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The SEC sentences - Brown Tag-set


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Sentences from the SEC corpus tagged with the Brown Tag-set (tokeniser used, tagged text not proofread):



good/JJ
morning/NN
./.

more/AP
news/NN
about/IN
the/AT
Reverend/NP
Sun/NN
Myung/NP
Moon/NN
,/,
founder/NN
of/IN
the/AT
Unification/NN
church/NN
,/,
who/WPS
's/BEZ
currently/RB
in/IN
jail/NN
for/IN
tax/NN
evasion/NN
:/:

he/PPS
was/BEDZ
awarded/VBN
an/AT
honorary/JJ
degree/NN
last/AP
week/NN
by/IN
the/AT
Roman/JJ
Catholic/JJ
University/NN
of/IN
la/FW-AT
Plata/NP
in/IN
Buenos/NNS
Aires/NNS
,/,
Argentina/NP
./.

in/IN
announcing/VBG
the/AT
award/NN
in/IN
New/JJ
York/NP
,/,
the/AT
rector/NN
of/IN
the/AT
university/NN
,/,
Dr/NP
Nicholas/NP
Argentato/NP
,/,
described/VBN
Mr/NP
Moon/NN
as/CS
a/AT
prophet/NN
of/IN
our/PP$
time/NN
./.

next/AP
week/NN
a/AT
delegation/NN
of/IN
nine/CD
Protestant/JJ
ministers/NNS
from/IN
Argentina/NP
visits/NNS
the/AT
Autumn/NP
assembly/NN
of/IN
the/AT
British/JJ
Council/NN
of/IN
Churches/NNS
;/.

it/PPS
's/BEZ
meant/VBN
as/CS
a/AT
symbol/NN
of/IN
reconciliation/NN
between/IN
Christians/NPS
,/,
following/VBG
the/AT
Falklands/NNS
War/NN
./.

Protestants/NPS
,/,
however/RB
,/,
are/BER
a/AT
tiny/JJ
minority/NN
in/IN
Argentina/NP
,/,
and/CC
the/AT
delegation/NN
will/MD
n't/*
be/BE
including/IN
a/AT
Roman/JJ
Catholic/JJ
./.

the/AT
assembly/NN
will/MD
also/RB
be/BE
discussing/VBG
the/AT
UK/NP
immigration/NN
laws/NNS
,/,
Hong/NP
Kong/NP
,/,
teenagers/NNS
in/IN
the/AT
church/NN
,/,
and/CC
of/IN
course/NN
,/,
church/NN
unity/NN
schemes/NNS
./.

in/IN
the/AT
Free/JJ
Churches/NNS
there/EX
's/BEZ
some/DTI
renewed/VBN
grumbling/VBG
about/IN
Anglican/JJ
ambivalence/NN
to/IN
the/AT
British/JJ
Council/NN
of/IN
Churches/NNS
:/:

though/CS
the/AT
Anglicans/NPS
still/RB
talk/VB
about/IN
doing/VBG
as/QL
much/AP
as/CS
possible/JJ
with/IN
other/AP
churches/NNS
,/,
some/DTI
Free/JJ
Church/NN
people/NNS
feel/VB
that/CS
,/,
in/IN
practice/NN
,/,
the/AT
Anglicans/NPS
go/NN
it/PPS
alone/RB
whenever/WRB
they/PPSS
can/MD
./.

an/AT
article/NN
in/IN
this/DT
week's/NN$
Baptist/NP
Times/NNS
asks/VBZ
:/:

what/WDT
Bishop/NN
wants/VBZ
to/TO
confer/VB
,/,
when/WRB
he/PPS
can/MD
have/HV
a/AT
camera/NN
and/CC
a/AT
microphone/NN
all/ABN
to/TO
himself/PPL
?/.

when/WRB
the/AT
Church/NN
of/IN
England's/NP$
General/NN
Synod/NN
can/MD
now/RB
get/VB
so/QL
much/AP
attention/NN
from/IN
the/AT
press/NN
,/,
the/AT
role/NN
of/IN
the/AT
British/JJ
Council/NN
of/IN
Churches/NNS
seems/VBZ
to/TO
fade/VB
into/IN
the/AT
background/NN
./.

