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Universal Dependencies - English - LinES
| Language | English |
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| Project | LinES |
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| Corpus Part | train |
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| Annotation | Ahrenberg, Lars |
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The essential thing was to stay involved.
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The essential thing was to stay involved.
Little by little, Quinn began to feel cut off from his original intentions, and he wondered now if he had not embarked on a meaningless project.
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Little by little, Quinn began to feel cut off from his original intentions, and he wondered now if he had not embarked on a meaningless project.
It was possible, of course, that Stillman was merely biding his time, lulling the world into lethargy before striking.
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It was possible, of course, that Stillman was merely biding his time, lulling the world into lethargy before striking.
But that would assume he was aware of being watched, and Quinn felt that was unlikely.
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But that would assume he was aware of being watched, and Quinn felt that was unlikely.
He had done his job well so far, keeping at a discreet distance from the old man, blending into the traffic of the street, neither calling attention to himself nor taking drastic measures to keep himself hidden.
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He had done his job well so far, keeping at a discreet distance from the old man, blending into the traffic of the street, neither calling attention to himself nor taking drastic measures to keep himself hidden.
On the other hand, it was possible that Stillman had known all along that he would be watched – had even known it in advance – and therefore had not taken the trouble to discover who the particular watcher was.
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On the other hand, it was possible that Stillman had known all along that he would be watched – had even known it in advance – and therefore had not taken the trouble to discover who the particular watcher was.
If being followed was a certainty, what did it matter?
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If being followed was a certainty, what did it matter?
A watcher, once discovered, could always be replaced by another.
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A watcher, once discovered, could always be replaced by another.
This view of the situation comforted Quinn, and he decided to believe in it, even though he had no grounds for belief.
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This view of the situation comforted Quinn, and he decided to believe in it, even though he had no grounds for belief.
Either Stillman knew what he was doing or he didn't.
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Either Stillman knew what he was doing or he didn't.
and if he didn't, then Quinn was going nowhere, was wasting his time.
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and if he didn't, then Quinn was going nowhere, was wasting his time.
How much better it was to believe that all his steps were actually to some purpose.
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How much better it was to believe that all his steps were actually to some purpose.
If this interpretation required knowledge on Stillman's part, then Quinn would accept this knowledge as an article of faith, at least for the time being.
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If this interpretation required knowledge on Stillman's part, then Quinn would accept this knowledge as an article of faith, at least for the time being.
There remained the problem of how to occupy his thoughts as he followed the old man.
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There remained the problem of how to occupy his thoughts as he followed the old man.
Quinn was used to wandering.
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Quinn was used to wandering.
His excursions through the city had taught him to understand the connectedness of inner and outer.
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His excursions through the city had taught him to understand the connectedness of inner and outer.
Using aimless motion as a technique of reversal, on his best days he could bring the outside in and thus usurp the sovereignty of inwardness.
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Using aimless motion as a technique of reversal, on his best days he could bring the outside in and thus usurp the sovereignty of inwardness.
By flooding himself with externals, by drowning himself out of himself, he had managed to exert some small degree of control over his fits of despair.
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By flooding himself with externals, by drowning himself out of himself, he had managed to exert some small degree of control over his fits of despair.
Wandering, therefore, was a kind of mindlessness.
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Wandering, therefore, was a kind of mindlessness.
But following Stillman was not wandering.
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But following Stillman was not wandering.
Stillman could wander, he could stagger like a blindman from one spot to another, but this was a privilege denied to Quinn.
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Stillman could wander, he could stagger like a blindman from one spot to another, but this was a privilege denied to Quinn.
For he was obliged now to concentrate on what he was doing, even if it was next to nothing.
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For he was obliged now to concentrate on what he was doing, even if it was next to nothing.
Time and again his thoughts would begin to drift, and soon thereafter his steps would follow suit.
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Time and again his thoughts would begin to drift, and soon thereafter his steps would follow suit.
This meant that he was constantly in danger of quickening his pace and crashing into Stillman from behind.
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This meant that he was constantly in danger of quickening his pace and crashing into Stillman from behind.
To guard against this mishap he devised several different methods of deceleration.
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To guard against this mishap he devised several different methods of deceleration.
The first was to tell himself that he was no longer Daniel Quinn.
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The first was to tell himself that he was no longer Daniel Quinn.
He was Paul Auster now, and with each step he took he tried to fit more comfortably into the strictures of that transformation.
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He was Paul Auster now, and with each step he took he tried to fit more comfortably into the strictures of that transformation.
