Learned by Reading
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Jacoby now tries to paint himself as a lonely voice in the wilderness in 1995 who also railed against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac while Frank blithely ignored the warning signs.
(Parse)
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(VP (VBZ tries)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB paint)
(NP (PRP himself))
(PP (IN as)
(NP (NP (DT a) (JJ lonely) (NN voice))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN wilderness))
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(NP (CD 1995)))
(SBAR (WHNP (WP who))
(S (ADVP (RB also))
(VP (VBD railed)
(PP (IN against)
(NP (NP (NNP Fannie) (NNP Mae)) (CC and)
(NP (NNP Freddie) (NNP Mac))))
(SBAR (IN while)
(S (NP (NNP Frank))
(VP (ADVP (RB blithely)) (VBD ignored)
(NP (DT the) (NN warning) (NNS signs))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
“Somewhat as a voice in the wilderness,” Houbolt protested LOR’s exclusion.
(Parse)
(S1 (S ('' '')
(PP (RB Somewhat) (IN as)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN voice))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (NN wilderness)))))
(, ,) ('' '')
(NP (NNP Houbolt))
(VP (VBD protested)
(NP (NP (NNP LOR) (POS 's)) (NN exclusion)))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Boardwalk Chapel, between a tattoo parlor and a pizza parlor, has been the voice in the carny wilderness for 61 years.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NP (NNP Boardwalk) (NNP Chapel)) (, ,)
(PP (IN between)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN tattoo) (NN parlor)) (CC and)
(NP (DT a) (NN pizza) (NN parlor))))
(, ,))
(VP (AUX has)
(VP (AUX been)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN voice))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (JJ carny) (NN wilderness))))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (CD 61) (NNS years)))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
The Jesus Seminar concluded that this was one of the authentic (“red”) acts of Jesus, recorded in,, Gospel of the Ebionites 1, and which it calls “A voice in the wilderness”.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (DT The) (NNP Jesus) (NN Seminar))
(VP (VBD concluded)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (DT this))
(VP (AUX was)
(NP (NP (NP (CD one))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT the) (JJ authentic) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-) (FRAG ('' '')
(NP (NN red)) ('' '')) (-RRB- -RRB-)) (NNS acts))))
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(NP (NP (NP (NNP Jesus)) (, ,)
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(PP (IN in)))
(, ,)) (, ,)
(NP (NP (NN Gospel))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT the) (NNP Ebionites) (CD 1))))
(, ,) (CC and)
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT which))
(S (NP (PRP it))
(VP (VBZ calls)))
('' '')
(NP (NP (DT A) (NN voice))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (NN wilderness))))
('' '')))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
DOBERMAN DAN: I feel like I’m the lone voice in the wilderness crying out this truth that nobody believes until they actually try it.
(Parse)
(S1 (NP (NP (NNP DOBERMAN) (NNP DAN)) (: :)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBP feel)
(SBAR (IN like)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX 'm)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ lone) (NN voice))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (NN wilderness)))
(VP (VBG crying) (PRT (RP out))
(NP (DT this) (NN truth)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (NN nobody))
(VP (VBZ believes)
(SBAR (IN until)
(S (NP (PRP they)) (ADVP (RB actually))
(VP (VBP try)
(NP (PRP it))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
A Voice in the Wilderness.
(Parse)
(S1 (NP (NP (DT A) (NN Voice))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (NN Wilderness)))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
“’Masada Anniversary Edition Volume 2: Voices in the Wilderness” is the second album in a series of five releases celebrating the 10th anniversary of John Zorn’s Masada songbook project.
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG ('' '')
(NP (NP (NN 'Masada) (NN Anniversary) (NN Edition))
(NP (NN Volume) (CD 2)))
(: :)
(S (NP (NP (NNS Voices))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (NN Wilderness)))
('' ''))
(VP (AUX is)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ second) (NN album))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN series))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (CD five) (NNS releases))
(VP (VBG celebrating)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ 10th) (NN anniversary))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (NNP John) (NNP Zorn) (POS 's)) (NNP Masada) (NN songbook) (NN project)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I was a voice in the wilderness about this a few years ago, but now it’s the view of our political leaders and the majority of the population.”
