en-lines-test-8

Universal Dependencies - English - LinES

LanguageEnglish
ProjectLinES
Corpus Parttest
AnnotationAhrenberg, Lars
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Then we see what we were for, the single stuttered words gain the momentum of narrative. This is the story of a humble family who became a name. My son David whose father grandfather and great-grandfather unto the sixth generation worked the docks. My son David, rich, respected, powerful, a man. My son David whose eyes have the shine of them. My son David pulling history home. When she was eleven, Papa died. Within three months Mother in a little black suit, child in black warm coat, took ship to Hamburg and re-settled in Berlin. The books and the bookshop had been sold and the secret room was empty. My grandmother was singing a hymn, essentially praising God but effectively preventing my father from hearing what was happening. It was a quick birth and when I was laid on my mother's breast, my grandmother ate a sandwich and went to tell my father that he had the pleasure of a daughter.

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