyes))
(VP (MD could)
(VP (VB discern)
(NP (NP (DT a) (JJ faint) (NN rectangle))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (NN light))
(PP (IN at)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ far) (NN end))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT the) (JJ long) (NN building)))
(, ,)
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when))
(S (PP (IN at)
(NP (DT a) (VBN given) (NN signal)))
(NP (PRP we) (DT all))
(VP (VBD stood) (CC and) (VBD walked)
(PP (IN towards)
(NP (DT the) (NN light)))
(, ,)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT another) (NNP James) (NNP Turrell) (NN adventure))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
They sat there in silence for awhile, until a creaking sound broke through the air as Shishido moved up to cuddle with Choutarou and Hika – chan.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP They))
(VP (VBD sat) (ADVP (RB there))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NN silence)))
(PP (IN for) (ADVP (RB awhile)))
(, ,)
(SBAR (IN until)
(S (NP (DT a) (JJ creaking) (NN sound))
(VP (VBD broke)
(PP (IN through)
(NP (DT the) (NN air)))
(SBAR (IN as)
(S (NP (NNP Shishido))
(VP (VBD moved) (PRT (RP up))
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB cuddle)
(PP (IN with)
(NP (NNP Choutarou) (CC and) (NNP Hika)))
(: -)
(NP (NNP chan)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
They sat in silence for a couple of minutes before Douglass asked?
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP They))
(VP (VBD sat)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NN silence)))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN couple))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NNS minutes)
(SBAR (IN before)
(S (NP (NNP Douglass))
(VP (VBD asked)))
(. ?)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
They sat in silence again, but suddenly, Jeremy spoke up.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP They))
(VP (VBD sat)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NN silence)))
(ADVP (RB again))))
(, ,) (CC but)
(S (ADVP (RB suddenly)) (, ,)
(NP (NNP Jeremy))
(VP (VBD spoke) (PRT (RP up))))
(. .)))
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