of/IN
course/NN
,/,
what/WDT
concerns/VBZ
church/NN
leaders/NNS
is/BEZ
n't/*
necessarily/RB
what/WDT
worries/VBZ
ordinary/JJ
churchgoers/NNS
,/,
even/RB
less/AP
the/AT
general/JJ
public/JJ
:/:

I/PPSS
can/MD
n't/*
recall/VB
ever/RB
having/HVG
had/HVD
a/AT
single/AP
letter/NN
on/IN
the/AT
British/JJ
Council/NN
of/IN
Churches/NNS
and/CC
its/PP$
problems/NNS
./.

going/VBG
by/IN
my/PP$
postbag/NN
,/,
most/AP
people/NNS
are/BER
worried/VBN
about/IN
the/AT
problem/NN
of/IN
pain/NN
,/,
the/AT
existence/NN
of/IN
God/NP
,/,
and/CC
miracles/NNS
./.

they/PPSS
want/VB
to/TO
know/VB
whether/CS
,/,
for/IN
instance/NN
,/,
in/IN
a/AT
scientific/JJ
age/NN
,/,
Christians/NPS
can/MD
really/RB
believe/VB
in/IN
the/AT
story/NN
of/IN
the/AT
feeding/NN
of/IN
the/AT
five/CD
thousand/CD
as/CS
described/VBN
,/,
or/CC
was/BEDZ
the/AT
miracle/NN
that/CS
those/DTS
in/IN
the/AT
crowd/NN
with/IN
food/NN
shared/VBD
it/PPO
with/IN
those/DTS
who/WPS
had/HVD
none/PN
?/.

is/BEZ
the/AT
aid/NN
beginning/NN
to/TO
flow/VB
into/IN
Ethiopia/NP
any/DTI
less/AP
a/AT
miracle/NN
than/CS
the/AT
five/CD
loaves/NNS
and/CC
two/CD
fishes/NNS
?/.

well/RB
,/,
just/RB
recently/RB
,/,
a/AT
day/NN
conference/NN
on/IN
miracles/NNS
was/BEDZ
convened/VBD
by/IN
the/AT
Research/NN
Scientists/NNS
,/,
Christian/JJ
Fellowship/NN
./.

it/PPS
was/BEDZ
chaired/VBN
by/IN
Professor/NN
Sir/NP
Robin/NP
Boyd/NP
,/,
a/AT
Fellow/NN
of/IN
the/AT
Royal/JJ
Society/NN
,/,
and/CC
the/AT
key/NN
question/NN
was/BEDZ
:/:

when/WRB
is/BEZ
a/AT
miracle/NN
not/*
a/AT
miracle/NN
?/.

I/PPSS
suppose/VB
the/AT
popular/JJ
notion/NN
of/IN
a/AT
miracle/NN
is/BEZ
an/AT
event/NN
unexplained/JJ
by/IN
science/NN
or/CC
natural/JJ
laws/NNS
;/.

but/CC
the/AT
scientists/NNS
themselves/PPLS
were/BED
n't/*
having/HVG
any/DTI
of/IN
that/DT
:/:

on/IN
this/DT
definition/NN
,/,
they/PPSS
say/VB
,/,
very/QL
few/AP
events/NNS
can/MD
confidently/RB
be/BE
called/VBN
miracles/NNS
because/CS
we/PPSS
have/HV
no/AT
idea/NN
what/WDT
natural/JJ
laws/NNS
may/MD
be/BE
discovered/VBN
in/IN
the/AT
future/NN
./.

more/QL
important/JJ
,/,
however/RB
,/,
is/BEZ
that/CS
the/AT
biblical/JJ
writers/NNS
themselves/PPLS
thought/VBD
that/CS
events/NNS
that/WPS
followed/VBD
natural/JJ
laws/NNS
could/MD
still/RB
be/BE
regarded/VBN
as/CS
miraculous/JJ
./.

