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Eric Lease Morgan Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 4 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 33209 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 67 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 New 3 Company 3 Canal 1 pass 1 day 1 canoe 1 canal 1 british 1 american 1 York 1 Whitman 1 Western 1 West 1 Washington 1 Virginia 1 Union 1 States 1 Road 1 River 1 Railway 1 Potomac 1 Pontchartrain 1 Pennsylvania 1 Orleans 1 Oregon 1 Ohio 1 North 1 Navigation 1 Mississippi 1 Mersey 1 London 1 Lake 1 Kentucky 1 Industrial 1 Indians 1 Henderson 1 Great 1 Government 1 Fort 1 Erie 1 Dock 1 Cumberland 1 Clark 1 Board 1 Birmingham Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 811 canal 343 railway 273 year 269 day 254 man 227 company 216 time 214 water 205 land 204 mile 203 foot 188 river 183 country 182 way 178 work 167 road 159 lock 138 coal 136 traffic 128 line 115 waterway 112 cost 110 point 109 part 106 boat 105 route 104 condition 97 interest 91 question 90 port 90 fact 89 case 86 system 84 trader 84 plan 82 improvement 81 trade 78 transport 77 rate 76 money 75 city 71 people 71 illustration 70 ton 68 rail 67 ship 66 place 64 barge 63 level 63 district Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 391 Canal 306 _ 290 New 256 Company 242 Ohio 178 Washington 145 Orleans 144 West 123 River 121 Board 116 Railway 114 York 103 Clark 99 States 93 Birmingham 89 London 86 Virginia 85 Mississippi 84 Erie 75 United 75 North 73 Navigation 73 Henderson 73 Great 72 State 71 Mr 69 Kentucky 68 Government 67 Western 66 Cumberland 65 Whitman 64 Dock 63 Oregon 63 Indians 63 Fort 63 America 62 George 61 Road 57 Lake 56 Potomac 54 Pennsylvania 53 England 52 Congress 49 Union 49 Putnam 47 Valley 43 John 43 Industrial 43 American 42 War Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 1042 it 497 he 381 they 349 we 298 i 233 them 88 him 71 you 71 us 37 themselves 37 itself 27 himself 26 me 15 one 11 she 10 her 8 ourselves 6 myself 4 herself 3 mine 2 theirs 2 ours 1 thee Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 4918 be 1380 have 318 make 303 do 199 take 179 come 158 go 156 say 148 give 141 build 124 pass 124 find 112 know 107 see 106 become 96 carry 93 get 89 follow 89 bring 85 begin 83 pay 78 send 77 show 72 reach 70 meet 69 secure 69 leave 68 write 62 increase 61 spend 61 receive 61 lead 58 hold 58 bear 57 call 56 look 56 construct 55 seem 55 put 53 include 50 use 48 work 48 think 48 obtain 48 keep 48 connect 47 propose 46 turn 45 raise 44 require Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 587 not 364 great 284 more 228 so 220 other 207 first 204 now 187 only 165 well 153 most 148 large 147 very 147 up 140 such 139 then 138 much 136 as 126 even 123 good 119 here 114 many 106 same 104 out 104 early 101 long 99 also 97 new 92 general 90 less 89 national 84 old 84 little 84 far 82 still 80 again 79 small 75 about 72 important 70 american 67 already 66 on 66 british 65 own 65 certain 64 there 64 heavy 63 local 62 public 62 high 61 thus Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 36 least 34 good 27 most 24 great 17 large 7 strong 7 high 7 early 5 slight 5 near 4 rich 3 small 3 proud 3 late 3 heavy 2 quick 2 narrow 2 manif 2 long 2 happy 2 full 2 fine 2 dark 2 clear 1 young 1 wise 1 wild 1 supreme 1 southw 1 soft 1 simple 1 shoal 1 shallow 1 safe 1 ripe 1 poor 1 old 1 lowly 1 low 1 lively 1 hard 1 fond 1 eld 1 easy 1 dear 1 close 1 chief 1 brave 1 bold 1 bloody Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 126 most 6 well 2 least 1 greatest 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?" ------------------------------------------------- Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 work was not 2 canal has already 2 canal has not 2 companies did not 2 companies were very 2 road was not 2 washington did not 2 washington had nothing 2 works were not 1 board does not 1 board made provision 1 canal are complementary 1 canal became practically 1 canal does not 1 canal found valuable 1 canal had already 1 canal had not 1 canal is already 1 canal is beyond 1 canal is essentially 1 canal is large 1 canal is simple 1 canal is so 1 canal is still 1 canal was about 1 canal was far 1 canal was finally 1 canal was master 1 canal was originally 1 canal was rapidly 1 canal was so 1 canal was wages 1 canal were successively 1 canals are better 1 canals are now 1 canals are still 1 canals had already 1 canals had everything 1 canals has not 1 canals is due 1 canals is necessarily 1 canals is now 1 canals is practicable 1 canals is self 1 canals was much 1 canals were ever 1 canals were factors 1 canals were first 1 canals were more 1 canals were not Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 canal has not yet 1 canals were not properly 1 companies are not only 