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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?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 41379 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 8 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Mr. 3 Captain 2 York 2 Sir 2 River 2 New 1 ship 1 illustration 1 great 1 british 1 boy 1 William 1 Wanderer 1 Virginia 1 United 1 Toronto 1 Thomas 1 Steve 1 Steamer 1 States 1 Smith 1 Simms 1 Rush 1 Richmond 1 Railway 1 Queenston 1 Ontario 1 Norfolk 1 Niagara 1 London 1 Liverpool 1 Line 1 Lewiston 1 Lake 1 Kingston 1 John 1 Jarvis 1 James 1 JUNE 1 Iron 1 Hampton 1 George 1 Falls 1 England 1 Cunard 1 Cumberland 1 Company 1 City 1 Chicora 1 Channel Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 743 ship 373 steamer 362 time 348 man 348 day 317 boat 293 vessel 254 water 232 side 217 river 208 boy 205 foot 202 way 201 year 184 deck 170 captain 149 sea 148 dock 146 place 144 line 139 lake 133 work 132 hand 131 business 128 port 127 head 125 trade 125 ton 125 land 124 route 124 house 119 life 116 passenger 115 part 114 name 110 end 107 service 104 lad 104 company 101 trip 101 sir 100 position 98 night 98 engine 97 point 94 speed 92 shore 90 sailing 90 hour 87 railway Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 _ 387 Steve 321 Niagara 304 Mr. 230 Virginia 222 Rush 206 York 182 Captain 177 River 165 Bob 157 Toronto 154 Jarvis 144 Lake 143 John 141 New 122 Chicora 115 James 101 Ontario 92 Steamer 90 City 88 Line 87 Company 86 Lewiston 86 Iron 85 Smith 83 William 83 Thomas 76 Sir 76 Canada 73 Queenston 73 Co. 72 Simms 69 Capt 66 Railway 66 George 66 Falls 64 General 62 Liverpool 60 Buffalo 59 Upper 59 United 59 States 58 West 57 St. 56 W. 56 Port 55 Richmond 55 London 54 Point 53 Bay Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 1191 he 1161 it 1048 i 836 you 766 we 550 they 315 him 298 she 278 them 192 me 182 us 124 her 97 himself 32 themselves 24 itself 18 one 16 ourselves 15 myself 13 yourself 13 herself 8 ''s 5 ours 3 yt 3 mine 1 yours 1 theirs 1 sick---- 1 anything---- 1 ''em Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 6396 be 2060 have 741 do 483 make 364 go 352 get 339 take 299 come 289 build 252 see 247 give 217 know 208 say 166 think 151 run 150 find 150 carry 145 leave 135 bring 130 keep 119 begin 118 follow 109 pass 105 put 103 tell 101 look 100 become 99 call 96 hold 95 work 93 send 91 stand 80 turn 80 lose 79 seem 78 fall 78 answer 77 enter 76 increase 74 want 74 sail 72 use 70 let 69 open 68 try 68 lie 68 hear 66 feel 65 reach 62 place Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 933 not 495 up 350 out 286 first 283 then 279 so 266 down 254 great 251 more 238 other 234 now 200 very 188 well 186 long 183 good 181 much 175 new 163 many 163 large 159 only 155 there 144 little 135 old 128 off 126 as 125 here 121 most 119 also 118 over 116 few 115 still 111 same 109 early 106 away 99 just 98 far 98 again 93 small 93 full 92 in 90 high 88 back 87 on 85 about 83 never 82 low 80 all 78 own 75 too 75 once Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 39 good 23 least 18 most 18 large 15 high 11 great 11 early 7 fast 6 full 6 fine 6 bad 6 Most 4 late 3 slight 3 quick 3 old 3 easy 2 swift 2 near 2 keen 2 handsome 2 busy 1 young 1 wide 1 wet 1 tall 1 stout 1 stiff 1 square 1 speedy 1 southw 1 small 1 simple 1 short 1 proud 1 plucky 1 new 1 narrow 1 long 1 intense 1 innermost 1 heavy 1 hard 1 few 1 farth 1 clear 1 choice 1 big 1 able 1 Least Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 103 most 6 well 6 least 1 hard 1 fast Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 www.gutenberg.org 2 archive.org Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/45157/45157-h/45157-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/45157/45157-h.zip 1 http://archive.org/details/reminiscencesofl00forwuoft 1 http://archive.org Top 50 email addresses; "Who are you gonna call?" ------------------------------------------------- Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 rush did not 6 steve did not 4 steamer was successfully 3 steve did so 3 steve had not 2 _ left toronto 2 _ was not 2 jarvis did not 2 rush did so 2 sea was still 2 ship was not 2 ship was ready 2 steamer was not 2 years went by 1 _ being specially 1 _ built there 1 _ came over 1 _ coming down 1 _ did _ 1 _ do _ 1 _ had not 1 _ had satisfactorily 1 _ have frequently 1 _ held on 1 _ is _ 1 _ is extant 1 _ is good 1 _ keep down 1 _ leaves niagara 1 _ leaving toronto 1 _ put on 1 _ run frequently 1 _ taking fire 1 _ took over 1 _ was full 1 _ was never 1 _ went out 1 _ were captain 1 _ were now 1 _ were often 1 _ were sea 1 boat get away 1 boat got out 1 boat had not 1 boat held steadily 1 boat is now 1 boat ran ashore 1 boat was about 1 boat was never 1 boats are generally Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 _ was not always 1 _ was not satisfactory 1 bob was not very 1 captain was no