[(k independence.n) for.p 〈det country.n〉]
In Wikipedia:
Greek War of Independence was a successful war waged by the Greeks to win independence for Greece from the Ottoman Empire.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NP (JJ Greek) (NN War))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NNP Independence))))
(VP (AUX was)
(NP (NP (DT a) (JJ successful) (NN war))
(VP (VBD waged)
(PP (IN by)
(NP (DT the) (NNPS Greeks)))
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB win)
(NP (NP (NN independence))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NNP Greece))))
(PP (IN from)
(NP (DT the) (NNP Ottoman) (NNP Empire)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I guess Malaysians have forgotten what our forefathers did to gain independence for our country.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBP guess)
(SBAR (S (NP (NNPS Malaysians))
(VP (AUX have)
(VP (VBN forgotten)
(SBAR (WHNP (WP what))
(S (NP (PRP$ our) (NNS forefathers))
(VP (AUX did)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB gain)
(NP (NP (NN independence))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (PRP$ our) (NN country)))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
A growing feeling of nationalism striving for independence for this country lead many societies and movements to look for guidance and motives in other countries than Denmark.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NP (DT A) (VBG growing) (NN feeling))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (NN nationalism))
(VP (VBG striving)
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NP (NN independence))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (DT this) (NN country)))
(VP (VBP lead)
(S (NP (JJ many) (NNS societies) (CC and) (NNS movements))
(VP (TO to)
(VP (VB look)
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NP (NN guidance)) (CC and)
(NP (NP (NNS motives))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (JJ other) (NNS countries))
(PP (IN than)
(NP (NNP Denmark)))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
L L i ascended the throne in 1428, ending his 10 – year campaign, and reclaimed independence for the country.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NNP L) (NNP L) (NNP )) (ADVP (RB i))
(VP (VP (VBD ascended)
(NP (DT the) (NN throne))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (CD 1428)) (, ,)
(VP (VBG ending)
(NP (PRP$ his) (CD 10) (: -) (NN year) (NN campaign)))
(, ,) (CC and)
(VP (VBD reclaimed)
(NP (NP (NN independence))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (DT the) (NN country)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Independence for Iraq.
(Parse)
(S1 (NP (NP (NN Independence))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NNP Iraq)))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Britain had promised the local Arabs, through Lawrence of Arabia, independence for a united Arab country covering most of the Arab Middle East, in exchange for their supporting the British; and Britain had promised to create and foster a Jewish national home as laid out in the Balfour Declaration, 1917. 1948 Palestine War.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (NNP Britain))
(VP (AUX had)
(VP (VBN promised)
(NP (DT the) (JJ local) (NNPS Arabs)) (, ,)
(PP (IN through)
(NP (NP (NNP Lawrence))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (NNP Arabia)) (, ,)
(NP (NP (NN independence))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (DT a) (VBN united) (NNP Arab) (NN country)))
(VP (VBG covering)
(NP (NP (JJS most))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT the) (NNP Arab) (NNP Middle) (NNP East)))
(, ,)))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (NN exchange))
(PP (IN for)
(S (NP (PRP$ their))
(VP (VBG supporting)
(NP (DT the) (NNPS British)))
(: ;) (CC and)
(S (NP (NNP Britain))
(VP (AUX had)
(VP (VBN promised)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB create) (CC and) (VB foster)
(NP (DT a) (JJ Jewish) (JJ national) (NN home))
(SBAR (IN as)
(S (VP (VBN laid) (PRT (RP out))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NNP Balfour) (NNP Declaration)) (, ,)
(NP (NP (CD 1917)) (. .)
(NP (CD 1948) (NNP Palestine) (NNP War)))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Margai was a founding member of the Sierra Leone National Party, which was formed in 1949 to advocate and aid in the transition to independence for the country.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NNP Margai))
(VP (AUX was)
(NP (NP (DT a) (VBG founding) (NN member))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NNP Sierra) (NNP Leone) (NNP National) (NNP Party)) (, ,)
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT which))
(S (VP (AUX was)
(VP (VBN formed)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (CD 1949)))
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VP (NN advocate)) (CC and)
(VP (VB aid)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN transition))
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NP (NN independence))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (DT the) (NN country))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Ruling out independence for Taiwan during his term, Ma opened weekend charter flights with China and allowed Chinese tour groups to visit Taiwan starting July 4.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (VP (VBG Ruling) (PRT (RP out))
(NP (NP (NN independence))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NNP Taiwan))))
(PP (IN during)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN term)))))
(, ,)
(NP (NNP Ma))
(VP (VP (VBD opened)
(NP (NN weekend) (NN charter) (NNS flights))
(PP (IN with)
(NP (NNP China))))
(CC and)
(VP (VBD allowed)
(NP (NNP Chinese) (NN tour) (NNS groups))
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB visit)
(NP (NNP Taiwan))
(PP (VBG starting)
(NP (NNP July) (CD 4)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He actually does not want total independence for his country, as he has many times repeated, but only more autonomy.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP He)) (ADVP (RB actually))
(VP (AUX does) (RB not)
(VP (VB want)
(NP (NP (JJ total) (NN independence))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN country))))
(, ,)
(SBAR (IN as)
(S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (AUX has) (UCP (ADJP (NP (JJ many) (NNS times)) (JJ repeated)) (, ,) (CC but)
(NP (RB only) (JJR more) (NN autonomy)))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
These literary successes “ultimately won intellectual, linguistic, and educational… independence for Croatia.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (DT These) (JJ literary) (NNS successes) ('' '')) (ADVP (RB ultimately))
(VP (VP (VBP won)
(S (ADJP (JJ intellectual) (, ,) (JJ linguistic) (, ,) (CC and) (JJ educational))))
(: ...)
