Learned by Reading
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
She looked up to see her son standing down on the shoreline, the water lapping at his feet, splashing across his clothes to darken them.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP She))
(VP (VBD looked) (PRT (RP up))
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB see)
(S (NP (PRP$ her) (NN son))
(VP (VBG standing) (PRT (RP down))
(PP (IN on)
(NP (DT the) (NN shoreline)))
(, ,)
(S (NP (DT the) (NN water))
(VP (VBG lapping)
(PP (IN at)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NNS feet)))
(, ,)
(S (VP (VBG splashing)
(PP (IN across)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NNS clothes)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB darken)
(NP (PRP them)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The water laps insistently at their feet and ankles, but there’s nothing other than the beat and the sound of Yunho’s breathing in his ear, nothing but the feeling of Yunho’s body effortless like it always is, feeding into Yoochun and letting him wash away.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (DT The) (NN water))
(VP (VBZ laps) (ADVP (RB insistently))
(PP (IN at)
(NP (PRP$ their) (NNS feet) (CC and) (NNS ankles)))))
(, ,) (CC but)
(S (NP (EX there))
(VP (AUX 's)
(NP (NP (NP (NN nothing))
(ADJP (JJ other)
(PP (IN than)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN beat)) (CC and)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN sound))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NNP Yunho) (POS 's)))
(VP (VBG breathing)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN ear)))
(, ,)
(NP (NN nothing)) (CC but)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN feeling))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (NNP Yunho) (POS 's)) (NN body) (JJ effortless)))))
(SBAR (IN like)
(S (NP (PRP it)) (ADVP (RB always))
(VP (AUX is) (, ,)
(S (VP (VP (VBG feeding)
(PP (IN into)
(NP (NNP Yoochun))))
(CC and)
(VP (VBG letting)
(S (NP (PRP him))
(VP (VB wash) (PRT (RP away)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Click for larger pic to see who’s who While the sun set, we pretty much just strolled along the beach and camwhored Nelson and I walked so near that the water was lapping at our feet.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NP (NN Click))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (JJR larger) (NNP pic))))
(VP (TO to)
(VP (VB see)
(SBAR (WHNP (WP who))
(S (VP (AUX 's)
(SBAR (WHNP (WP who))
(S (SBAR (IN While)
(S (NP (DT the) (NN sun))
(VP (VBN set))))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP we))
(VP (VP (ADVP (RB pretty) (RB much)) (ADVP (RB just)) (VBD strolled)
(PP (IN along)
(NP (DT the) (NN beach))))
(CC and)
(VP (VBD camwhored)
(SBAR (S (NP (NNP Nelson) (CC and) (PRP I))
(VP (VBD walked) (ADVP (RB so) (RB near))
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (DT the) (NN water))
(VP (AUX was)
(VP (VBG lapping)
(PP (IN at)
(NP (PRP$ our) (NNS feet))))
(. .)))
In the British National Corpus:
Slowly Peter opened the door to the river and stood there at the opening, the water lapping at his feet.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (ADVP (RB Slowly))
(NP (NNP Peter))
(VP (VP (VBD opened)
(NP (DT the) (NN door))
(PP (TO to)
(NP (DT the) (NN river))))
(CC and)
(VP (VBD stood) (ADVP (RB there))
(PP (IN at)
(NP (DT the) (NN opening))))
(, ,)
(S (NP (DT the) (NN water))
(VP (VBG lapping)
(PP (IN at)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NNS feet)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
That in itself should have alarmed him, but it was as if he was wrapped in cotton: everything was soft around the edges, and warm, even the water lapping gently at his bare feet.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (NP (DT That))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (PRP itself))))
(VP (MD should)
(VP (AUX have)
(VP (VBN alarmed)
(NP (PRP him)))
(, ,) (CC but)
(S (NP (PRP it))
(VP (AUX was)
(SBAR (IN as) (IN if)
(S (S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (AUX was)
(VP (VBN wrapped)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NN cotton)))
(: :)
(S (NP (NN everything))
(VP (AUX was)
(ADJP (JJ soft))
(PP (IN around)
(NP (DT the) (NNS edges)))))
(, ,) (CC and)
(S (NP (JJ warm) (, ,) (RB even) (DT the) (NN water))
(VP (VBG lapping) (ADVP (RB gently))
(PP (IN at)
(NP (PRP$ his) (JJ bare) (NNS feet)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
To end the day, we drove back to Ein Gev and spent the early evening relaxing in the warm but refreshing waters of thewatched the sun set as the water lapped at our feet.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (VP (TO To)
(VP (VB end)
(NP (DT the) (NN day)))))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP we))
(VP (VP (VBD drove) (PRT (RP back))
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NNP Ein) (NNP Gev))))
(CC and)
(VP (VBD spent)
(NP (DT the) (JJ early) (NN evening))
(S (VP (VBG relaxing)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the)
(ADJP (JJ warm) (CC but) (JJ refreshing)) (NNS waters))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NN thewatched)))))
(S (NP (DT the) (NN sun))
(VP (VB set)
(SBAR (IN as)
(S (NP (DT the) (NN water))
(VP (VBD lapped)
(PP (IN at)
(NP (PRP$ our) (NNS feet)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Finally I just sat down to watch the boats in the distance while the water lapped at my feet.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (ADVP (RB Finally))
(NP (PRP I)) (ADVP (RB just))
(VP (VBD sat) (PRT (RP down))
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB watch)
(NP (DT the) (NNS boats))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (NN distance)))
(SBAR (IN while)
(S (NP (DT the) (NN water))
(VP (VBD lapped)
(PP (IN at)
(NP (PRP$ my) (NNS feet))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The water lapped gently at their feet.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (DT The) (NN water))
(VP (VBD lapped) (ADVP (RB gently))
(PP (IN at)
(NP (PRP$ their) (NNS feet))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
She looked up to see her son standing down on the shoreline, the water lapping at his feet, splashing across his clothes to darken them.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP She))
(VP (VBD looked) (PRT (RP up))
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB see)
(S (NP (PRP$ her) (NN son))
(VP (VBG standing) (PRT (RP down))
(PP (IN on)
(NP (DT the) (NN shoreline)))
(, ,)
(S (NP (DT the) (NN water))
(VP (VBG lapping)
(PP (IN at)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NNS feet)))
(, ,)
(S (VP (VBG splashing)
(PP (IN across)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NNS clothes)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB darken)
(NP (PRP them)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The water laps at his feet.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (DT The) (NN water))
(VP (VBZ laps)
(PP (IN at)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NNS feet))))
(. .)))