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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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You did a book several years ago, didn't you?
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You did a book several years ago, didn't you?
I think the title was Unfinished Business.
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I think the title was Unfinished Business.
A little book with a blue cover.
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A little book with a blue cover.
Yes. That was me.
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Yes. That was me.
I liked it very much.
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I liked it very much.
I kept hoping to see more of your work.
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I kept hoping to see more of your work.
In fact, I even wondered what had happened to you.
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In fact, I even wondered what had happened to you.
I'm still here. Sort of.
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I'm still here. Sort of.
Auster opened the door wider and gestured for Quinn to enter the apartment.
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Auster opened the door wider and gestured for Quinn to enter the apartment.
It was a pleasant enough place inside; oddly shaped, with several long corridors, books cluttered everywhere, pictures on the walls by artists Quinn did not know, and a few children's toys scattered on the floor – a red truck, a brown bear, a green space monster.
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It was a pleasant enough place inside; oddly shaped, with several long corridors, books cluttered everywhere, pictures on the walls by artists Quinn did not know, and a few children's toys scattered on the floor – a red truck, a brown bear, a green space monster.
Auster led him to the living room, gave him a frayed upholstered chair to sit in, and then went off to the kitchen to fetch some beer.
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Auster led him to the living room, gave him a frayed upholstered chair to sit in, and then went off to the kitchen to fetch some beer.
He returned with two bottles, placed them on a wooden crate that served as the coffee table, and sat down on the sofa across from Quinn.
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He returned with two bottles, placed them on a wooden crate that served as the coffee table, and sat down on the sofa across from Quinn.
Was it some kind of literary thing you wanted to talk about? Auster began.
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Was it some kind of literary thing you wanted to talk about? Auster began.
No, said Quinn.
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No, said Quinn.
In the end, they are actually successful.
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In the end, they are actually successful.
The book was just one of their ploys.
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The book was just one of their ploys.
The idea was to hold a mirror up to Don Quixote's madness to record each of his absurd and ludicrous delusions, so that when he finally read the book himself, he would see the error of his ways.
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The idea was to hold a mirror up to Don Quixote's madness to record each of his absurd and ludicrous delusions, so that when he finally read the book himself, he would see the error of his ways.
I like that.
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I like that.
Yes. But there's one last twist.
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Yes. But there's one last twist.
Don Quixote, in my view, was not really mad.
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Don Quixote, in my view, was not really mad.
He only pretended to be.
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He only pretended to be.
In fact, he orchestrated the whole thing himself.
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In fact, he orchestrated the whole thing himself.
Remember: throughout the book Don Quixote is preoccupied by the question of posterity.
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Remember: throughout the book Don Quixote is preoccupied by the question of posterity.
Again and again he wonders how accurately his chronicler will record his adventures.
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Again and again he wonders how accurately his chronicler will record his adventures.
This implies knowledge on his part; he knows beforehand that this chronicler exists.
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This implies knowledge on his part; he knows beforehand that this chronicler exists.
And who else is it but Sancho Panza, the faithful squire whom Don Quixote has chosen for exactly this purpose?
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And who else is it but Sancho Panza, the faithful squire whom Don Quixote has chosen for exactly this purpose?
In the same way, he chose the three others to play the roles he destined for them.
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In the same way, he chose the three others to play the roles he destined for them.
It was Don Quixote who engineered the Benengali quartet.
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It was Don Quixote who engineered the Benengali quartet.
And not only did he select the authors, it was probably he who translated the Arabic manuscript back into Spanish.
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And not only did he select the authors, it was probably he who translated the Arabic manuscript back into Spanish.
We shouldn't put it past him.
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We shouldn't put it past him.
For a man so skilled in the art of disguise, darkening his skin and donning the clothes of a Moor could not have been very difficult.
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For a man so skilled in the art of disguise, darkening his skin and donning the clothes of a Moor could not have been very difficult.
I like to imagine that scene in the marketplace at Toledo.
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I like to imagine that scene in the marketplace at Toledo.
Cervantes hiring Don Quixote to decipher the story of Don Quixote himself.
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Cervantes hiring Don Quixote to decipher the story of Don Quixote himself.
There's great beauty to it.
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There's great beauty to it.
But you still haven't explained why a man like Don Quixote would disrupt his tranquil life to engage in such an elaborate hoax.
