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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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It all came to a panting standstill morning and evening without fail.
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It all came to a panting standstill morning and evening without fail.
To get away from the traffic snarl you could climb a nearby mountain and come down to a deserted beach, similar to the beach at Sdot Yam.
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To get away from the traffic snarl you could climb a nearby mountain and come down to a deserted beach, similar to the beach at Sdot Yam.
John and his dog, Mississippi, went there every day.
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John and his dog, Mississippi, went there every day.
The German tourists had gone home, the bathing cabins were nailed shut.
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The German tourists had gone home, the bathing cabins were nailed shut.
It was lovely, the small waves coming in steadily.
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It was lovely, the small waves coming in steadily.
In little pangs, said John.
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In little pangs, said John.
Part of the American Sixth Fleet was anchored nearby.
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Part of the American Sixth Fleet was anchored nearby.
The aircraft carrier John F Kennedy, with its helicopters, reminded John of the death of his son.
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The aircraft carrier John F Kennedy, with its helicopters, reminded John of the death of his son.
On shore leave they wear civilian clothing now.
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On shore leave they wear civilian clothing now.
This probably makes them less rowdy.
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This probably makes them less rowdy.
One of the boys was from Oklahoma, near Tulsa.
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One of the boys was from Oklahoma, near Tulsa.
He had heard of Israel, but only just, and he was not especially interested.
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He had heard of Israel, but only just, and he was not especially interested.
John was delighted by this.
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John was delighted by this.
A clean young soul, he said.
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A clean young soul, he said.
Such ignorance was refreshing.
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Such ignorance was refreshing.
The young sailor knew nothing about holocausts or tanks in the desert or terrorist bombs.
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The young sailor knew nothing about holocausts or tanks in the desert or terrorist bombs.
Back at sea, John had to stand double watches in the engine room because he was shorthanded.
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Back at sea, John had to stand double watches in the engine room because he was shorthanded.
Off duty, he read in his cabin and chatted with his confidante, Mississippi.
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Off duty, he read in his cabin and chatted with his confidante, Mississippi.
The crew said he was drinking himself silly in his quarters.
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The crew said he was drinking himself silly in his quarters.
When the ship passed Stromboli at night, there was a streak of crimson lava flowing from the volcano and the sailors wouldn't leave the television set to look at this natural phenomenon.
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When the ship passed Stromboli at night, there was a streak of crimson lava flowing from the volcano and the sailors wouldn't leave the television set to look at this natural phenomenon.
But an owl from the island, disturbed by the sparks, flew out to the ship and was discovered next day on the mast.
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But an owl from the island, disturbed by the sparks, flew out to the ship and was discovered next day on the mast.
One of the young sailors carried it down.
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One of the young sailors carried it down.
Then an engine man from the Balkans said, 'In our village we nailed owls to the church door when we caught them.'
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Then an engine man from the Balkans said, 'In our village we nailed owls to the church door when we caught them.'
They shut the owl in the paint locker while they debated what to do with it, and in the night John set it free.
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They shut the owl in the paint locker while they debated what to do with it, and in the night John set it free.
The bird scratched his arm rather badly.
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The bird scratched his arm rather badly.
'Go back to Stromboli, you dumb bastard,' he said.
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'Go back to Stromboli, you dumb bastard,' he said.
So it flew off and the ship continued on its foul way.
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So it flew off and the ship continued on its foul way.
It's the water pumped into the tanks for ballast and then pumped out again that pollutes the seas, says John.
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It's the water pumped into the tanks for ballast and then pumped out again that pollutes the seas, says John.
Before I left Chicago, the art critic Harold Rosenberg said to me, 'Going to Jerusalem?
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Before I left Chicago, the art critic Harold Rosenberg said to me, 'Going to Jerusalem?
And wondering whether people will talk freely?
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And wondering whether people will talk freely?
You've got to be kidding, they'll talk your head off.'
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You've got to be kidding, they'll talk your head off.'
He spoke as a Jew to a Jew about Jewish powers of speech.
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He spoke as a Jew to a Jew about Jewish powers of speech.
In flight, if the door of your plane comes open you are sucked into space.
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In flight, if the door of your plane comes open you are sucked into space.
Here in Jerusalem, when you shut your apartment door behind you you fall into a gale of conversation exposition, argument, harangue, analysis, theory, expostulation, threat, and prophecy.
