Summary of your 'study carrel' ============================== This is a summary of your Distant Reader 'study carrel'. The Distant Reader harvested & cached your content into a collection/corpus. It then applied sets of natural language processing and text mining against the collection. The results of this process was reduced to a database file -- a 'study carrel'. The study carrel can then be queried, thus bringing light specific characteristics for your collection. These characteristics can help you summarize the collection as well as enumerate things you might want to investigate more closely. Eric Lease Morgan May 27, 2019 Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 14 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 30201 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 81 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 man 9 good 6 like 6 God 5 death 4 thing 4 person 4 long 4 great 4 day 4 Mr. 4 Heaven 3 word 3 time 3 look 3 life 3 head 3 hand 3 dead 3 Lord 2 woman 2 way 2 water 2 right 2 reply 2 old 2 kind 2 eye 2 come 2 adj 2 Twas 2 Smith 2 Satan 2 San 2 New 2 John 2 England 2 Dr. 2 Colonel 2 Church 2 Adam 1 world 1 work 1 traveller 1 tis 1 thy 1 thou 1 think 1 sterling 1 state Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 1174 man 937 n. 524 time 515 day 457 way 452 word 410 thing 381 life 353 hand 332 work 328 head 320 one 309 book 305 nothing 305 friend 303 person 300 eye 280 year 262 name 260 place 249 woman 249 death 237 world 237 part 219 soul 213 something 211 kind 204 heart 201 letter 199 night 199 mind 197 line 197 foot 187 matter 181 law 178 sense 178 country 168 power 165 dog 162 people 158 body 157 water 153 other 150 ear 147 fool 147 face 143 father 142 art 141 anything 137 end Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 4016 _ 268 God 234 n. 159 Man 157 A 152 Washington 133 AMBROSE 127 Bierce 120 C. 113 Heaven 108 D. 106 Mr. 98 San 95 DEAR 88 thou 87 New 72 Francisco 71 King 71 GEORGE 67 Lord 60 John 58 ye 58 o''er 58 State 57 York 56 Dr. 54 London 53 Twas 50 Sir 49 Father 49 California 47 Old 45 St. 45 Judge 45 Ambrose 44 Smith 44 Lion 44 Adam 43 Satan 42 England 40 Hell 39 Tis 39 President 38 Peter 37 Court 36 T 36 English 36 Carmel 35 Thou 35 Scheff Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 6090 i 4500 it 4003 you 3900 he 1335 him 1330 they 1285 me 908 we 797 them 526 she 302 himself 300 us 239 her 144 one 138 myself 123 yours 92 itself 88 themselves 68 yourself 49 mine 35 thee 35 herself 30 ourselves 27 ''em 13 ours 10 oneself 8 theirs 7 his 7 ''s 6 hers 5 thyself 4 i''m 3 ye 3 pelf 2 yourselves 2 you''ve 2 you''ll 2 yerself 2 wh 2 thy 1 yt 1 you_--you 1 you--you 1 you''re 1 thee-- 1 talkee 1 t 1 office?--_you 1 masses"--they 1 labour"--you Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 13945 be 4817 have 2024 do 1723 say 941 make 928 know 806 see 794 go 754 think 578 come 538 take 505 get 469 give 395 write 380 find 328 hear 285 seem 283 let 273 tell 272 call 270 look 265 hold 241 fall 239 ask 236 stand 236 live 231 mean 218 put 213 leave 200 reply 200 lie 198 read 197 pass 193 turn 191 die 186 try 185 use 182 keep 176 send 175 cry 173 wish 171 show 170 rise 169 like 166 follow 164 feel 164 bring 156 speak 155 bear 154 begin Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3600 not 1328 so 835 good 632 more 583 then 559 well 526 other 525 great 501 now 496 up 475 out 431 only 415 long 399 as 384 never 383 most 374 too 374 here 356 very 317 old 305 own 304 down 303 away 290 many 288 much 285 little 283 such 276 there 275 even 275 dead 253 just 252 still 252 ever 243 first 234 enough 229 once 227 high 213 back 209 all 206 again 202 last 196 bad 195 always 184 same 183 no 175 in 166 true 162 small 160 new 158 right Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 166 good 103 least 81 most 40 great 26 high 13 bad 13 Most 12 late 11 j 9 slight 8 noble 8 near 7 wise 7 manif 6 small 6 low 6 fat 5 heavy 5 fine 5 early 4 loud 4 l 4 hard 4 fierce 4 eld 4 deep 3 vile 3 tall 3 strong 3 strange 3 short 3 proud 3 old 3 mean 3 lively 3 light 3 large 3 keen 3 fit 3 dire 3 dead 3 cursed 2 young 2 wealthy 2 warm 2 tak 2 sweet 2 soft 2 simple 2 sad Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 302 most 12 well 8 least 2 infest 1 soon 1 f.--beast 1 easiest Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- Top 50 email addresses; "Who are you gonna call?" ------------------------------------------------- 1 ccx074@pglaf.org Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 one does not 5 _ do n''t 5 _ was _ 4 _ do _ 4 man is more 4 man is not 4 word is not 4 word is now 3 _ be _ 3 _ did _ 3 _ do not 3 _ is _ 3 _ think _ 3 life is not 3 men are not 3 nothing is so 3 one is not 2 _ are not 2 _ be injuns 2 _ did not 2 _ is not 2 _ know _ 2 _ were _ 2 book is out 2 book was not 2 book was once 2 death has never 2 friend is not 2 friends are true 2 hand has never 2 hands went round 2 head was bald 2 kind is beauty 2 life ''s not 2 life are not 2 life does not 2 man does not 2 man is dumb 2 man is left-- 2 men are alike 2 men are ingrates 2 men are liars 2 men called journalists 2 n. see husband 2 name was always 2 nothing has so 2 nothing was there 2 one came forth 2 one has ever 2 one has not Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 hand had no other 2 life ''s not worth 2 men are not liars 2 word has no definition 1 _ are not fallible 1 _ are not important 1 book had no vogue 1 book is not too 1 days is not altogether 1 death has no terrors 1 death is no better 1 friend is not inferior 1 hands gave no heed 1 life does not altogether 