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX was)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN voice))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN wilderness))
(PP (IN about)
(NP (DT this)))
(ADVP (NP (DT a) (JJ few) (NNS years)) (RB ago))))
(, ,) (CC but)
(S (ADVP (RB now))
(NP (PRP it))
(VP (AUX 's)
(NP (NP (NP (DT the) (NN view))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ our) (JJ political) (NNS leaders))))
(CC and)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN majority))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT the) (NN population))))
(. .) ('' ') ('' ')))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
What I really wanted, and still want, from blogging is discussion, not just my own voice in the wilderness.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (SBAR (WHNP (WP What))
(S (NP (PRP I)) (ADVP (RB really))
(VP (VBN wanted) (, ,) (CC and) (ADVP (RB still)) (VBP want))))
(, ,)
(NP (IN from) (NN blogging))
(VP (AUX is)
(NP (NP (NN discussion)) (, ,) (CONJP (RB not) (RB just))
(NP (NP (PRP$ my) (JJ own) (NN voice))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (NN wilderness)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Like the proverbial voice in the wilderness.
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG (PP (IN Like)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ proverbial) (NN voice))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (NN wilderness)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Through it all, there has been one sane voice in the wilderness, that of State Controller John Chiang.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (PP (IN Through)
(NP (NP (PRP it))
(NP (DT all))))
(, ,)
(NP (EX there))
(VP (AUX has)
(VP (AUX been)
(NP (NP (CD one) (JJ sane) (NN voice))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (NN wilderness))))
(, ,) (ADVP (IN that)
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NNP State) (NN Controller) (NNP John) (NNP Chiang)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Voices in the Wilderness organized 70 delegations to Iraq in the period between 1996 and the beginning of the “Operation Shock and Awe’ ’ warfare in March 2003.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NP (NNS Voices))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (NN Wilderness))))
(VP (VBD organized)
(NP (CD 70) (NNS delegations))
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NNP Iraq)))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (NP (DT the) (NN period))
(PP (IN between)
(NP (CD 1996))))
(CC and)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN beginning))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (DT the) ('' ') ('' ') (NN Operation) (NN Shock)) (CC and)
(NP (NP (NP (NNP Awe) (POS ')) ('' ') (NN warfare))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NNP March) (CD 2003))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I know I’m just a voice in the wilderness here, but I just gotta keep banging my drum, and mixing metaphors, because someday, somewhere, these lessons might actually sink in.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBP know)
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX 'm) (ADVP (RB just))
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN voice))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (NN wilderness))))
(ADVP (RB here))))
(, ,) (CC but)
(S (NP (PRP I)) (ADVP (RB just)) (ADVP (RB gotta))
(VP (VBP keep)
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(NP (PRP$ my) (VB drum)))
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(VP (VBG mixing)
(NP (NNS metaphors)))))
(, ,)
(SBAR (IN because)
(S (ADVP (RB someday)) (, ,) (ADVP (RB somewhere)) (, ,)
(NP (DT these) (NNS lessons))
(VP (MD might) (ADVP (RB actually))
(VP (VB sink) (PRT (RP in)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
John was the’ ’ voice in the wilderness.”
