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?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 4 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6835 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 94 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 word 3 God 2 write 2 Christ 2 Art 1 place 1 World 1 Vowel 1 TCP 1 Sentences 1 Person 1 Letters 1 Examples 1 Alphabet Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 363 word 112 place 96 letter 72 hand 62 consonant 53 text 53 art 44 mark 44 character 40 writing 39 table 39 man 39 fig 38 way 36 time 35 vowel 35 end 33 example 32 sentence 32 beginning 31 rule 29 vowell 29 heart 28 part 27 write 27 thing 27 person 27 e 25 work 25 other 24 use 24 image 22 marke 21 memory 20 o 20 manner 19 syllable 19 l 19 book 19 author 18 world 18 sound 18 prick 18 middle 17 corner 16 tittle 16 page 14 self 14 reason 14 question Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 89 Christ 86 God 65 c. 56 e 52 y 38 World 35 Vowel 32 TCP 32 Lord 32 Examples 30 Vowels 28 Alphabet 27 thou 22 Learner 21 b. 19 u 19 Letters 18 〉 18 CHAP 17 〈 17 ◊ 17 hath 17 English 16 m 16 b 16 Persons 16 Heaven 16 Character 15 t 15 Method 15 Letter 15 Consonant 15 Church 14 Text 14 Example 12 Book 11 joyn 11 Verb 11 Sentences 11 S 11 Mood 11 Man 10 f 10 c 10 TEI 10 Rules 10 London 10 Hell 10 EEBO 9 q Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 241 it 164 i 128 you 124 them 95 they 60 he 52 we 21 him 20 me 13 us 9 themselves 4 one 4 himself 3 u 3 theirs 2 wh 2 thee 2 s 1 yt 1 yours 1 y 1 wr 1 th 1 sha''nt 1 ndl 1 mine 1 mb 1 kn 1 fa 1 briefnesse Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 958 be 288 write 146 have 110 come 87 do 77 leave 70 see 57 make 52 observe 52 go 52 express 50 follow 50 begin 45 take 45 joyne 43 set 42 say 37 put 32 end 31 learn 25 let 24 read 23 sound 23 give 22 use 21 place 20 writ 20 publish 19 call 18 understand 18 look 18 know 18 break 17 accord 16 stand 16 find 16 encode 15 teach 15 signify 15 compose 15 add 14 speak 14 omit 14 note 14 enter 14 desire 12 spare 12 consider 11 pronounce 11 meet Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 147 thus 133 not 85 out 69 other 67 more 64 first 61 so 56 such 55 short 55 same 51 then 48 together 41 former 40 many 38 long 38 as 37 like 36 next 33 also 29 therefore 29 here 28 much 28 most 27 little 27 great 27 down 26 yet 26 last 25 very 24 sometimes 23 now 22 early 21 up 21 only 21 double 20 well 18 just 18 good 17 right 17 low 16 easily 15 english 14 whole 14 over 13 small 13 own 13 onely 13 often 13 never 13 latter Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 most 6 expr 4 least 4 good 2 speedy 2 short 2 seek 2 low 2 long 2 great 2 fine 2 easy 1 wise 1 strong 1 rich 1 proud 1 noble 1 high 1 chief 1 brief Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 16 most 3 well Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 www.tei-c.org 2 eebo.chadwyck.com Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- 2 http://www.tei-c.org 2 http://eebo.chadwyck.com Top 50 email addresses; "Who are you gonna call?" ------------------------------------------------- Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 vowels come together 4 text is available 2 letters being so 2 text has not 2 text was proofread 1 art are never 1 c. do often 1 c. write whatsoever 1 christ went up 1 consonant come next 1 consonants come together 1 e be so 1 e ending consonants 1 e write r 1 hand is so 1 hand left hand 1 letters being once 1 letters expressing words 1 letters is injoyn''d 1 lord beginning wisedome 1 man have not 1 marks make up 1 men be instruct 1 place observe carefully 1 sentences are exprest 1 sentences is needlesse 1 tables called classical 1 vowels are not 1 word is fully 1 word understood plainly 1 words are here 1 words are little 1 words are longer 1 words are not 1 words are now 1 words come together 1 words coming together 1 words is thus 1 writing had beene 1 writing is only 1 y is not Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 man have not y A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = A61383 author = Browne, Joseph, fl. 1678. title = Short writing, began by nature compliated [sic] by art manifesting the irregularity of placing the artificial before the natural of symbolical contractions: and proposing a method more suited to sense, and more fully answering y [sic] requisited of a compleat character in the shortning both of words and sentences. Invented, taught & published with plain directions examples and a specimen of the writing by Laurence Steel date = 1678 keywords = Christ; God; Sentences; TCP; word