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But you still haven't explained why a man like Don Quixote would disrupt his tranquil life to engage in such an elaborate hoax.
That's the most interesting part of all.
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That's the most interesting part of all.
In my opinion, Don Quixote was conducting an experiment.
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In my opinion, Don Quixote was conducting an experiment.
He wanted to test the gullibility of his fellow men.
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He wanted to test the gullibility of his fellow men.
Would it be possible, he wondered, to stand up before the world and with the utmost conviction spew out lies and nonsense?
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Would it be possible, he wondered, to stand up before the world and with the utmost conviction spew out lies and nonsense?
To say that windmills were knights, that a barber's basin was a helmet, that puppets were real people?
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To say that windmills were knights, that a barber's basin was a helmet, that puppets were real people?
Would it be possible to persuade others to agree with what he said, even though they did not believe him?
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Would it be possible to persuade others to agree with what he said, even though they did not believe him?
In other words, to what extent would people tolerate blasphemies if they gave them amusement?
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In other words, to what extent would people tolerate blasphemies if they gave them amusement?
The answer is obvious, isn't it?
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The answer is obvious, isn't it?
To any extent.
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To any extent.
For the proof is that we still read the book.
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For the proof is that we still read the book.
It remains highly amusing to us.
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It remains highly amusing to us.
And that's finally all anyone wants out of a book – to be amused.
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And that's finally all anyone wants out of a book – to be amused.
Auster leaned back on the sofa, smiled with a certain ironic pleaure, and lit a cigarette.
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Auster leaned back on the sofa, smiled with a certain ironic pleaure, and lit a cigarette.
The man was obviously enjoying himself, but the precise nature of that pleasure eluded Quinn.
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The man was obviously enjoying himself, but the precise nature of that pleasure eluded Quinn.
It seemed to be a kind of soundless laughter, a joke that stopped short of its punchline, a generalized mirth that had no object.
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It seemed to be a kind of soundless laughter, a joke that stopped short of its punchline, a generalized mirth that had no object.
Quinn was about to say something in response to Auster's theory, but he was not given the chance.
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Quinn was about to say something in response to Auster's theory, but he was not given the chance.
Just as he opened his mouth to speak, he was interrupted by a clattering of keys at the front door, the sound of the door opening and then slamming shut, and a burst of voices.
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Just as he opened his mouth to speak, he was interrupted by a clattering of keys at the front door, the sound of the door opening and then slamming shut, and a burst of voices.
Auster's face perked up at the sound.
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Auster's face perked up at the sound.
He rose from his seat, excused himself to Quinn, and walked quickly towards the door.
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He rose from his seat, excused himself to Quinn, and walked quickly towards the door.
Quinn heard laughter in the hallway, first from a woman and then from a child – the high and the higher, a staccato of ringing shrapnel – and then the basso rumbling of Auster's guffaw.
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Quinn heard laughter in the hallway, first from a woman and then from a child – the high and the higher, a staccato of ringing shrapnel – and then the basso rumbling of Auster's guffaw.
The child spoke: Daddy, look what I found!
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The child spoke: Daddy, look what I found!
And then the woman explained that it had been lying on the street, and why not, it seemed perfectly okay.
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And then the woman explained that it had been lying on the street, and why not, it seemed perfectly okay.
A moment later he heard the child running towards him down the hall. The child shot into the living room, caught sight of Quinn, and stopped dead in his tracks.
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A moment later he heard the child running towards him down the hall. The child shot into the living room, caught sight of Quinn, and stopped dead in his tracks.
He was a blond-haired boy of five or six.
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He was a blond-haired boy of five or six.
Good afternoon, said Quinn.
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Good afternoon, said Quinn.
The boy, rapidly withdrawing into shyness, managed no more than a faint hello.
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The boy, rapidly withdrawing into shyness, managed no more than a faint hello.
In his left hand he held a red object that Quinn could not identify.
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In his left hand he held a red object that Quinn could not identify.
Quinn asked the boy what it was.
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Quinn asked the boy what it was.
It's a yoyo, he answered, opening his hand to show him.
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It's a yoyo, he answered, opening his hand to show him.
I found it on the street.
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I found it on the street.
Does it work?
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Does it work?
The boy gave an exaggerated pantomine shrug.