doubt 1 day is not only 1 deck were not very 1 rush did not even 1 rush had no idea 1 ship was not very 1 steve had no difficulty 1 steve had no thought 1 steve had not yet 1 steve made no attempt 1 steve made no reply 1 vessels were not formidable 1 virginia was no longer 1 years were not many A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 38542 author = Cumberland, Barlow title = A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River date = keywords = Buffalo; Canada; Capt; Captain; Chicora; City; Cumberland; Falls; Kingston; Lake; Lewiston; Mr.; New; Niagara; Ontario; Queenston; Railway; River; States; Steamer; Toronto; United; York summary = from the Niagara River to the undeveloped routes of the Upper Lakes leads There were in 1826 five steamers running on the Niagara River Route. given as "the steamer _Great Britain_ leaves Niagara every five days, the many years was connected with steamboating on the Niagara River Route. Centre States by steamer to Buffalo, and thence, via the Niagara River to between Toronto, Niagara, Queenston and Lewiston, for which the steamer Freight Route by steamer across the lake was opened to Lewiston, from where was an opening for a good boat upon the Niagara River route. first-class steamer between Toronto and Niagara-on-the-Lake in connection another steamer in the Niagara River route had evidently attracted the steamer the _Rothesay_ up to Lake Ontario, or the St. Lawrence River. regularity of the steamers and the reputation of the Niagara River Line has When leaving the dock on the Niagara River Line steamers at Lewiston, or id = 46731 author = Evans, Cerinda W. title = Some Notes on Shipbuilding and Shipping in Colonial Virginia date = keywords = Captain; England; George; Hampton; JUNE; James; John; London; Norfolk; River; Sir; Thomas; Virginia; William; York summary = build me a little boat for my sea sloop." Two days later he wrote: "I Virginia ship owners, not enjoyed by the owners of English vessels, number of Virginia built ships were recorded. are owners of the ship _America_, built in Virginia by Captain Whitby, as 1690, ships of 300 tons were built in Virginia, and trade in the The building of ships, barkentines and sloops in Virginia, during the [Illustration: Small Galley-built Vessel, Ship-rigged, 1714 Rappahannock river to the land of John Moore in King George County. having in 1769, 6 ships, 21 sloops and schooners--27 vessels of 1269 Entered York river schooner _Lark_ of Virginia, John Entered York river, the sloop _Molly_ of Virginia, John Entered York river, the sloop _Coan_ of Virginia, John Entered in York river the sloop _Molly_ of Virginia, snow _John and Mary_ of Virginia, Richard Tillidge, from York river in Entered York river the snow _Mary_ of Virginia, James id = 45157 author = Forwood, William Bower, Sir title = Reminiscences of a Liverpool Shipowner, 1850-1920 date = keywords = Atlantic; Channel; Company; Cunard; Line; Liverpool; Mr.; New; Sir; british; great; illustration; ship summary = up of the American trade in 1756 gave a great impetus to shipping. Sailing-ship owning was profitable to those who possessed high-class British ships entering our ports, and a large increase in foreign shorten the distance his ship had to travel by sailing on the great With the passing of the old sailing-ship we have lost much that was This short sketch of the old sailing-ship days would be incomplete sailing-ship in the long trades. steamer of to-day has improved, the design of the passenger ship has emigration trade, which had hitherto been carried by sailing ships; in two years of the war ships earned large freights, not, however, due to The Government control has taken ships out of the long voyage trades working of our ships at sea, but if on their arrival in port they have vessel of her time--the "Scotia"--and the ships of to-day:-- id = 40067 author = Mears, James R. title = The Iron Boys on the Ore Boats; or, Roughing It on the Great Lakes date = keywords = Bob; Boys; Captain; Iron; Jarvis; Mr.; Richmond; Rush; Simms; Smith; Steve; Wanderer; boy summary = Steve Rush, with a soft laugh, in answer to his companion''s question. "May I ask on what ship we are to sail, sir?" questioned Steve. "How long does it take to load the ship with ore?" asked Steve, his It was there that Steve Rush and Bob Jarvis first became friends, after Bob--I''m falling!" suddenly cried Steve Rush. leaned against the side of the ship, Steve trying to plan some way out "You know it is, Bob Jarvis," answered the Iron Boy, gazing straight The man Smith shoveled at the furnace door next to Steve Rush, and the Steve Rush''s voice cut in quick and sharp, though there was little trace "I''m going in there after those men," answered Steve Rush. "Steve!" screamed Jarvis, rushing across the ship and throwing his arms "Good boy, Bob," said Steve as he patted his companion affectionately. STEVE RUSH had told the whole story to Captain Simms, to all of which