summary = Short writing, began by nature compliated [sic] by art manifesting the irregularity of placing the artificial before the natural of symbolical contractions: and proposing a method more suited to sense, and more fully answering y [sic] requisited of a compleat character in the shortning both of words and sentences. Short writing, began by nature compliated [sic] by art manifesting the irregularity of placing the artificial before the natural of symbolical contractions: and proposing a method more suited to sense, and more fully answering y [sic] requisited of a compleat character in the shortning both of words and sentences. Sold in Bristoli by the author, & also by Charles Allen, bookseller in Broad-street of the same citty: and in London by Benjamin Clark stationer; in George Court Lumbard street and others, id = A35113 author = Cartwright, William. title = Semography, or, Short and swift writing invented and composed for the benefit of others by the author hereof, William Cartwright, and is now set forth and published by his nephew, Ieremiah Rich, immediate next to the authour, deceased ... date = 1642 keywords = Art; God; word; write summary = Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. Semography, or, Short and swift writing invented and composed for the benefit of others by the author hereof, William Cartwright, and is now set forth and published by his nephew, Ieremiah Rich, immediate next to the authour, deceased ... Semography, or, Short and swift writing invented and composed for the benefit of others by the author hereof, William Cartwright, and is now set forth and published by his nephew, Ieremiah Rich, immediate next to the authour, deceased ... Being the most easiest, exactest, and speediest method of all other that have beene yet extant: the Cartwright, William 1642 4415 9 0 0 0 0 0 20 C The rate of 20 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. id = A59630 author = Hall, Ralph. title = Tachygraphy the most exact and compendious methode of short and swift writing that hath ever yet beene published by any / composed by Thomas Shelton ... ; approoved by both unyversities. date = 1641 keywords = Alphabet; Art; God; place; word; write summary = Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. Tachygraphy the most exact and compendious methode of short and swift writing that hath ever yet beene published by any / composed by Thomas Shelton ... Tachygraphy the most exact and compendious methode of short and swift writing that hath ever yet beene published by any / composed by Thomas Shelton ... civilwar no Tachygraphy the most exact and compendious methode of short and swift writing that hath ever yet beene published by any / composed by Thomas Shelton, Thomas 1641 7591 18 0 0 0 790 0 10431 F The rate of 10431 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. id = A57289 author = Ridpath, George, d. 1726. title = Short-hand yet shorter: or, The art of short-writing advanced in a more swift, easie, regular, and natural method than hitherto Whereby the former difficulties in placing the vowels are removed; they, the dipthongs and consonants, further contracted; the particles, pronouns, degrees of comparison, persons, moods, tenses, contrarieties, repetitions, sentences negative and interrogatory, are shortned. The rules are plain, easie to be remembred and applied to any other short-hand, that such as have learned other authors may have hence a very considerable help to write more swiftly without altering their foundation. By George Ridpath. date = 1687 keywords = Christ; Examples; Letters; Person; Vowel; World summary = Short-hand yet shorter: or, The art of short-writing advanced in a more swift, easie, regular, and natural method than hitherto Whereby the former difficulties in placing the vowels are removed; they, the dipthongs and consonants, further contracted; the particles, pronouns, degrees of comparison, persons, moods, tenses, contrarieties, repetitions, sentences negative and interrogatory, are shortned. Short-hand yet shorter: or, The art of short-writing advanced in a more swift, easie, regular, and natural method than hitherto Whereby the former difficulties in placing the vowels are removed; they, the dipthongs and consonants, further contracted; the particles, pronouns, degrees of comparison, persons, moods, tenses, contrarieties, repetitions, sentences negative and interrogatory, are shortned. The rules are plain, easie to be remembred and applied to any other short-hand, that such as have learned other authors may have hence a very considerable help to write more swiftly without altering their foundation.