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Although the corpus is not parsed, it is still possible to use part of
speech tags and a variable number of words between two parts of the
construction, to approximate searches involving noun phrases, relative
clauses, and so on. To look for the following constructions, you would
enter [-] in WORD(S),
[-] in COLLOCATES
(actually CONTEXT, in these cases), and
[-] for the maximum
length in words (up to nine words, left and right) that
[-] can be from
[-]. Just click on [Click
to see] below to run the queries.
Note that if you click on chart or list displays to see the KWIC entries, the KWIC results will display in this frame.
If so, you'll have to "back up" one page to get back to this help file.
| # words |
construction |
OVERALL CHART |
LIST BY
[--] |
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A |
[vv*]
NOUN PHRASE
into [v?g*] |
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to see |
Click
to see |
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1 |
[vv*] her
into [v?g*] e.g. talked
her into staying |
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2 |
[vv*] the people
into [v?g*] |
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4 0 |
[vv*] my best
friend into [v?g*] |
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B |
what|all
RELATIVE CLAUSE do [be] [v*] |
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see |
Click to
see |
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4 |
what|all he wants
to do [be] [v*]
e.g.
what|all he wants to do is complain |
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5 |
what|all they
expected Fred to do
[be] [v*] |
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7 |
what|all
any of these crazy people can
do [be] [v*] |
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8 0 |
what|all
your best friend can possibly hope to
do [be] [v*] |
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C |
[expect]
[a*]|[d*]|[n*]|[p*]
NOUN PHRASE
[v?i*] |
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see |
Click to
see |
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2 |
[expect]
them to
[v?i*] (
them = [p*] pronoun ) |
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3 |
[expect]
Bill Clinton to
[v?i*] (
Bill = [np*] proper noun ) |
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4 |
[expect]
those six people to
[v?i*] (
those = [d*] demonstrative ) |
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0 5 |
[expect]
the people in Florida
to [v?i*]
( the = [a*] article ) |
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Note
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Use [a*]|[d*]|[n*]|[p*]
to look for the first word of a noun phrase (you may want to refine
this further). You can also use the negator
- to indicate NOT,
e.g. -[v*]|[r*]
(not verb or adverb) or -to|will|would
(none of these three words). Make sure there is no space to the left or
right of
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is a series of elements.
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Notes:
1. Not all
of the KWIC entries will in fact be relevant, because we haven't placed
any constraints on what is between the yellow and the green parts of the
search. But using the yellow portion as an "anchor" is still far better
than searching for just the green portion.
2. The yellow (anchor) portion can only have one word, not a sequence of
two or three words. For this one word, however, there can be any number
of possibilities, such as either what or all in [B] above. |