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Eric Lease Morgan Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 5 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6861 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 76 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 ship 3 vessel 3 british 3 american 3 United 3 States 3 New 3 England 3 Captain 2 illustration 2 day 2 boat 2 York 2 West 2 War 2 North 2 Boston 2 Atlantic 1 yard 1 work 1 water 1 turn 1 trade 1 time 1 submarine 1 sea 1 sail 1 rope 1 order 1 officer 1 new 1 man 1 main 1 long 1 head 1 good 1 german 1 french 1 english 1 end 1 early 1 convoy 1 come 1 Yankee 1 Ware 1 Trinity 1 Trade 1 Sumner 1 Service 1 Salem Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 1611 ship 1264 vessel 1030 man 1020 sea 635 sail 629 time 612 day 602 yard 536 boat 483 seaman 481 water 480 deck 475 end 431 rope 429 part 425 master 421 way 417 head 408 year 377 line 368 port 367 hand 366 trade 353 voyage 349 crew 346 work 335 war 335 officer 323 side 319 wind 313 mate 309 duty 279 block 277 service 270 mast 267 course 259 merchant 244 order 240 cargo 234 foot 233 life 231 watch 230 weather 204 sailor 202 board 200 eye 199 captain 197 ton 196 case 196 anchor Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 2251 _ 363 New 238 England 221 States 203 United 167 Captain 130 York 98 lee 93 War 88 c. 88 Boston 82 Act 81 Atlantic 80 PLATE 77 Mr. 72 jib 72 Americans 69 Government 67 Great 67 France 65 West 63 Navy 62 Cape 60 Yankee 60 Congress 60 Arctic 59 Salem 58 North 58 English 58 British 58 American 56 River 56 Bay 55 London 53 Service 53 Mississippi 52 Orleans 51 John 51 CHAPTER 49 taut 48 Island 47 Sea 47 East 47 America 46 Lake 46 Greely 44 Mason 44 Indies 44 India 42 Liverpool Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 2327 it 1493 he 1459 we 1216 they 782 them 548 she 424 him 396 us 376 i 315 her 290 you 113 himself 103 themselves 52 me 51 itself 29 one 20 ourselves 18 herself 13 theirs 7 ours 6 myself 6 his 5 ''em 2 yourself 1 thar 1 hers 1 hem 1 but"--cheerfully--"they 1 ''s Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 11845 be 2940 have 945 make 711 go 700 take 668 do 549 come 529 see 358 carry 339 give 338 build 337 set 337 keep 325 bring 306 put 301 pass 296 get 293 call 285 use 267 say 266 find 260 stand 257 haul 235 send 231 turn 201 work 201 leave 193 become 183 run 183 let 182 begin 181 know 174 show 173 rig 172 hold 171 lie 161 look 159 seem 145 fall 138 tell 138 bind 136 pay 135 draw 132 sail 131 throw 128 fit 127 require 123 follow 120 meet 119 reach Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1436 not 954 up 715 out 591 more 536 so 529 other 461 great 455 long 438 down 432 then 427 first 406 only 394 american 379 as 366 now 355 well 352 off 328 small 296 new 292 in 289 good 285 little 283 most 274 same 265 old 253 such 253 many 252 own 251 away 250 high 247 british 245 even 231 large 227 main 218 still 218 much 210 also 208 very 207 few 205 low 203 fast 200 second 198 perhaps 193 again 189 too 185 on 179 forward 175 almost 173 short 172 early Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 84 good 70 most 66 least 35 great 27 large 22 high 18 early 14 fine 14 Most 12 big 11 fast 10 near 10 late 10 cheap 8 strong 7 small 7 short 7 low 7 bad 6 manif 5 long 5 able 4 rich 4 old 4 narrow 4 heavy 3 weak 3 topmost 3 stout 3 slight 3 safe 3 neat 3 grave 3 full 3 farth 3 dear 3 busy 3 brave 2 withe 2 wide 2 vile 2 swift 2 round 2 quick 2 pure 2 proud 2 noble 2 mild 2 hardy 2 hard Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 213 most 17 least 11 well 1 long 1 faintest Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 www.gutenberg.net Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/5/6/4/15648/15648-h/15648-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/5/6/4/15648/15648-h.zip Top 50 email addresses; "Who are you gonna call?" ------------------------------------------------- Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 master is not 5 _ is _ 4 vessel is _ 4 work going forward 3 ship is not 3 trade was not 2 _ are now 2 _ are rove 2 _ are single 2 _ come down 2 _ is usually 2 _ made _ 2 _ made block 2 _ standing part 2 _ work _ 2 crews are not 2 decks are jammed 2 hands are up 2 master does not 2 master has little 2 master is also 2 master is liable 2 men are together 2 men were barely 2 men were well 2 officer is somewhat 2 rope is _ 2 rope made fast 2 sail is bent 2 sails take full 2 sea was as 2 seaman does not 2 seaman is not 2 seamen are not 2 seas had ever 2 ships were not 2 time is now 2 vessel is about 2 vessel is not 2 vessel is ready 2 voyage is up 2 work is over 2 yard is down 2 yard is square 2 yard is well 2 yards are _ 1 _ are _ 1 _ are all 1 _ are chain 1 _ are heavy Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 _ had not definitely 1 _ has no cross 1 crews are not ordinarily 1 crews were no mean 1 day was not unduly 1 days was not easily 1 line is no longer 1 man made no reply 1 master had no opportunity 1 master has no lien 1 master has no more 1 master is not liable 1 master stands no watch 1 men have no call 1 officer has no right 1 seaman has no remedy 1 seaman has no such 1 seamen are not so 1 seamen are not yet 1 seas were not then 1 ship is not chargeable 1 ship is not owner 1 ship makes no answer 1 ships were no longer 1 ships were not directly 1 time is not far 1 trade was not neutral 1 vessel is not fit 1 vessel is not so 1 vessels have no downhaul 1 vessels have no supernumeraries 1 vessels is not so 1 vessels were no longer 1 vessels were not much 1 war found no negroes 1 war was no concern 1 years did not often A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 15648 author = Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John) title = American Merchant Ships and Sailors date = keywords = Arctic; Atlantic; Boston; Cape; Captain; England; France; Fulton; Government; Great; Greely; Island; Lake; Mississippi; New; North; Ohio; Orleans; River; States; United; West; York; american; boat; british; day; early; english; french; illustration; man; ship; trade; vessel summary = [Illustration: NEW ENGLAND EARLY TOOK THE LEAD IN BUILDING SHIPS] NEW ENGLAND EARLY TOOK THE LEAD IN BUILDING SHIPS _Frontispiece_ MULTIPLIED--LAWLESS TIMES ON THE HIGH SEAS--SHIP-BUILDING IN THE FORESTS MULTIPLIED--LAWLESS TIMES ON THE HIGH SEAS--SHIP-BUILDING IN THE FORESTS New England early took the lead in building ships and manning them, and and many an American ship was left short-handed far out at sea, after a shipped before the mast, records that on his first vessel men seeking the old days of ocean travel the meeting of a ship at sea was an event has long restricted the trade between ports of the United States to ships American ships for seven long years, and at its close the whalers found boats from an American and British ship were in pursuit of the same whale, SHIPPING--RIVER NAVIGATION AS A NATION-BUILDING FORCE--THE VALUE OF SMALL SHIPPING--RIVER NAVIGATION AS A NATION-BUILDING FORCE--THE VALUE OF SMALL id = 31953 author = Bone, David W. (David William) title = Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants'' service in the war date = keywords = Admiralty; Bay; Board; Captain; Channel; Merchants; Naval; Navy; North; Royal; Service; Trade; Trinity; War; boat; british; come; convoy; day; german; good; illustration; long; new; officer; order; sea; ship; submarine; time; turn; vessel; water; work summary = was haled to hard and rigorous sea-service on vessels of war. the sea-trade to each individual of the ship''s company. beautiful of man''s creations on the sea--the square-rigged sailing ship sea-services, with other ships--to the absurd pretensions of the other The war has brought a new prominence to our sea-trade. their sea-life and its hardships, he noted the ship-measures and rude with the conduct of shipping and sea-affairs, our new controllers of the of our skilled seamen and numbers of our sea-officers were marking time destroy the ships and leave the seamen to the wind and sea and bitter with the new sea-warfare--with disaster to the shipping in the channels. convoy of merchant ships zigzag in confusing angles on their way to sea, for absence of ship-life, but out here--the clear horizon of an open sea [Illustration: A STANDARD SHIP AT SEA] Never, since the days of sailing ships and the leisurely deep-sea id = 28704 author = Codman, John title = Free Ships: The Restoration of the American Carrying Trade date = keywords = England; Mr.; New; Roach; american; ship summary = and that New England ships--for nearly all vessels were built in that their commerce in British built ships was one exciting cause of the England had abandoned that class of vessels in favor of iron screw back in memory to the time when in the days of sailing ships, our take them to equal American shipbuilders in skill, material and cost. new motors on the sea by means of wooden sailing ships and paddle the cost of a ship in the United States, and that in the country where given, applies with greater force to ship building than to any other shipbuilding or ship owning. difference in cost of British and American steamships _of the same now build steamships cheaper and better than they can be built upon rates paid to men in the ship-yard while on time, but this known iron ship and engine building firm of New York. id = 40958 author = Dana, Richard Henry title = The Seaman''s Friend Containing a treatise on practical seamanship, with plates, a dictionary of sea terms, customs and usages of the merchant service date = keywords = Act; CHAPTER; Fore; Mason; Mizzen; PLATE; Pet; States; Sumner; United; Ware; end; head; main; rope; sail; ship; vessel; yard summary = yard-arm, and lead through a single block at the mast-head, and set up other end seized to the yard, crossing the foot-rope. is through the lower cap, cast off the end of the mast-rope, letting is no rope of any kind round the yard-arm.) Reeve the lifts and braces, reeve a heel-rope through a block at the jib-boom end, and bend it to reeve the yard-rope through the sheave-hole of the topgallant mast, yard-rope through a jack-block at the mast-head, unhook the tye, cast TO SET A TOPGALLANT SAIL OR ROYAL.--Haul home the lee sheet, having one head yards, keeping the sails full, board fore tack and aft the sheet, studdingsail, brace up the head yards, haul forward the fore tack, and A rope or tackle, going from the yard-arms to the mast-head, to A set of ropes reaching from the mast-heads to the vessel''s id = 3099 author = Paine, Ralph Delahaye title = The Old Merchant Marine: A Chronicle of American Ships and Sailors date = keywords = Atlantic; Boston; Captain; China; Delano; Derby; East; England; English; London; New; Salem; States; United; War; West; Yankee; York; american; british; ship summary = The story of American ships and sailors is an epic of blue water which of shipping merchants was Philip English, who was sailing his own ketch first two years of the war, as many as nine hundred American ships were been so long closed to American shipping that little demand was left for trade"--an unusual point of view for a shipping merchant of New England The American ship Franklin arrived at Batavia in 1799 and Captain James complete freedom of trade for British shipping in American ports. commander to visit every American ship in port and take from each of out of the hands of the English ship-owner, and that British vessels, Clipper ship crews included men of many nations. sailors to man half the ships that were built in these few years, and mostly recruited from the old fishing and shipping ports of New England American forecastle life in the sailing-ship era.