(NP (NP (NN independence))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NNP Croatia)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
And let’s say that the Russian Kristol saw the following happen over the years: (1) the Soviet Union collapsed; (2) NATO and the West began militarily encircling a country whose foreign policy has been obsessed for 60 years with avoiding another WW2 – style invasion; (3) NATO humiliated an impotent Russia by bombing the holy crap out of Serbia and then supporting independence for Kosovo; (4) a hated uber – nationalist neighbor (Georgia) wanted to join this military alliance (NATO!); (5) said hated neighbor launched an attack essentially rubbing Russia’s nose in it.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (CC And)
(VP (VB let)
(S (NP (PRP 's))
(VP (VB say)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (S (NP (DT the) (NNP Russian) (NNP Kristol))
(VP (VBD saw)
(S (NP (DT the) (JJ following))
(VP (VB happen)
(PP (IN over)
(NP (DT the) (NNS years))))
(: :)
(S (LST (-LRB- -LRB-) (LS 1) (-RRB- -RRB-))
(NP (DT the) (NNP Soviet) (NNP Union))
(VP (VBD collapsed)))
(: ;)
(S (NP (NP (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-)
(NP (CD 2)) (-RRB- -RRB-)) (NNP NATO)) (CC and)
(NP (DT the) (NNP West)))
(VP (VBD began)
(S (ADVP (RB militarily))
(VP (VBG encircling)
(NP (NP (NP (DT a) (NN country))
(SBAR (WHNP (WP$ whose) (JJ foreign) (NN policy))
(S (VP (AUX has)
(VP (AUX been)
(VP (VBN obsessed)
(PP (IN for)
(NP (CD 60) (NNS years)))
(PP (IN with)
(S (VP (VBG avoiding)
(NP (DT another) (NN WW2)))))
(: -)
(NP (NN style) (NN invasion))))
(: ;)
(S (LST (-LRB- -LRB-) (LS 3) (-RRB- -RRB-))
(VP (NNP NATO)
(VP (VBD humiliated)
(NP (DT an) (JJ impotent) (NNP Russia))
(PP (IN by)
(S (VP (VP (NN bombing)
(NP (DT the) (JJ holy) (NN crap)) (PRT (RP out))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NNP Serbia))))
(CC and)
(VP (ADVP (RB then)) (VBG supporting)
(NP (NP (NN independence))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NP (NNP Kosovo)) (PRN (: ;) (-LRB- -LRB-) (CD 4) (-RRB- -RRB-))
(NP (DT a) (VBN hated) (NN uber)) (: -)
(S (S (NP (NP (JJ nationalist) (NN neighbor)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-)
(NP (NNP Georgia)) (-RRB- -RRB-)))
(VP (VBD wanted)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB join)
(NP (NP (DT this) (JJ military) (NN alliance)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-)
(NP (NNP NATO) (. !)) (-RRB- -RRB-)))))
(: ;)
(S (-LRB- -LRB-)
(NP (CD 5)) (-RRB- -RRB-)
(VP (VBD said)
(SBAR (S (NP (VBN hated) (NN neighbor))
(VP (VBD launched)
(NP (DT an) (NN attack)) (ADVP (RB essentially))
(S (VP (VBG rubbing)
(NP (NP (NNP Russia) (POS 's)) (NN nose))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (PRP it)))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
However, almost all nations in the international community, except Iceland, hesitated to recognize independence for Lithuania until August 1991.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (ADVP (RB However)) (, ,)
(NP (NP (RB almost) (DT all) (NNS nations))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (JJ international) (NN community))))
(, ,)
(PP (IN except)
(NP (NNP Iceland)))
(, ,)
(VP (VBD hesitated)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB recognize)
(NP (NP (NN independence))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NNP Lithuania))))
(PP (IN until)
(NP (NNP August) (CD 1991))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Now, Queen Anne was on the throne, and there was a campaign to join England and Scotland in a parliamentary union, thus closing the “back door” to England that Scotland represented to the French The failure of the Darien expedition had aroused a strong feeling of resentment against England, and Fletcher and the Country party seized the opportunity to obtain a greater degree of independence for their country.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (ADVP (RB Now)) (, ,)
(S (NP (NNP Queen) (NNP Anne))
(VP (AUX was)
(PP (IN on)
(NP (DT the) (NN throne)))))
(, ,) (CC and)
(S (NP (EX there))
(VP (AUX was)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN campaign))
(SBAR (S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB join)
(NP (NNP England) (CC and) (NNP Scotland))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT a) (JJ parliamentary) (NN union)))))
(, ,)
(S (ADVP (RB thus))
(VP (VBG closing)
(NP (NP (DT the) ('' '') (JJ back) (NN door)) ('' '')
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NNP England))))
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (S (NP (NNP Scotland))
(VP (VBD represented)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (DT the) (NNP French)))