take/VB
the/AT
crossing/NN
of/IN
the/AT
Red/JJ
Sea/NN
by/IN
the/AT
Israelites/NPS
,/,
for/IN
instance/NN
:/:

this/DT
was/BEDZ
made/VBN
possible/JJ
by/IN
a/AT
strong/JJ
wind/NN
;/.

the/AT
wind/NN
itself/PPL
follows/VBZ
patterns/NNS
of/IN
natural/JJ
law/NN
;/.

the/AT
miracle/NN
is/BEZ
that/WPS
it/PPS
happened/VBN
just/RB
when/WRB
and/CC
where/WRB
it/PPS
was/BEDZ
needed/VBN
;/.

so/QL
it/PPS
's/BEZ
the/AT
timing/NN
that/WPS
can/MD
be/BE
miraculous/JJ
./.

but/CC
the/AT
real/JJ
problem/NN
,/,
the/AT
scientists/NNS
say/VB
,/,
with/IN
defining/VBG
miracles/NNS
as/CS
events/NNS
unexplained/JJ
by/IN
natural/JJ
law/NN
is/BEZ
that/CS
it/PPS
springs/VBZ
from/IN
an/AT
understanding/NN
of/IN
nature/NN
as/CS
a/AT
machine/NN
which/WDT
runs/VBZ
itself/PPL
;/.

it/PPS
's/BEZ
the/AT
notion/NN
of/IN
an/AT
impersonal/JJ
,/,
uncaring/JJ
universe/NN
relentlessly/RB
following/VBG
laws/NNS
of/IN
cause/NN
and/CC
effect/NN
./.

that/DT
's/BEZ
a/AT
position/NN
recently/RB
expounded/VBN
by/IN
Don/NP
Cupitt/NP
in/IN
his/PP$
BBC/NP
TV/NP
series/NN
,/,
The/AT
Sea/NN
of/IN
Faith/NP
./.

this/DT
understanding/NN
,/,
say/VB
the/AT
scientists/NNS
,/,
is/BEZ
in/IN
fact/NN
,/,
unscientific/JJ
,/,
and/CC
the/AT
reason/NN
is/BEZ
,/,
they/PPSS
say/VB
,/,
that/CS
natural/JJ
laws/NNS
do/DO
not/*
cause/VB
or/CC
dictate/VB
events/NNS
:/:

they'/NN
re/JJ
merely/RB
descriptions/NNS
of/IN
what/WDT
we/PPSS
expect/VB
to/TO
happen/VB
on/IN
the/AT
basis/NN
of/IN
previous/JJ
experience/NN
./.

the/AT
research/NN
scientists/NNS
say/VB
that/CS
to/TO
claim/VB
that/CS
all/ABN
events/NNS
follow/VB
these/DTS
patterns/NNS
is/BEZ
a/AT
philosophical/JJ
position/NN
and/CC
not/*
a/AT
scientific/JJ
one/CD
./.

they/PPSS
call/VB
that/CS
philosophical/JJ
position/NN
'/'
naturalism/NN
'/'
,/,
and/CC
they/PPSS
say/VB
it/PPS
is/BEZ
quite/QL
contrary/JJ
to/IN
the/AT
Christian/JJ
view/NN
of/IN
the/AT
world/NN
;/.

the/AT
Christian/JJ
view/NN
,/,
they/PPSS
argue/VB
,/,
is/BEZ
to/TO
see/VB
events/NNS
that/WPS
can/MD
be/BE
covered/VBN
by/IN
natural/JJ
laws/NNS
as/CS
God's/NP$
usual/JJ
activity/NN
;/.

we/PPSS
get/VB
so/QL
used/VBN
to/IN
the/AT
usual/JJ
patterns/NNS
that/WPS
we/PPSS
forget/VB
how/WRB
amazing/JJ
they/PPSS
are/BER
,/,
but/CC
at/IN
times/NNS
,/,
they/PPSS
say/VB
,/,
God/NP
does/DOZ
unusual/JJ
things/NNS
too/RB
./.

the/AT
usual/JJ
and/CC
the/AT
unusual/JJ
are/BER
both/ABX
God's/NP$
doing/VBG
,/,
and/CC
it/PPS
's/BEZ
miracles/NNS
which/WDT
confront/VB
us/PPO
with/IN
God/NP
most/QL
clearly/RB
./.

