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Eric Lease Morgan Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 6 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 32111 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 84 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 weather 2 States 2 New 2 Day 1 year 1 wind 1 summer 1 storm 1 rain 1 illustration 1 good 1 come 1 West 1 United 1 Tusser 1 Sunday 1 St. 1 Spring 1 South 1 Redfield 1 Professor 1 Peterborough 1 Pacific 1 P.M. 1 Ocean 1 Mr. 1 Mexico 1 Mentor 1 March 1 June 1 Johnny 1 John 1 Harry 1 Fort 1 Europe 1 Clock 1 Clare 1 Christmas 1 Bureau 1 Bettis 1 Author 1 August 1 Atlantic 1 April 1 American 1 America 1 A.M. Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 717 wind 645 storm 502 rain 477 trade 422 day 378 cloud 351 ° 326 weather 270 surface 262 air 261 belt 259 earth 258 current 240 year 239 north 223 portion 222 time 208 summer 204 sun 198 line 196 season 194 winter 194 atmosphere 187 condensation 185 - 180 action 172 month 158 temperature 155 snow 154 shower 145 part 144 place 135 theory 134 side 134 observation 132 region 131 mile 130 water 129 character 122 change 120 influence 119 west 119 fact 119 east 118 course 115 country 114 form 113 point 113 period 112 south Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 2774 _ 829 | 558 N. 541 W. 464 S. 436 E. 107 Mr. 105 New 93 May 90 Atlantic 88 Johnny 85 P.M. 85 America 78 Mexico 76 South 69 March 67 West 67 July 67 Fort 66 Professor 66 April 63 States 60 St. 59 Redfield 59 January 58 August 58 A.M. 57 June 56 Day 53 west 49 Pacific 48 Europe 47 Mean 46 American 45 Bettis 44 Ocean 43 February 42 Indian 42 Harry 41 United 41 North 40 Africa 38 Weather 37 ST 37 Dr. 37 . 35 September 35 Indies 35 Gulf 34 Southern Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 1825 it 604 they 474 i 447 we 331 them 305 he 253 you 192 us 92 him 71 she 67 me 32 itself 31 her 21 themselves 21 himself 13 one 8 thee 4 yourself 4 ours 4 herself 3 mine 2 ye 2 thy 2 ourselves 1 you''re 1 wi 1 saying--"whatever 1 myself 1 his 1 ''s Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 5440 be 1151 have 473 do 316 see 255 say 249 pass 234 come 214 find 206 fall 199 make 195 blow 189 follow 185 take 148 show 147 know 140 give 139 go 133 rise 118 produce 110 occur 109 form 100 extend 98 become 97 call 91 appear 89 continue 88 seem 84 move 83 suppose 83 get 81 observe 81 carry 79 reach 78 run 78 begin 75 exist 74 increase 72 leave 69 draw 68 set 65 look 65 approach 61 let 60 induce 59 bring 55 use 55 prevail 55 cover 54 turn 54 think Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 853 not 328 so 324 other 323 great 311 more 274 very 234 same 196 magnetic 185 up 183 most 182 then 174 first 169 cold 168 south 161 such 156 as 150 different 149 now 145 northern 139 much 130 thus 126 dry 125 sometimes 124 far 120 often 120 also 118 again 112 counter 111 off 111 many 109 long 109 fair 108 still 107 southern 106 only 106 high 105 too 104 north 102 there 102 less 102 away 101 tropical 100 clear 98 western 98 well 97 out 92 true 90 low 88 about 87 warm Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 53 great 40 least 35 most 20 high 17 good 10 hot 8 cold 8 Most 6 low 6 fair 5 long 5 large 5 heavy 5 early 4 warm 4 deep 3 young 3 strong 3 old 3 near 3 dense 3 big 2 short 2 lofty 2 late 2 foul 2 black 2 bad 1 wild 1 wet 1 topmost 1 tall 1 soft 1 small 1 sheen 1 sad 1 rare 1 rainy 1 pure 1 mirror''d 1 l 1 keen 1 green 1 goldcr 1 full 1 fresh 1 foremost 1 farth 1 dry 1 dr Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 148 most 3 least 1 well 1 southernmost 1 long 1 greatest 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?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 _ is _ 4 _ suppose _ 3 air do not 3 belt does not 3 storm is not 3 weather is ill 2 - known magazine 2 _ does not 2 _ is not 2 _ seem _ 2 air is calm 2 air is cold 2 atmosphere is comparatively 2 atmosphere is positive 2 atmosphere is very 2 belt is _ 2 current is always 2 currents are there 2 day be fair 2 rain does not 2 rain is not 2 rain is very 2 storm has nearly 2 storm is long 2 storms do not 2 summer is purple 2 sun did not 2 sun does not 2 sun is not 2 sun is vertical 2 sun went pale 2 trade is small 2 wind be still 2 wind gets around 2 wind is also 2 winds are very 1 * come away 1 * take courage 1 - blowing winds 1 - blown buds 1 - continued force 1 - continued observation 1 - continued period 1 - formed threads 1 - known american 1 - known architect 1 - known artist 1 - known effects 1 - moving center 1 - producing regions Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 _ have no monsoon 1 _ is not _ 1 _ is not discoverable 1 atmosphere is not peculiarly 1 cloud does not over 1 day has no morning 1 rain is not large 1 storm is not disproportionately 1 storms are not uncommon 1 storms do not always 1 storms do not often 1 sun is not regular 1 sun is not vertical 1 sun makes no impression 1 trades are not always 1 winds are not so 1 ° does not materially A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 33429 author = Butler, T. B. (Thomas Belden) title = The Philosophy of the Weather. And a Guide to Its Changes