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Eric Lease Morgan Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 7 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 84592 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 84 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Mr. 4 Miss 3 man 3 York 3 New 3 Mrs. 2 write 2 story 2 reporter 2 news 2 lead 2 good 2 follow 2 Street 2 John 2 Dr. 2 Club 1 |the 1 word 1 time 1 russian 1 reader 1 paper 1 newspaper 1 look 1 life 1 interest 1 fire 1 feature 1 fact 1 chinese 1 american 1 Zinca 1 Wratten 1 Worthington 1 Wisconsin 1 Wilson 1 Willard 1 West 1 Wayne 1 Washington 1 Veltman 1 United 1 Turkestan 1 Tsang 1 Transasiatic 1 Tommy 1 Tim 1 Surtaine 1 Sunday Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 2243 story 1933 man 1032 reporter 1012 news 983 day 959 time 935 paper 736 way 648 thing 594 newspaper 588 room 582 word 578 name 571 life 553 fire 544 editor 509 fact 508 hand 504 city 495 night 488 office 463 line 438 one 438 lead 437 work 437 interest 435 year 435 eye 430 place 420 business 417 hour 409 case 400 nothing 394 something 378 train 372 woman 370 people 366 reader 349 face 346 morning 336 part 323 car 317 street 308 house 306 girl 303 father 298 feature 292 sentence 285 town 285 anything Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 4001 _ 3092 | 798 Larry 784 Mr. 733 Hal 690 Tim 677 Humphrey 441 Surtaine 386 Dr. 351 Ellis 330 Mrs. 326 Clarion 319 Ralph 259 Miss 237 Potter 225 Street 222 York 221 Ferrol 211 New 207 Pierce 194 News 188 Grace 172 Esmé 142 Sullivan 138 Certina 130 Elliot 128 Beaver 120 Good 118 Retto 117 London 116 Day 116 Caterna 114 Popof 113 M. 112 McGuire 111 Wratten 106 Lilian 106 Kinko 105 Elizabeth 103 Emberg 102 President 102 John 102 Ephrinell 101 Worthington 95 Noltitz 92 Pekin 92 Paris 92 Fleet 90 Faruskiar 88 van Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 7769 he 6850 it 6364 i 4790 you 2543 him 2539 they 1811 she 1701 we 1273 me 1180 them 666 her 439 himself 418 us 190 one 150 itself 118 ''em 109 myself 107 themselves 91 herself 69 yourself 45 ''s 27 yours 24 ourselves 24 mine 23 his 11 em 10 |they 8 hers 7 oneself 5 theirs 4 you''re 3 |prof 3 |germany 3 ours 3 je 3 i''m 2 yourselves 2 d''you 1 |jamieson 1 |himself 1 |etc.--_new 1 |"they 1 | 1 you''ll 1 understand?--what 1 timeliness.=--but 1 t''you 1 she''ll 1 no!--(do 1 money''ll Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 22668 be 7472 have 3534 do 2553 say 1846 go 1597 get 1499 make 1456 know 1442 see 1373 come 1106 take 1007 give 903 tell 880 think 785 look 731 find 706 write 673 ask 648 want 525 follow 491 leave 487 seem 481 begin 473 run 459 use 413 put 401 keep 398 call 351 try 348 let 346 hear 342 send 324 turn 322 feel 315 bring 304 stand 290 hold 279 read 272 print 272 mean 271 wait 269 work 264 speak 256 reply 251 become 249 meet 246 pass 244 lose 241 start 240 talk Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5107 not 1436 up 1128 so 1049 out 974 good 949 more 906 other 905 then 822 only 774 now 751 first 684 little 664 well 653 down 617 here 615 just 603 very 582 back 559 much 558 as 514 old 512 young 497 never 497 long 494 too 470 new 468 there 463 great 447 last 431 most 428 few 408 all 405 in 403 away 399 even 392 same 391 always 382 again 375 own 362 off 348 right 348 on 343 many 300 such 274 enough 265 perhaps 259 still 257 far 255 big 253 high Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 226 good 104 most 87 least 54 great 29 Most 23 near 23 late 21 big 20 bad 18 large 15 high 13 fine 13 common 12 slight 10 hard 8 new 7 brief 6 young 6 short 6 dear 5 simple 5 old 5 low 5 easy 4 |the 4 weak 4 strong 4 small 4 noble 4 faint 4 bare 4 bald 3 mere 3 long 3 l 3 happy 3 farth 3 early 3 deep 3 close 2 wise 2 westbound 2 true 2 tough 2 smart 2 safe 2 rich 2 pure 2 pretty 2 poor Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 327 most 21 well 14 least 4 hard 1 highest 1 gavest 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?