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Topic Modeling

Topic modeling is another popular approach to connoting the aboutness of a corpus. If the study carrel could be summed up in a single word, then that word might be xml, and The Revival, or, Directions for a sculpture describing the extraordinary care and diligence of our nation in publishing the faith among infidels in America and elsewhere compared with other both primitive and modern professors of Christianity. is most about that word.

If the study carrel could be summed up in three words ("topics") then those words and their significantly associated titles include:

1. xml - Oroonoko a tragedy, as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal by His Majesty''s servants / written by Tho. Southerne.
2. em - An account of the first voyages and discoveries made by the Spaniards in America containing the most exact relation hitherto publish''d, of their unparallel''d cruelties on the Indians, in the destruction of above forty millions of people : with the propositions offer''d to the King of Spain to prevent the further ruin of the West-Indies / by Don Bartholomew de las Casas, Bishop of Chiapa, who was an eye-witness of their cruelties ; illustrated with cuts ; to which is added, The art of travelling, shewing how a man may dispose his travels to the best advantage.
3. luc - The Revival, or, Directions for a sculpture describing the extraordinary care and diligence of our nation in publishing the faith among infidels in America and elsewhere compared with other both primitive and modern professors of Christianity.

If the study carrel could be summed up in five topics, and each topic were each denoted with three words, then those topics and their most significantly associated files would be:

1. xml, a60965, id - Oroonoko a tragedy, as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal by His Majesty''s servants / written by Tho. Southerne.
2. em, great, indians - An account of the first voyages and discoveries made by the Spaniards in America containing the most exact relation hitherto publish''d, of their unparallel''d cruelties on the Indians, in the destruction of above forty millions of people : with the propositions offer''d to the King of Spain to prevent the further ruin of the West-Indies / by Don Bartholomew de las Casas, Bishop of Chiapa, who was an eye-witness of their cruelties ; illustrated with cuts ; to which is added, The art of travelling, shewing how a man may dispose his travels to the best advantage.
3. god, nature, good - Friendly advice to the gentlemen-planters of the East and West Indies In three parts. I. A brief treatise of the most principal fruits and herbs that grow in the East & West Indies; giving an account of their respective vertues both for food and physick, and what planet and sign they are under. Together with some directions for the preservation of health and life in those hot climates. II. The complaints of the negro-slaves against the hard usages and barbarous cruelties inflicted upon them. III. A discourse in way of dialogue, between an Ethiopean or negro-slave, and a Christian that was his master in America. By Philotheos Physiologus.
4. god, shall, unto - The Revival, or, Directions for a sculpture describing the extraordinary care and diligence of our nation in publishing the faith among infidels in America and elsewhere compared with other both primitive and modern professors of Christianity.
5. diligence, opposite, philip - The Revival, or, Directions for a sculpture describing the extraordinary care and diligence of our nation in publishing the faith among infidels in America and elsewhere compared with other both primitive and modern professors of Christianity.

Moreover, the totality of the study carrel's aboutness, can be visualized with the following pie chart:

Noun & Verbs

Through an analysis of your study carrel's parts-of-speech, you are able to answer question beyonds aboutness. For example, a list of the most frequent nouns helps you answer what questions; "What is discussed in this collection?":

xml, pc, p, l, unit="sentence, pos="n1, pos="vvi, cs, pos="n2, time, people, slaves, man, t, day, men, country, way, x, others, things, nothing, place, pos="po, thing, id="a60965, >, stage, cc, work, self, reason, manner, part, av, slave, reg="oro, rest, join="right">[

An enumeration of the verbs helps you learn what actions take place in a text or what the things in the text do. Very frequently, the most common lemmatized verbs are "be", "have", and "do"; the more interesting verbs usually occur further down the list of frequencies:

was, be, is, had, have, were, are, lemma="i, pos="pns, being, made, do, been, make, came, having, said, did, put, give, has, come, take, went, sent, go, brought, see, set, lemma="your, gave, taken, took, found, done, know, lemma="well, given, say, got, told, let, get, thought, carried, knew, pos="av_j, according, heard, left

Proper Nouns

An extraction of proper nouns helps you determine the names of people and places in your study carrel.

id="a60965, w, pos="acp, xml, pc, pos="vvb, pos="pn, unit="sentence, pos="j, reg="i, lemma="you, sp, speaker, lemma="be, pos="pno, pos="d, reg="you, reg="to, pos="vmb, pos="cc, pos="vvi, lemma="the, reg="the, pos="n, god, pos="po, pos="vvz, lemma="and, pos="av, pos="vvn, indians, spaniards, lemma="a, /p, reg="and, lemma="of, reg="a, reg="of, lemma="have, pos="crq, lemma="will, type="contract2, lemma="he, king, lemma="it, christians, pos="pns, lemma="she, lemma="in, reg="in

An analysis of personal pronouns enables you to answer at least two questions: 1) "What, if any, is the overall gender of my study carrel?", and 2) "To what degree are the texts in my study carrel self-centered versus inclusive?"

they, he, his, their, it, i, we, him, our, them, ''em, us, you, your, my, her, me, themselves, she, himself, its, em, thy, one, thee, lemma="throw, ours, us''d, theirs, yours, herself, shou''d, dy''d, mine, lemma="breast, ye, l, beg''d, w, ty, thou, there, tallowes, scandaliz''d, rhey, reg="himself, receiv''d, ourselves, obey''d, march''d

Below are words cloud of your study carrel's proper & personal pronouns.

Adjectives & Verbs

Learning about a corpus's adjectives and adverbs helps you answer how questions: "How are things described and how are things done?" An analysis of adjectives and adverbs also points to a corpus's overall sentiment. "In general, is my study carrel positive or negative?"

pos="n1, great, other, many, such, good, pos="av, own, more, same, little, poor, reg="me, much, reg="be, pos="n1-nn, reg="for, first, reg="her, pos="cs, new, true, pos="uh_mi, whole, most, pos="pns, least, old, certain, several, best, greatest, greater, better, able, reg="we, cruel, last, small, young, ready, next, long, reg="us, common, like, full, christian, hard, very

not, so, very, as, then, up, more, most, well, out, now, there, only, much, also, therefore, yet, never, away, together, thus, down, here, too, in, even, off, ever, still, long, far, first, about, soon, rather, all, over, again, before, no, once, often, sometimes, onely, just, almost, immediately, especially, enough, afterwards

Next steps

There is much more to a study carrel than the things outlined above. Use this page's menubar to navigate and explore in more detail. There you will find additional features & functions including: ngrams, parts-of-speech, grammars, named entities, topic modeling, a simple search interface, etc.

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