date = keywords = A.M.; America; Atlantic; August; Europe; Fort; Mexico; Mr.; New; Ocean; P.M.; Pacific; Professor; Redfield; South; States; West; storm summary = portions of the atmosphere, having risen in the trade-wind region and run extra-tropical belt of regular rains surrounding the earth, north of the the sun as perfectly as the clouds of a north-east storm, it differs from generally, in all considerable storms, observe that the wind blows from of rains and calms follows the trades and sun, in their transit north and sun: the trades with the central belts of rains travel north and south In like manner the sea-breezes and other fair-weather surface winds, rise north-west, and makes the mean of the surface winds of their storms place, as the storms and counter-trades pass north and east in the the north-west wind and its peculiar fair-weather scud. snow storms originate the surface easterly winds in winter. attraction of an easterly wind, by the storm in the counter-trade. During set fair weather, when the attracting belt of rains is far north, id = 17269 author = Dack, Charles title = Weather and Folk Lore of Peterborough and District date = keywords = Christmas; Clare; Clock; Day; John; Peterborough; St.; Sunday summary = It is lucky for a dark man to enter the house first on New Year''s morning, and I know a man who used to see the Old Year out and the New Children used to go round the villages and city on this day and sing: The Garlands are carried round on 1st May and on Old May Day. The Huntingdonshire Garlands are usually of a pryamidical form of The 11th November is generally called Martlemas Day and old people still round during the night time and on Boxing Days they call for their on this day and about sixty or seventy years ago many old people kept of Peterborough, St. John''s Church Bells were not rung on Wyldbore''s day If a woman has a fine day for washing the first time after Michaelmas Two crows bring good luck, and if they fly away over the person''s head id = 26968 author = Marlowe, Stephen title = Summer Snow Storm date = keywords = Bettis; Harry; Johnny summary = Chief Botts dangled the forecast sheet before Johnny Sloman''s bloodshot "Yes, sir," said Johnny Sloman. place at all, Johnny Sloman," she had said. Johnny sat with his head in his hands until Harry Bettis, the GS-5 "That''s all right, girls," Harry Bettis said. didn''t, but Harry Bettis knew that look on a girl''s face. "Hell''s bells," Harry Bettis said before Johnny could say it was all a in July," Harry Bettis said in a shocked voice. "I''d better call Washington and tell them," Chief Botts said, but Harry "Johnny!" Harry Bettis said. "Jo-Anne," Johnny said. "Of everything Johnny makes as the world''s first _real_ Weather Man. Not manager," said Harry Bettis, and walked out of the office, steering a Harry Bettis said, "Well, thank you for your time, Mr. Secretary. "Johnny," Harry said. "If Johnny thinks he ought to help--" Jo-Anne said. "I don''t think you should have done that," Johnny said after he had id = 36344 author = Talman, Charles Fitzhugh title = The Mentor: The Weather Serial Number 110; 1 July, 1916 date = keywords = American; Author; Bureau; Mentor; New; States; United; illustration; weather summary = Of The United States Weather Bureau Chief of the United States Weather Bureau when the department was first hence the study of weather--meteorology--is one of the most important [Illustration: STATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES WEATHER BUREAU the phenomena of the atmosphere,--rain and snow, cloud and fog, wind and The layer of the atmosphere lying between sea-level and the upper cloud upward in the air shows under average conditions a fall of temperature [Illustration: THE NEW IDEA IN WEATHER OBSERVATORIES At about 200 stations of the Weather Bureau, distributed over the United days after we had made announcement of a "Weather" number of The Mentor. TALMAN, of the United States Weather Bureau, Washington. [Illustration: CENTRAL OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES WEATHER BUREAU, [Illustration: A SIMPLE WEATHER STATION] The United States Signal Service (now the Weather Bureau) For a number of years the United States Weather Bureau maintained a id = 46338 author = nan title = A Medley of Weather Lore date = keywords = April; Day; June; March; Spring; Tusser; come; good; rain; summer; weather; wind; year summary = A fair day in winter is the mother of a storm. OLD CUSTOM OF BLESSING APPLE TREES ON TWELFTH DAY. "Twelfth-Day--came in a tiffany suit, white and gold, like a queen on a When a moorland shepherd meets his sheep on a winter''s night coming White moon doth neither rain nor snow. The green bud springs, the young bird sings, Do come to sing in thy green trees, Old May Day is the usual time for turning out cattle into the pastures, And the violet, and then the rose, and all sweet things are coming. Then comes in the sweet o'' the year! Then comes in the sweet o'' the year! "Haste thee away, oh, winter day!" If Michaelmas Day be fair, the sun will shine much in the winter; The melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year, If New Year''s Eve night wind blows south