Don/NP
Cupitt/NP
was/BEDZ
presumably/RB
one/CD
of/IN
the/AT
people/NNS
the/AT
conference/NN
members/NNS
had/HVD
in/IN
mind/NN
when/WRB
they/PPSS
emphasised/VBD
their/PP$
confidence/NN
in/IN
the/AT
miracles/NNS
as/CS
stated/VBN
in/IN
the/AT
Bible/NP
,/,
and/CC
deplored/VBD
the/AT
tendency/NN
of/IN
some/DTI
to/TO
try/VB
to/TO
reduce/VB
them/PPO
to/TO
merely/RB
mechanical/JJ
events/NNS
by/IN
suggesting/VBG
scientific/JJ
explanations/NNS
./.

it/PPS
's/BEZ
a/AT
useful/JJ
reminder/NN
that/CS
some/DTI
scientists/NNS
find/VB
Don/NP
Cupitt/NP
unscientific/JJ
./.

the/AT
debate/NN
goes/VBZ
on/RP
./.

correspondents/NNS
seeking/VBG
access/NN
to/IN
the/AT
PNC/NP
meetings/NNS
were/BED
required/VBN
,/,
the/AT
other/AP
day/NN
,/,
to/TO
fill/VB
in/IN
forms/NNS
to/TO
apply/VB
for/IN
permission/NN
from/IN
the/AT
PLO/NP
./.

at/IN
one/CD
point/NN
,/,
the/AT
forms/NNS
asked/VBD
us/PPO
to/TO
state/VB
our/PP$
last/AP
contact/NN
with/IN
the/AT
organisation/NN
./.

for/IN
many/AP
of/IN
us/PPO
it/PPS
was/BEDZ
a/AT
brilliantly/QL
sunny/JJ
day/NN
in/IN
the/AT
battle-marked/JJ
port/NN
of/IN
Tripoli/NP
in/IN
Northern/JJ
Lebanon/IN
last/AP
December/NP
./.

wrecks/NNS
of/IN
ships/NNS
,/,
hit/VBD
in/IN
the/AT
inter-Palestinian/JJ
shelling/VBG
,/,
had/HVD
been/BEN
cleared/VBN
away/RB
to/TO
allow/VB
ferries/NNS
,/,
flying/VBG
United/VBN
Nations/NNS
flags/NNS
,/,
to/TO
take/VB
Mr/NP
Arafat/NP
and/CC
his/PP$
men/NNS
into/IN
their/PP$
second/OD
enforced/VBN
exile/NN
from/IN
Lebanon/RP
in/IN
just/RB
over/IN
a/AT
year/NN
./.

the/AT
fighters/NNS
looked/VBD
a/AT
sorry/JJ
sight/NN
with/IN
their/PP$
suitcases/NNS
and/CC
bedding/NN
rolls/NNS
,/,
their/PP$
carrier-bags/NNS
and/CC
kalashnikovs/NNS
./.

they/PPSS
departed/VBD
without/IN
any/DTI
pretence/NN
that/CS
this/DT
was/BEDZ
a/AT
victory/NN
:/:

on/IN
that/DT
day/NN
,/,
it/PPS
did/DOD
finally/RB
seem/VB
like/CS
the/AT
end/NN
./.

it/PPS
was/BEDZ
n't/*
,/,
of/IN
course/NN
,/,
and/CC
Tripoli/NP
seems/VBZ
like/CS
a/AT
decade/NN
ago/RB
;/.

especially/RB
,/,
seeing/VBG
Mr/NP
Arafat/NP
here/RB
in/IN
Amman/NP
,/,
with/IN
all/ABN
the/AT
pomp/NN
and/CC
the/AT
incredibly/QL
tight/JJ
security/NN
,/,
laid/VBN
on/RP
by/IN
the/AT
Jordanians/NNS
for/IN
the/AT
Palestine/NP
National/JJ
Council/NN
./.