(SBAR (S (NP (NP (DT The) (NN failure))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT the) (NNP Darien) (NN expedition))))
(VP (AUX had)
(VP (VBN aroused)
(NP (NP (DT a) (JJ strong) (NN feeling))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NN resentment))))
(PP (IN against)
(NP (NNP England)))
(, ,) (CC and)
(S (NP (NP (NNP Fletcher)) (CC and)
(NP (DT the) (NNP Country) (NN party)))
(VP (VBD seized)
(NP (DT the) (NN opportunity)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB obtain)
(NP (NP (DT a) (JJR greater) (NN degree))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (NN independence))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (PRP$ their) (NN country)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Also, my friend is not big on the Kosovo analogy, pointing out that Russia was meddling in South Ossetia long before Kosovor independence (the John O’ Sullivan point that was discussed in here the other day); that the Russians have actively been stoking the conflict in South Ossetia in a way we weren’t in Kosovo (prior to the Kosovo war, we wanted to smooth the dispute over, but failed); that we weren’t particularly enthusiastic about independence for Kosovo, but accepted it as a fait accompli, because a people who are 90 – something percent Kosovar Albanian and had been the victims of horrific acts of ethnic cleansing weren’t as a practical matter going to go back to the status quo.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (ADVP (RB Also)) (, ,)
(NP (PRP$ my) (NN friend))
(VP (AUX is) (RB not)
(ADJP (JJ big)
(PP (IN on)
(NP (DT the) (NNP Kosovo) (NN analogy))))
(, ,)
(S (VP (VBG pointing) (PRT (RP out))
(PP (IN that)
(S (NP (NNP Russia))
(VP (AUX was)
(VP (VBG meddling)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NNP South) (NNP Ossetia)))
(PP (ADVP (RB long)) (IN before)
(NP (NP (NNP Kosovor) (NN independence)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-)
(NP (NP (NP (DT the) (NNP John) (NNP O) (POS ')) (NNP Sullivan) (NN point))
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT that))
(S (VP (AUX was)
(VP (VBN discussed)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (RB here) (DT the) (JJ other) (NN day)))))
(-RRB- -RRB-))))
(: ;)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (DT the) (NNPS Russians))
(VP (AUX have) (ADVP (RB actively))
(VP (AUX been)
(VP (VBG stoking)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN conflict))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NNP South) (NNP Ossetia))))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN way))
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP we))
(VP (AUX were) (RB n't)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (NNP Kosovo)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-)
(ADJP (JJ prior)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (DT the) (NNP Kosovo) (NN war))))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP we))
(VP (VP (VBD wanted)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB smooth)
(NP (DT the) (NN dispute)) (PRT (RP over)))
(, ,) (CC but)
(VP (VBD failed)))
(-RRB- -RRB-)) (: ;)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (PRP we))
(VP (VP (AUX were) (RB n't)
(ADJP (RB particularly) (JJ enthusiastic)
(PP (IN about)
(NP (NP (NN independence))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NNP Kosovo))))
(, ,) (CC but)
(VP (VBD accepted)
(NP (PRP it))
(PP (IN as)
(NP (DT a) (NN fait) (NN accompli))))
(, ,)
(SBAR (IN because)
(S (NP (NP (DT a) (NNS people))
(SBAR (WHNP (WP who))
(S (VP (VP (AUX are)
(NP (NP (CD 90)) (: -)
(NP (NN something) (NN percent) (NNP Kosovar) (NNP Albanian))))
(CC and)
(VP (AUX had)
(VP (AUX been)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NNS victims))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (JJ horrific) (NNS acts))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (JJ ethnic) (NN cleansing)))
(VP (AUX were) (RB n't)
(PP (IN as)
(NP (DT a) (JJ practical) (NN matter)))
(VP (VBG going)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB go) (PRT (RP back))
(PP (TO to)
(NP (DT the) (NN status) (NN quo)))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
During the last stages of Franco’s dictatorship between 1973 and 1975, Lejarza infiltrated ETA, a paramilitary group seeking independence for the Basque Country, and was responsible for the fall of one quarter of the terrorist activists of the organisation – including Special Forces members and some top – level figures of the group.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (PP (IN During)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ last) (NNS stages))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (NP (NNP Franco) (POS 's)) (NN dictatorship))