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NNP John))
(VP (AUX was)
(NP (NP (DT the) ('' ') ('' ') (NN voice))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (NN wilderness)))))
(. .) ('' ') ('' ')))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Of course there was a voice in the wilderness who spoke up at the time, no doubt he was dragooned as a’ ’ neo – con’ ’: “From the perspective of many people, including me, this is another thrift industry growing up around us,’ ’ said Peter Wallison a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
(Parse)
(S1 (SINV (S (S (PP (IN Of)
(NP (NN course)))
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(VP (AUX was)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN voice))
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(NP (DT the) (NN wilderness)))
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(NP (DT the) (NN time))))
(, ,)
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(: :) ('' ')) (: ')
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(, ,)
(NP (DT this))
(VP (AUX is)
(NP (NP (DT another) (NN thrift) (NN industry))
(VP (VBG growing) (PRT (RP up))
(PP (IN around)
(NP (PRP us)))))
(, ,) ('' ') ('' ')
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(NP (NP (NNP Peter) (NNP Wallison))
(NP (NP (DT a) (JJ resident) (NN fellow))
(PP (IN at)
(NP (DT the) (NNP American) (NNPS Enterprise) (NNP Institute)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
In terms of the publishing world, however, we often feel like voices in the wilderness as we continually stand for the largely obscured discipleship model for battling against sin and the Devil, described in detail by Hanegraaff and Strobel in this issue.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (PP (IN In)
(NP (NP (NNS terms))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT the) (NN publishing) (NN world)))))
(, ,) (ADVP (RB however)) (, ,)
(NP (PRP we)) (ADVP (RB often))
(VP (VBP feel)
(PP (IN like)
(NP (NP (NNS voices))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (NN wilderness)))))
(SBAR (IN as)
(S (NP (PRP we)) (ADVP (RB continually))
(VP (VBP stand)
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NP (DT the)
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(PP (IN for)
(S (VP (VBG battling)
(PP (IN against)
(NP (NP (NN sin)) (CC and)
(NP (DT the) (NNP Devil))))
(, ,)
(VP (VBN described)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NN detail)))
(PP (IN by)
(NP (NNP Hanegraaff) (CC and) (NNP Strobel)))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT this) (NN issue))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
However, that is a nice tool as well to keep people on their toes. * laugh * Thing is, I’m not an A – lister, an early adopter, or that proverbial voice in the wilderness that people stop to listen to.
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG (ADVP (RB However)) (, ,)
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT that))
(S (VP (AUX is)
(NP (NP (DT a) (JJ nice) (NN tool)) (ADVP (RB as) (RB well))
(SBAR (S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB keep)
(NP (NNS people))
(PP (IN on)
(NP (PRP$ their) (NNS toes)))))
(. .)
(S (NP (NNP *) (NN laugh) (NNP *) (NNP Thing))
(VP (AUX is) (, ,)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX 'm) (RB not)
(NP (NP (DT an) (NN A)) (: -)
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(PP (TO to))))
(. .)))
In the British National Corpus:
Safety officers (described as voices in the wilderness) had for years reported poor electrical wiring in escalator rooms, but no action was taken.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (NP (NN Safety) (NNS officers)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-)
(VP (VBN described)
(PP (IN as)
(NP (NP (NNS voices))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (NN wilderness)))
(-RRB- -RRB-)))
(VP (AUX had)
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NNS years)))
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(NP (JJ poor) (JJ electrical) (NN wiring))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NN escalator) (NNS rooms)))
(, ,) (CC but)
(S (NP (DT no) (NN action))
(VP (AUX was)
(VP (VBN taken))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Now, we who cried as voices in the wilderness, have a chance to actually reach the minds of those we love but who have refused to listen.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (ADVP (RB Now)) (, ,)
(NP (NP (PRP we))
(SBAR (WHNP (WP who))
(S (VP (VBD cried)
(PP (IN as)
(NP (NP (NNS voices))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (NN wilderness)))))
(, ,))
(VP (AUX have)
(NP (DT a) (NN chance)
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(NP (NP (DT the) (NNS minds))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (DT those))
(SBAR (SBAR (S (NP (PRP we))
(VP (VBP love))))
(CC but)
(SBAR (WHNP (WP who))
(S (VP (AUX have)
(VP (VBN refused)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB listen)))))
(. .)))
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