Auster was no more than a name to him, a husk without content.
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Auster was no more than a name to him, a husk without content.
To be Auster meant being a man with no interior, a man with no thoughts.
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To be Auster meant being a man with no interior, a man with no thoughts.
Stillman was gone now.
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Stillman was gone now.
The old man had become part of the city.
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The old man had become part of the city.
He was a speck, a punctuation mark, a brick in an endless wall of bricks.
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He was a speck, a punctuation mark, a brick in an endless wall of bricks.
Quinn could walk through the streets every day for the rest of his life, and still he would not find him.
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Quinn could walk through the streets every day for the rest of his life, and still he would not find him.
Everything had been reduced to chance, a nightmare of numbers and probabilities.
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Everything had been reduced to chance, a nightmare of numbers and probabilities.
There were no clues, no leads, no moves to be made.
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There were no clues, no leads, no moves to be made.
Quinn backtracked in his mind to the beginning of the case.
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Quinn backtracked in his mind to the beginning of the case.
His job had been to protect Peter, not to follow Stillman.
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His job had been to protect Peter, not to follow Stillman.
That had simply been a method, a way of trying to predict what would happen.
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That had simply been a method, a way of trying to predict what would happen.
By watching Stillman, the theory was that he would learn what his intentions were toward Peter.
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By watching Stillman, the theory was that he would learn what his intentions were toward Peter.
He had followed the old man for two weeks.
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He had followed the old man for two weeks.
What, then, could he conclude?
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What, then, could he conclude?
Not much.
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Not much.
Stillman's behavior had been too obscure to give any hints.
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Stillman's behavior had been too obscure to give any hints.
There were, of course, certain extreme measures that they could take.
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There were, of course, certain extreme measures that they could take.
He could suggest to Virginia Stillman that she get an unlisted telephone number.
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He could suggest to Virginia Stillman that she get an unlisted telephone number.
That would eliminate the disturbing calls, at least temporarily.
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That would eliminate the disturbing calls, at least temporarily.
If that failed, she and Peter could move.
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If that failed, she and Peter could move.
They could leave the neighborhood, perhaps leave the city altogether.
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They could leave the neighborhood, perhaps leave the city altogether.
At the very worst, they could take on new identities, live under different names.
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At the very worst, they could take on new identities, live under different names.
This last thought reminded him of something important.
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This last thought reminded him of something important.
Until now, he realized, he had never seriously questioned the circumstances of his hiring.
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Until now, he realized, he had never seriously questioned the circumstances of his hiring.
Things had happened too quickly, and he had taken it for granted that he could fill in for Paul Auster.
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Things had happened too quickly, and he had taken it for granted that he could fill in for Paul Auster.
Once he had taken the leap into that name, he had stopped thinking about Auster himself.
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Once he had taken the leap into that name, he had stopped thinking about Auster himself.
If this man was as good a detective as the Stillmans thought he was, perhaps he would be able to help with the case.
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If this man was as good a detective as the Stillmans thought he was, perhaps he would be able to help with the case.
Quinn would make a clean breast of it, Auster would forgive him, and together they would work to save Peter Stillman.
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Quinn would make a clean breast of it, Auster would forgive him, and together they would work to save Peter Stillman.
He looked through the yellow pages for the Auster Detective Agency.
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He looked through the yellow pages for the Auster Detective Agency.
There was no listing.
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There was no listing.
In the white pages, however, he found the name.
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In the white pages, however, he found the name.
There was one Paul Auster in Manhattan, living on Riverside Drive – not far from Quinn's own house.
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There was one Paul Auster in Manhattan, living on Riverside Drive – not far from Quinn's own house.
There was no mention of a detective agency, but that did not necessarily mean anything.
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There was no mention of a detective agency, but that did not necessarily mean anything.
It could be that Auster had so much work he didn't need to advertise.
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It could be that Auster had so much work he didn't need to advertise.
Quinn picked up the phone and was about to dial when he thought better of it.
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Quinn picked up the phone and was about to dial when he thought better of it.
This was too important a conversation to leave to the phone.
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This was too important a conversation to leave to the phone.
He did not want to run the risk of being brushed off.
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He did not want to run the risk of being brushed off.
Since Auster did not have an office, that meant he worked at home.
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Since Auster did not have an office, that meant he worked at home.
Quinn would go there and talk to him face to face.
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Quinn would go there and talk to him face to face.