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 _ is _ 7 _ was _ 7 larry did not 7 larry went on 6 story is not 5 larry had not 4 _ are _ 4 _ have _ 4 humphrey had never 4 story is usually 4 things being equal 3 _ am _ 3 _ did _ 3 _ do n''t 3 _ is not 3 humphrey had not 3 humphrey went back 3 larry was not 3 man is not 3 newspaper does n''t 3 newspapers do not 3 night is very 3 paper is not 3 papers do not 3 stories are not 3 story does not 3 story is complete 3 story is very 3 story is worth 2 _ ai n''t 2 _ are not 2 _ did n''t 2 _ got _ 2 _ had _ 2 _ is n''t 2 _ look _ 2 _ run _ 2 _ see _ 2 editor does not 2 hal took up 2 humphrey did not 2 humphrey had first 2 humphrey was about 2 humphrey went out 2 larry looked up 2 larry was glad 2 larry was quite 2 life is too 2 man does not 2 man is seldom Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 story is no longer 2 hal made no reply 2 man is not so 2 story has no feature 2 story is not yet 1 _ is not necessarily 1 _ is not so 1 _ is not worth 1 _ were not there 1 city had not mrs. 1 editor does not always 1 fire has no other 1 hal found no incentive 1 hal had no alternative 1 hal had no defense 1 hal was not as 1 hand was not so 1 humphrey had no desk 1 humphrey had no knowledge 1 larry are not at 1 larry had no fears 1 larry had no idea 1 larry had no time 1 larry was no weakling 1 larry was not yet 1 life ''s not so 1 line is not as 1 man has no right 1 man is no respecter 1 man takes no notice 1 man was no more 1 man was not there 1 men were not only 1 name is not as 1 name is not important 1 news is not unbiased 1 office is not convenient 1 offices was not very 1 paper had no limits 1 paper is no longer 1 paper is not always 1 paper is not too 1 paper is not worth 1 reporter had not yet 1 reporters are no longer 1 reporters are not likely 1 stories are not complete 1 stories are not different 1 stories are not so 1 stories is not necessary A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 16447 author = Adams, Samuel Hopkins title = The Clarion date = keywords = Boyee; Certina; Clarion; Dad; Doctor; Douglas; Dr.; Elias; Elliot; Ellis; Esmé; Hal; Hale; Harrington; Home; Mac; Merritt; Milly; Miss; Mr.; Mrs.; Neal; Old; Pierce; Rookeries; Shearson; Sterne; Surtaine; Veltman; Wayne; Willard; Worthington; good summary = earn," said Hal Surtaine a little grandiloquently. "Bewitched, Hal?" said Dr. Surtaine as his son came to him. "Do you think many fathers would do this sort of thing, Dad?" said Hal "Perhaps you''re right, Miss Neal," said Hal, a little startled by the "My business is with this man," said Hal, indicating Sterne. "I''ve just bought out the ''Clarion,''" said Hal. CHAPTER VII "Do you know, it''s rather a pity you don''t like me," said Hal, with "Most people are good to you, I fancy, Hal," said she, looking him over "I was going to suggest, Mr. Surtaine," said McGuire Ellis formally, "He''s taught me what little I know about this business," said Hal. "He''s right, there," said Dr. Surtaine, on one side of Hal; and from the sharply to face Hal Surtaine, "I don''t know how the devil old "Mr. Ellis," said Hal, "will you ''phone Mr. Wayne to send up the man who id = 55535 author = Courlander, Alphonse title = Mightier than the Sword date = keywords = Beaver; Carr; Charnac; Club; Day; Desirée; Easterham; Elizabeth; England; Ferrol; Fleet; Humphrey; Kenneth; Lilian; London; Mrs; Paris; Pride; Quain; Rivers; Street; Tommy; Wratten; good; life; look; man summary = It was, I think, _The Day_ that finally discovered the Young Man. Ferrol had known the bitter opposition which he had fought in his own "Nice pig, isn''t he?" Beaver said to Humphrey, as Worthing went out. "Good-looking young man," said Rivers, as the door closed behind felt, suddenly, a great man--Humphrey Quain of _The Day_, cocksure, men, in the first few days of Humphrey''s life in the office of _The Since that day when Humphrey had first met him in Ferrol''s room, and he went into Rivers'' room, the great man smiled and said facetiously, "Everything!" said Humphrey, gloomily, looking round the room. Humphrey thought of the girl he had passed that day in the street.... "I didn''t know you went in for this sort of thing," Humphrey said. "Well, Quain," said Ferrol, as Humphrey came into the room. "Well, what do you think of the life to-day?" Humphrey asked. id = 45485 author = Dean, Graham M. title = The Sky Trail date = keywords = Atkinson; Carson; Good; Hunter; Mitchell; News; Pierre; Ralph; Raymond; Sam; Tim summary = Tim and Ralph ran to the nearby garage where the cars used by _News_ "Carson said he''d pay for a new coat," Ralph reminded him and Tim nodded Tim pushed the _Good News_ into several tight banks while Ralph strapped Ice started to form on the wings of the _Good News_ and Tim realized the The next ten minutes were an hour to Tim as he eased the _Good News_ Tim followed the air mail trail for half an hour and then turned to his The heavy mail plane was much different from the _Good News_ and Tim Tim dropped the heavy mail plane as low as he dared and cut his motor Hunter took the _Good News_ alongside the slower mail plane and Tim Tim and Ralph left the colonel and started for the _Good News_. _Good News_, Tim, Ralph and the state police came upon the crumpled id = 16397 author = Garis, Howard Roger title = Larry Dexter''s Great Search; Or, The Hunt for the Missing Millionaire date = keywords = Bailey; Emberg; Grace; Larry; Leader; Mr.; New; Potter; Retto; Sullivan; York summary = "Where is the wreck?" asked Larry, going to a window that looked "I guess our man dropped this," Larry said, holding it out to "You tell me what I want to know," Larry said with a smile. Larry, though if Sullivan had said anything about them the reporter "Are you looking for Hamden Potter?" asked an old man, coming into "Sullivan wants to see you, Larry," went on Mr. Emberg, hanging up "I will let you know if we hear any news," said Larry as he prepared "I''m a reporter from the _Leader_, and I''m trying to locate Mr. Potter, the missing millionaire," said Larry. As soon as he had finished the story Larry went to see Grace, whom "Mah Retto knows Mr. Potter!" exclaimed Larry. "Do you know anything about the man?" asked Larry. "What missing man was he looking for?" asked Larry. "I know how Mr. Potter looks," Larry went on. id = 25968 author = Hyde, Grant Milnor title = Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing date = keywords = John; Jones; Miss; Mr.; Mrs.; New; Press; Smith; Wisconsin; York; fact; feature; fire; follow; interest; lead; man; news; newspaper; reader; reporter; story; write summary = reporter in the way to write those stories which his future paper will Practically all newspaper reports are news stories, but as Given the same facts, each individual reporter will write the story in accident news value--is the feature of the story, and the reporter must This is the lead of an ordinary news story--a newspaper report of a Therefore few reporters would begin a story with John Jones''s name. In writing a news story a good beginning is more than half When the incident is reported in an ordinary news story the feature is New facts are introduced into the follow story, but its lead tells the Just as any news story begins with a lead and plays up its most striking writing news stories a green reporter always attempts to begin every 4. Write a follow-up story which, while beginning with a new id = 30765 author = Spencer, M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle) title = News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories date = keywords = Army; Avenue; Bryan; Chicago; City; Club; Company; Dr.; John; Miss; Mr.; Mrs.; Navy; New; President; Secretary; St.; States; Street; Sunday; United; Washington; West; Wilson; York; american; follow; lead; man; news; paper; reporter; story; time; word; write; |the summary = he will probably be required to come some time between noon and six P.M. If it is that of an afternoon paper, he will be asked to report at six to know other editors in the city room,--the news, telegraph, state, every story in the paper; one to the news editor; and one, with the of the story in the paper has been determined by the news editor, it is the United States make the President''s wedding the big story of the day, reason, newspaper men avoid beginning a story with _to-day_, new, a different way to tell the same old story of suicide or marriage following story of the Willard-Moran match at New York in 1915 may be story appearing in a New York morning paper: the way a few rewrite men have presented their new old stories: is the newspaper man''s invention for making stories of little news value id = 11263 author = Verne, Jules title = The Adventures of a Special Correspondent Among the Various Races and Countries of Central Asia Being the Exploits and Experiences of Claudius Bombarnac of "The Twentieth Century" date = keywords = Asia; Bluett; Bombarnac; Caspian; Caterna; Celestial; Chao; China; Ephrinell; Faruskiar; Grand; Kinko; Major; Miss; Monsieur; Noltitz; Pan; Pekin; Popof; Transasiatic; Tsang; Turkestan; Zinca; chinese; russian summary = Then I again asked what time the train left for Baku. the young Chinaman, Major Noltitz, Ephrinell, Miss Bluett, Monsieur "The major," said Popof, "has lived a long time in the Turkestan "I like this Major Noltitz," I said, "and I hope to make his "The good man of the hat trick!" said Caterna, after the baron went "I ought to tell you," said the major, "that it is the new town we are numbers, the major, the Caternas, young Pan Chao, who replies with very As we are leaving the car I am near Major Noltitz, who asks young Pan the Russian railway with the Chinese line which runs from one frontier "But this time," said the major, "it was not the Russians who built the Major Noltitz and I, Caterna and Pan-Chao are under arms at the time Popof, the major, Caterna, most of the passengers are out on the line