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The boy gave an exaggerated pantomine shrug.
Dunno.
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Dunno.
Siri can't do it. And I don't know how.
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Siri can't do it. And I don't know how.
Quinn asked him if he could try, and the boy walked over and put it in his hand.
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Quinn asked him if he could try, and the boy walked over and put it in his hand.
As he examined the yoyo, he could hear the child breathing beside him, watching his every move.
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As he examined the yoyo, he could hear the child breathing beside him, watching his every move.
The yoyo was plastic, similar to the ones he had played with years ago, but more elaborate somehow, an artifact of the space age.
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The yoyo was plastic, similar to the ones he had played with years ago, but more elaborate somehow, an artifact of the space age.
Quinn fastened the loop at the end of the string around his middle finger, stood up, and gave it a try.
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Quinn fastened the loop at the end of the string around his middle finger, stood up, and gave it a try.
The yoyo gave off a fluted, whistling sound as it descended, and sparks shot off inside it.
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The yoyo gave off a fluted, whistling sound as it descended, and sparks shot off inside it.
The boy gasped, but then the yoyo stopped, dangling at the end of the line.
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The boy gasped, but then the yoyo stopped, dangling at the end of the line.
A great philosopher once said, muttered Quinn, that the way up and the way down are one and the same.
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A great philosopher once said, muttered Quinn, that the way up and the way down are one and the same.
But you didn't make it go up, said the boy.
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But you didn't make it go up, said the boy.
It only went down.
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It only went down.
You have to keep trying.
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You have to keep trying.
Quinn was rewinding the spool for another attempt when Auster and his wife entered the room.
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Quinn was rewinding the spool for another attempt when Auster and his wife entered the room.
He looked up and saw the woman first.
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He looked up and saw the woman first.
In that one brief moment he knew that he was in trouble.
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In that one brief moment he knew that he was in trouble.
She was a tall, thin blonde, radiantly beautiful, with an energy and happiness that seemed to make everything around her invisible.
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She was a tall, thin blonde, radiantly beautiful, with an energy and happiness that seemed to make everything around her invisible.
It was too much for Quinn.
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It was too much for Quinn.
He felt as though Auster were taunting him with the things he had lost, and he responded with envy and rage, a lacerating self-pity.
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He felt as though Auster were taunting him with the things he had lost, and he responded with envy and rage, a lacerating self-pity.
Yes, he too would have liked to have this wife and this child, to sit around all day spouting drivel about old books, to be surrounded by yoyos and ham omelettes and fountain pens.
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Yes, he too would have liked to have this wife and this child, to sit around all day spouting drivel about old books, to be surrounded by yoyos and ham omelettes and fountain pens.
He prayed to himself for deliverance.
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He prayed to himself for deliverance.
Auster saw the yoyo in his hands and said, I see you've already met.
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Auster saw the yoyo in his hands and said, I see you've already met.
Daniel, he said to the boy, this is Daniel.
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Daniel, he said to the boy, this is Daniel.
And then to Quinn, with that same ironic smile, Daniel, this is Daniel.
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And then to Quinn, with that same ironic smile, Daniel, this is Daniel.
The boy burst out laughing and said, Everybody's Daniel!
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The boy burst out laughing and said, Everybody's Daniel!
That's right, said Quinn.
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That's right, said Quinn.
I'm you, and you're me.
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I'm you, and you're me.
And around and around it goes, shouted the boy, suddenly spreading his arms and spinning around the room like a gyroscope.
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And around and around it goes, shouted the boy, suddenly spreading his arms and spinning around the room like a gyroscope.
And this, said Auster, turning to the woman, is my wife, Siri.
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And this, said Auster, turning to the woman, is my wife, Siri.
The wife smiled her smile, said she was glad to meet Quinn as though she meant it, and then extended her hand to him.
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The wife smiled her smile, said she was glad to meet Quinn as though she meant it, and then extended her hand to him.
He shook it, feeling the uncanny slenderness of her bones, and asked if her name was Norwegian.
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He shook it, feeling the uncanny slenderness of her bones, and asked if her name was Norwegian.
Not many people know that, she said.
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Not many people know that, she said.
Do you come from Norway?
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Do you come from Norway?
Indirectly, she said. By way of Northfield, Minnesota.
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Indirectly, she said. By way of Northfield, Minnesota.
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