The rain had stopped now, and although the sky was still gray, far to the west Quinn could see a tiny shift of light seeping through the clouds.
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The rain had stopped now, and although the sky was still gray, far to the west Quinn could see a tiny shift of light seeping through the clouds.
As he walked up Riverside Drive, he became aware of the fact that he was no longer following Stillman.
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As he walked up Riverside Drive, he became aware of the fact that he was no longer following Stillman.
It felt as though he had lost half of himself.
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It felt as though he had lost half of himself.
For two weeks he had been tied by an invisible thread to the old man.
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For two weeks he had been tied by an invisible thread to the old man.
Whatever Stillman had done, he had done; wherever Stillman had gone, he had gone.
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Whatever Stillman had done, he had done; wherever Stillman had gone, he had gone.
His body was not accustomed to this new freedom, and for the first few blocks he walked at the old shuffling pace.
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His body was not accustomed to this new freedom, and for the first few blocks he walked at the old shuffling pace.
The spell was over, and yet his body did not know it.
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The spell was over, and yet his body did not know it.
Auster's building was in the middle of the long block that ran between 116th and 119th Streets, just south of Riverside Church and Grant's Tomb.
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Auster's building was in the middle of the long block that ran between 116th and 119th Streets, just south of Riverside Church and Grant's Tomb.
It was a well-kept place, with polished doorknobs and clean glass, and it had an air of bourgeois sobriety that appealed to Quinn at that moment.
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It was a well-kept place, with polished doorknobs and clean glass, and it had an air of bourgeois sobriety that appealed to Quinn at that moment.
Auster's apartment was on the eleventh floor, and Quinn rang the buzzer, expecting to hear a voice speak to him through the intercom.
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Auster's apartment was on the eleventh floor, and Quinn rang the buzzer, expecting to hear a voice speak to him through the intercom.
But the door buzzer answered him without any conversation.
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But the door buzzer answered him without any conversation.
Quinn pushed the door open, walked through the lobby, and rode the elevator to the eleventh floor.
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Quinn pushed the door open, walked through the lobby, and rode the elevator to the eleventh floor.
It was a man who opened the apartment door.
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It was a man who opened the apartment door.
He was a tall dark fellow in his mid-thirties, with rumpled clothes and a two-day beard.
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He was a tall dark fellow in his mid-thirties, with rumpled clothes and a two-day beard.
In his right hand, fixed between his thumb and first two fingers, he held an uncapped fountain pen, still poised in a writing position.
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In his right hand, fixed between his thumb and first two fingers, he held an uncapped fountain pen, still poised in a writing position.
The man seemed surprised to find a stranger standing before him.
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The man seemed surprised to find a stranger standing before him.
Yes? he asked tentatively.
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Yes? he asked tentatively.
Quinn spoke in the politest tone he could muster. Were you expecting someone else?
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Quinn spoke in the politest tone he could muster. Were you expecting someone else?
My wife, as a matter of fact.
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My wife, as a matter of fact.
That's why I rang the buzzer without asking who it was.
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That's why I rang the buzzer without asking who it was.
I'm sorry to disturb you, Quinn apologized. But I'm looking for Paul Auster.
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I'm sorry to disturb you, Quinn apologized. But I'm looking for Paul Auster.
I'm Paul Auster, said the man.
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I'm Paul Auster, said the man.
I wonder if I could talk to you. It's quite important.
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I wonder if I could talk to you. It's quite important.
You'll have to tell me what it's about first.
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You'll have to tell me what it's about first.
I hardly know myself. Quinn gave Auster an honest look.
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I hardly know myself. Quinn gave Auster an honest look.
It's complicated, I'm afraid. Very complicated.
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It's complicated, I'm afraid. Very complicated.
Do you have a name?
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Do you have a name?
I'm sorry. Of course I do. Quinn.
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I'm sorry. Of course I do. Quinn.
The name seemed to suggest something to Auster, and he paused for a moment abstractedly, as if searching through his memory.
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The name seemed to suggest something to Auster, and he paused for a moment abstractedly, as if searching through his memory.
Quinn, he muttered to himself.
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Quinn, he muttered to himself.
I know that name from somewhere. He went silent again, straining harder to dredge up the answer.
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I know that name from somewhere. He went silent again, straining harder to dredge up the answer.
You aren't a poet, are you?
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You aren't a poet, are you?
I used to be, said Quinn.
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I used to be, said Quinn.
But I haven't written poems for a long time now.
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But I haven't written poems for a long time now.
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