(PP (IN between)
(NP (CD 1973) (CC and) (CD 1975))))
(, ,)
(NP (NNP Lejarza))
(VP (VP (VBD infiltrated)
(NP (NP (NNP ETA)) (, ,)
(NP (NP (DT a) (JJ paramilitary) (NN group))
(VP (VBG seeking)
(NP (NP (NN independence))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (DT the) (NNP Basque) (NN Country)))
(, ,)))
(CC and)
(VP (AUX was)
(ADJP (JJ responsible)
(PP (IN for)
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(NP (NP (CD one) (NN quarter))
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(NP (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ terrorist) (NNS activists))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT the) (NNP organisation))))
(: -)
(PP (VBG including)
(NP (NP (JJ Special) (NNP Forces) (NNS members)) (CC and)
(NP (DT some) (JJ top))))
(: -)
(NP (NP (NN level) (NNS figures))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT the) (NN group))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Corn – based ethanol is the first step on a stairway that leads upwards to fuel independence for our country; it isn’t the whole stairway.
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG (NP (NN Corn)) (: -)
(S (S (NP (VBN based) (NN ethanol))
(VP (AUX is)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ first) (NN step))
(PP (IN on)
(NP (DT a) (NN stairway)))
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT that))
(S (VP (VBZ leads)
(NP (NNS upwards))
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB fuel)
(NP (NP (NN independence))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (PRP$ our) (NN country))))
(: ;)
(S (NP (PRP it))
(VP (AUX is) (RB n't)
(NP (DT the) (JJ whole) (NN stairway)))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
On May Day, the clandestine PPA organized demonstrations in twenty – one towns across the country, with marchers demanding freedom for Messali Hadj and independence for Algeria.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (PP (IN On)
(NP (NNP May) (NNP Day)))
(, ,)
(NP (DT the) (JJ clandestine) (NNP PPA))
(VP (VBD organized)
(NP (NP (NP (NNS demonstrations))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (CD twenty))))
(: -)
(NP (NP (CD one) (NNS towns))
(PP (IN across)
(NP (DT the) (NN country)))))
(, ,)
(PP (IN with)
(NP (NP (NNS marchers))
(VP (VBG demanding)
(NP (NP (NN freedom))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NP (NNP Messali) (NNP Hadj)) (CC and)
(NP (NP (NN independence))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NNP Algeria)))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
After his election, he and Philip Gunawardena (the other LSSP member of the State Council), acting as people’s tribunes used the State Council as a platform to carry forward the party’s struggle to gain full independence for the country from the British.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (PP (IN After)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN election)))
(, ,)
(NP (NP (PRP he)) (CC and)
(NP (NP (NP (NNP Philip) (NNP Gunawardena)) (-LRB- -LRB-)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ other) (NNP LSSP) (NN member))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT the) (NNP State) (NNP Council))))
(-RRB- -RRB-)) (, ,)
(VP (VBG acting)
(PP (IN as)
(NP (NP (NNS people) (POS 's)) (NNS tribunes)))
(VP (VBD used)
(NP (DT the) (NNP State) (NNP Council))
(PP (IN as)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN platform))
(SBAR (S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB carry) (PRT (RP forward))
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN party) (POS 's)) (NN struggle)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB gain)
(NP (NP (JJ full) (NN independence))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (DT the) (NN country)))
(PP (IN from)
(NP (DT the) (NNPS British)))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Ethnically based parties in Ro Muni favored independence for a united country comprising Bioko and Ro Muni, an approach that ultimately won out.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NP (ADJP (RB Ethnically) (VBN based)) (NNS parties))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NNP Ro) (NNS Muni))))
(VP (VBD favored)
(NP (NP (NN independence))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (DT a) (VBN united) (NN country)))
(VP (VBG comprising)
(NP (NP (NNP Bioko) (CC and) (NNP Ro) (JJ Muni)) (, ,)
(NP (NP (DT an) (NN approach))
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT that))
(S (ADVP (RB ultimately))
(VP (VBD won) (PRT (RP out))))
(. .)))
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