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Here in Jerusalem, when you shut your apartment door behind you you fall into a gale of conversation exposition, argument, harangue, analysis, theory, expostulation, threat, and prophecy.
From diplomats you hear cagey explanations;
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From diplomats you hear cagey explanations;
from responsible persons, cautious and grudging statements rephrasing and amending your own questions;
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from responsible persons, cautious and grudging statements rephrasing and amending your own questions;
from parents and children, deadly divisions;
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from parents and children, deadly divisions;
from friends who let themselves go, passionate speeches, raging denunciation of Western Europe, of Russia, of America.
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from friends who let themselves go, passionate speeches, raging denunciation of Western Europe, of Russia, of America.
I listen carefully, closely, more closely than I've ever listened in my life, utterly attentive, but I often feel that I have dropped into a shoreless sea.
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I listen carefully, closely, more closely than I've ever listened in my life, utterly attentive, but I often feel that I have dropped into a shoreless sea.
The subject of all this talk is, ultimately, survival the survival of the decent society created in Israel within a few decades.
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The subject of all this talk is, ultimately, survival the survival of the decent society created in Israel within a few decades.
At first this is hard to grasp because the setting is so civilized.
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At first this is hard to grasp because the setting is so civilized.
You are in a city like many another well, not quite, for Jerusalem is the only ancient city I've ever seen whose antiquities are not on display as relics but are in daily use.
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You are in a city like many another well, not quite, for Jerusalem is the only ancient city I've ever seen whose antiquities are not on display as relics but are in daily use.
Still, the city is a modern city with modern utilities.
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Still, the city is a modern city with modern utilities.
You shop in supermarkets, you say good morning to friends on the telephone, you hear symphony orchestras on the radio.
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You shop in supermarkets, you say good morning to friends on the telephone, you hear symphony orchestras on the radio.
But suddenly the music stops and a terrorist bomb is reported.
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But suddenly the music stops and a terrorist bomb is reported.
A new explosion outside a coffee shop on the Jaffa Road: six young people killed and thirty-eight more wounded.
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A new explosion outside a coffee shop on the Jaffa Road: six young people killed and thirty-eight more wounded.
Uneasy, you go out to your civilized dinner.
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Uneasy, you go out to your civilized dinner.
Bombs are exploding everywhere.
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Bombs are exploding everywhere.
Dynamite has just been thrown in London;
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Dynamite has just been thrown in London;
the difference is that when a bomb goes off in a West End restaurant the fundamental right of England to exist is not in dispute.
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the difference is that when a bomb goes off in a West End restaurant the fundamental right of England to exist is not in dispute.
Yet here you sit at dinner with charming people in a dining room like any other.
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Yet here you sit at dinner with charming people in a dining room like any other.
You know that your hostess has lost a son; that her sister lost children in the 1973 war;
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You know that your hostess has lost a son; that her sister lost children in the 1973 war;
That in this Jerusalem street, coolly sweet with night flowers and dark green under the lamps, many other families have lost children.
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That in this Jerusalem street, coolly sweet with night flowers and dark green under the lamps, many other families have lost children.
And on the Jaffa Road, because of another bomb, six adolescents two on a break from night school stopping at a coffee shop to eat buns, have just died.
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And on the Jaffa Road, because of another bomb, six adolescents two on a break from night school stopping at a coffee shop to eat buns, have just died.
But in the domestic ceremony of passed dishes and filled glasses thoughts of a destructive enemy are hard to grasp.
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But in the domestic ceremony of passed dishes and filled glasses thoughts of a destructive enemy are hard to grasp.
What you do know is that there is one fact of Jewish life unchanged by the creation of a Jewish state: you can not take your right to live for granted.
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What you do know is that there is one fact of Jewish life unchanged by the creation of a Jewish state: you can not take your right to live for granted.
Others can; you can not.
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Others can; you can not.
This is not to say that everyone else is living pleasantly and well under a decent regime.
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This is not to say that everyone else is living pleasantly and well under a decent regime.
No, it means only that the Jews, because they are Jews, have never been able to take the right to live as a natural right.
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No, it means only that the Jews, because they are Jews, have never been able to take the right to live as a natural right.
To be sure, many Israelis refuse to admit that this historic uneasiness has not been eliminated.
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To be sure, many Israelis refuse to admit that this historic uneasiness has not been eliminated.
They seem to think of themselves as a fixed power, immovable.
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They seem to think of themselves as a fixed power, immovable.
Their point has been made.
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Their point has been made.
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