1 life is no better 1 life is not long 1 life were not worth 1 man is not liable 1 man is not white 1 name has no reference 1 one does not always 1 person is not talented 1 woman has no head 1 woman is not incompatible 1 women are not practical 1 word is no less 1 word is not plural 1 word is not properly 1 word is not very Sizes of items; "Measures in words, how big is each item?" ---------------------------------------------------------- 72487 36218 61243 972 53783 12793 46991 12977 46788 12658 33275 43951 28851 374 15813 16340 12490 12474 7689 3715 6101 5661 3788 375 3309 23172 25304 Readability of items; "How difficult is each item to read?" ----------------------------------------------------------- 93.0 12977 92.0 12658 85.0 36218 84.0 23172 81.0 374 81.0 375 81.0 12474 81.0 12793 79.0 43951 78.0 5661 77.0 972 73.0 16340 72.0 3715 25304 Item summaries; "In a narrative form, how can each item be abstracted?" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 12474 Few words have more than one literal and serviceable meaning, however A good and useful word, but used without meaning by have the same meaning, but in their use by good writers there is a charity." The word relates, not to meanness, but to demeanor, conduct, form: "firstly," "secondly," and the rest are words without meaning. This word, meaning polite, or well mannered, was once in As a noun, this word means something that cannot be thought the better word (and in most cases it is) put it this way: "It what the misusers of the word mad mean to affirm. meant anything it would mean fight, but there is no such word. If a word has a good plural use each form in its We make a better use of the word if we say of one (for example) who This word rightly means to make solemn, not to perform, 12658 As thou, his soul as thine, long dead, That poet lived--yourself long dead--his mind Nay, titles, ''tis said in defense of our fair, God, lift thy hand and make us free Let Man salute the rising day Sought the great temple of the living God. The great man slowly moved away. ''Tis said they mean to take away I said: "I''ve seen an honest man "Young man," he said, "your words are wild: "God help you, gentle sir," I said. Saw the man in the room from across the way, God said: "Let there be Man," and from the clay "''Let there be Liberty!'' God said, and, lo! "I beg you to note," said a Man to a Goose, For there''s not a soul to love me and no living thing respects me, So I said: "If nothing human, and if neither man nor woman old man, just think of it! Good-bye, old man. 12793 "Ah!" said the cat, "a rat who knows he has but a few minutes to live, "Very good, sir," assented the old man; "lay your load upon my "I beg you to observe," said the lamb, "that water does not commonly "It was very good of you, sir," then said the fowl; "pray tell me to Seeing the man walking away without making any remark, the bull said: "Should your friend pass this way," said the voice, "I will show him "I don''t think of questioning your right to worry me," said the cat, "I know what is the matter," said the King: "there is a dead serpent "I think, my good friend, you have been among the theologians," said "Yes," said the man, "the weather is like yourself--raw, and long a time he did not know what it was like. times, and he never said a word against it." 12977 sin he should spare the sinner were bound to let the life of his work You left us." "I have come to bring," said Nick, With man long warring, quarreling with God, I hear a great sound like the people''s cheers." Let this be said: ''twas generously eared. And God lies dead before the great white throne! In fair San Francisco a good man did dwell, O bad old man, must thy remaining years Time''s dread advance till thou hast had thy day? Dog being dead, Man''s lawless flame Shall pass, like mortal men, away, Till his bonny blue eyes, like his love, were no more. God said, "Let there be Crime," and the command And the dead man''s eyes shall ever Faith, sir, I''d like the place if not too young. "Quite likely," said the other; "but I swear Heaven knows I''d like the Faith to think 16340 civilized countries is so complex that men there have more ways to be know more: and if knowledge makes them happy it is useful and desirable. men and women from civilized countries, yet after two and a half Many and many years ago lived a man who was so good and wise that none eloquence is the art of saying things in such a way as to make them pass great forensic speeches by the world''s famous orators good reading? The New Woman is against the death penalty, naturally, for she is hot can not know--to good women in whose innocent minds female immorality is Nay, if the young man about town, knowing nothing of how things were in True, man does not know woman. What a woman most admires in a man is distinction among men. art Man. See that thou turn not back, but pass on to the place whence 23172 By THE light of a tallow candle, which had been placed on one end of a rough table, a man was reading something written in a book. The person reading was a trifle different; one would have said of him When the coroner had finished reading he put the book into his breast The coroner was apparently not greatly affected by the young man''s coroner lifted his eyes and said: "We will resume the inquest." "Relate the circumstances of this man''s death," said the coroner. "The bushes were now quiet, and the sounds had ceased, but Morgan was as The coroner rose from his seat and stood beside the dead man. "Gentlemen," the coroner said, "we have no more evidence, I think. "I should