1 company had not even 1 company paid no less 1 company were not less 1 country were not openly 1 land was not sufficient 1 traffic is not due 1 washington spent no little 1 water has not yet 1 west has not yet 1 works have no longer 1 works were not heavy A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 31383 author = Dabney, Thomas Ewing title = The Industrial Canal and Inner Harbor of New Orleans History, Description and Economic Aspects of Giant Facility Created to Encourage Industrial Expansion and Develop Commerce date = keywords = Board; Canal; Company; Dock; Industrial; Lake; Mississippi; New; Orleans; Pontchartrain summary = President, Board of Commissioners of Port of New Orleans] NEW ORLEANS DECIDES TO BUILD CANAL. NEW ORLEANS DECIDES TO BUILD CANAL. As the New Orleans Item said, October 22, 1915, "the lack of that canal city and the Mississippi Valley"; the New Orleans Real Estate Board and original Erie Canal harmed New Orleans because Mississippi River boat Canal, and he believed in the possibility of development of New Orleans vitally affects the credit of the Dock Board, the city of New Orleans interests hostile to the canal project and to the port of New Orleans." lock when ships drawing 30-feet of water come to New Orleans? people that the lack of such a canal had cost New Orleans millions of Industrial Canal to the development of New Orleans, and the commerce of "A ship canal, connecting the river and the lake at New Orleans will be id = 22347 author = Hughes, Vincent title = Through Canal-Land in a Canadian Canoe date = keywords = canal; canoe; day; pass summary = THROUGH CANAL-LAND IN A CANADIAN CANOE short delay caused by a string of canal barges coming through to catch the morning tide, we entered upon the Grand Junction Canal, which extends form and after our usual morning dip proceeded on our way in good time. at the other end of the tunnel, and soon after bade good-bye to our whilom Before proceeding next day, we had to clear the canoe of the dirt and passed through six locks in close succession, as well as another tunnel, We proceeded on through the Birmingham Canal, passing close by Coventry, In the course of our journey along the canals we passed through a number to leave the canoe at the lock-house, and make preparations for passing way, and after an uneventful paddle, brought our day''s journey to a close would see us at the end of our canal journey. id = 47351 author = Hulbert, Archer Butler title = Pilots of the Republic: The Romance of the Pioneer Promoter in the Middle West date = keywords = Canal; Clark; Company; Cumberland; Erie; Fort; Government; Henderson; Indians; Kentucky; New; Ohio; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Potomac; River; Road; States; Virginia; Washington; West; Whitman; York; american summary = to land in what is now New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, famous National Road running from Cumberland, Maryland, almost to St. Louis was a potent factor in the awakening of the West. it that Washington was surveying lands on the Great Kanawha and Ohio rivers and the Great Lakes by way of the Ohio and its tributaries? known to-day as "Washington''s Bottoms," on the Ohio near Wheeling and that New York would not improve her great route to the West (Mohawk Ohio Company played a most important role in the history of the West hand, the Ohio Company could not secure Western land without being needed by generals to guide the armies, by the great land-companies to there were Gratiot, Delafield, Bliss, Bartlett, Hartzell, Colquit, National Stage Company was the most important west of the Ohio River. Baltimore to the West.--The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company''s id = 47435 author = Pratt, Edwin A. title = British Canals: Is their resuscitation practicable? date = keywords = Birmingham; Canal; Company; Great; London; Mersey; Navigation; New; North; Railway; Union; Western; british summary = canals now owned or controlled by railway companies; (3) that they was that the railway company took over the canal, and agreed to pay said he had had charge of a number of railway-owned canals at different "The London and North-Western Railway Company, who owned the canal, Union Railways and Canal Company." "between the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company and the London "between the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company and the London Canal Company should be granted to the London and North-Western Railway relations of railway companies to canals, I take the case of the Forth and North-Western Railway Company than had been so spent by the canal by railway companies, yet the amount of coal carried by canal to London coal would be tipped from the railway truck into the canal boat,[8] the canals were more or less forced upon the railway companies, who