like to ask one question, Mr. Coroner," he said. "Mr. Harker," said the coroner, gravely and tranquilly, "from what his body the book was not put in evidence; possibly the coroner thought 25304 36218 Much of Bierce''s best work was done in those years in San Francisco. know that I think that a pretty good way to depart this life. I think, a good thing for a pupil of the art, youth being apt to gush lines I know no reason why you should not do good work. If you want to learn to write that kind of thing, so as to do good the Oakland _Times_ of the 3rd (I think) * * * (I know of course it By the way, my New York publishers (The United States Book Company) always liked my work--or me--well enough to want to publish my books I know how to write a story (of the "happy ending" sort) for magazine I know how to write a story (of the "happy ending" sort) for magazine _kind_ of country she writes of, and reading the book was like 3715 Nigger Head, where my father opened a road agency and prospered beyond A few days later, when I went to Nigger Head and asked My father said he was proud of me, and my mother promised that uncle''s house, near Nigger Head, asked my Aunt Mary, his wife, if he humbler walks of life, my father being a manufacturer of dog-oil and business of making dog-oil was, naturally, less unpopular, though the One evening while passing my father''s oil factory with the body of a The next day, somewhat to my surprise, my father, rubbing his hands way; then my poor, wounded father, feeling the hand of death upon him, mother was likely to enter the library at any moment. former father," I said, "I presume that it is known to you that you hands and knees, and backing up to the old man squealed like a demon 374 "My sister," said an adjacent Man of God, solemnly, "you cannot stop the "Great and good friend," said the Editor, blandly, looking up from his "Let the prisoner be discharged," said the Judge; "a man who has no "He said it was about three o''clock," replied the Man in a Hurry; "but he "What, then," said the Man in a Hurry, eagerly, "is the time of day?" "My great and good friends," he said to his brother sovereigns, "it will "I referred," said the Witch, "to the head of her good man." The Constituents said he was an honourable man and elected him to the "I ''sought the man,''" said the Office. A Man with a Shotgun said to a Bird: "I take it you are one of my constituents," the Man said. "Well," said the Man, looking about, "the country doesn''t seem to be very "Why should you not rather rejoice?" said the Man. 375 A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down sentinel at each end of the bridge stood with his rifle in the The sentinels, facing the banks of the stream, might have been statues He closed his eyes in order to fix his last thoughts upon his wife and He unclosed his eyes and saw again the water below him. free my hands," he thought, "I might throw off the noose and spring As Peyton Farquhar fell straight downward through the bridge he lost noose about his neck was already suffocating him and kept the water He looked at the forest on the bank of the stream, saw the individual Suddenly he heard a sharp report and something struck the water The man in the water saw the eye of the man on the bridge The water, the banks, the forests, the now distant bridge, fort and 43951 Said a man to a crapulent youth: "I thought A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern In American politics, a person who having failed to secure an A long time ago a man lost his life in a duel. incidents in that great and good man''s career. He knew by heart the laws of God and man, things of its class, as an honest man, a truthful woman, etc. "But look you, my son," persisted the good man, "this act hath rank as For peace is a blessing," the White Man said. but it makes no great difference to the person slain whether he fell by Then slipped it in the good man''s hand, The holy man said they must feel his brow "I did great service to a man one day 5661 crest of a hill a mile away in the direction of the interrupted advance. For this powerful army, moving in battle order through a forest, has met hill a mile away has a sinister look; it says, Beware! stone wall extending to left and right a great distance. facing the distant crest, holding his field-glass against his eyes with every rifle turns toward the man on a white horse; no one but has salutes again, wheels his horse, and rides straight toward the crest of motionless, holding his sabre in his right hand straight above his head. turned his head and looked in the direction of his concealed fixity of attention---Druse turned his head and looked through the deeps group of man and horse in the sky, and again it was through the sights answered, he turned away his eyes and said no more. 972 Said a man to a crapulent youth: "I thought weep at the death of an enemy?" "Ah, ''tis true," replied the great A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern In American politics, a person who having failed to secure A long time ago a man lost his life in a duel. picturesque incidents in that great and good man''s career. He thought, poor man, ''twas right to be a thief. believed that the ancient dead, like the modern, were light eaters. e''en roast." "But look you, my son," persisted the good man, "this The good man was coming away from dinner at For peace is a blessing," the White Man said. "I did great service to a man one day of the human race is commonly known (to the female) as Mere Man. The good man said, "see that you chain it by the leg, and in the morning