the/AT
atmosphere/NN
on/IN
that/DT
December/NP
day/NN
in/IN
Tripoli/NP
was/BEDZ
sombre/JJ
./.

the/AT
fighters/NNS
may/MD
not/*
feel/VB
much/AP
different/JJ
today/NR
,/,
as/CS
they/PPSS
wait/VB
in/IN
camps/NNS
around/IN
the/AT
Middle/JJ
East/JJ
,/,
but/CC
,/,
for/IN
Mr/NP
Arafat/NP
and/CC
the/AT
political/JJ
movement/NN
supporting/VBG
him/PPO
,/,
the/AT
atmosphere/NN
is/BEZ
anything/PN
but/CC
sombre/JJ
:/:

there/EX
's/BEZ
a/AT
sense/NN
of/IN
relief/NN
that/CS
,/,
at/IN
last/AP
,/,
something/PN
is/BEZ
being/BEG
done/VBN
to/TO
rebuild/VB
the/AT
PLO/NP
after/IN
so/QL
many/AP
depressing/JJ
months/NNS
of/IN
internal/JJ
wrangling/VBG
,/,
even/RB
if/CS
it/PPS
's/BEZ
a/AT
shrunken/VBN
organisation/NN
,/,
with/IN
pro-Syrian/JJ
groups/NNS
,/,
for/IN
the/AT
time/NN
being/BEG
at/IN
least/AP
,/,
staying/VBG
out/RP
./.

Yasser/NP
Arafat/NP
,/,
the/AT
master/NN
of/IN
compromise/NN
and/CC
of/IN
keeping/VBG
all/ABN
sides/NNS
happy/JJ
,/,
the/AT
political/JJ
chameleon/NN
,/,
is/BEZ
at/IN
last/AP
saying/VBG
:/:

enough/QLP
is/BEZ
enough/QLP
./.

he/PPS
's/BEZ
seeking/VBG
to/TO
take/VB
the/AT
boldest/JJT
move/NN
of/IN
his/PP$
life/NN
,/,
and/CC
his/PP$
decision/NN
seems/VBZ
to/TO
be/BE
going/VBG
down/RP
well/RB
with/IN
his/PP$
constituency/NN
at/IN
large/JJ
,/,
if/CS
not/*
with/IN
all/ABN
the/AT
groups/NNS
within/IN
the/AT
PLO/NP
./.

like/CS
at/IN
all/ABN
party/NN
conferences/NNS
round/JJ
the/AT
world/NN
,/,
there/EX
's/BEZ
a/AT
particular/JJ
atmosphere/NN
of/IN
camaraderie/NN
;/.

but/CC
it/PPS
does/DOZ
seem/VB
that/CS
this/DT
meeting/NN
is/BEZ
a/AT
little/AP
bit/NN
special/JJ
./.

perhaps/RB
with/IN
the/AT
divisions/NNS
that/WPS
have/HV
opened/VBN
up/RP
,/,
and/CC
with/IN
all/ABN
the/AT
recrimination/NN
,/,
the/AT
Palestinian/JJ
movement/NN
thought/VBD
there/EX
was/BEDZ
little/AP
hope/NN
for/IN
a/AT
PNC/NP
at/IN
all/ABN
./.

one/CD
lady/NN
in/IN
her/PP$
seventies/NNS
was/BEDZ
brought/VBN
here/RB
on/IN
a/AT
stretcher/NN
from/IN
a/AT
hospital/NN
in/IN
Beirut/NP
./.

she/PPS
was/BEDZ
told/VBN
that/CS
the/AT
journey/NN
might/MD
kill/VB
her/PPO
./.

'/'
I/PPSS
'm/BEM
going/VBG
to/TO
die/VB
anyway/RB
,/,
'/'
she/PPS
said/VBD
,/,
'/'
I/PPSS
'd/MD
rather/RB
die/VB
among/IN
my/PP$
fellow/NN
Palestinians/NNS
./.
'/'

so/RB
,/,
suddenly/RB
,/,
here/RB
it/PPS
is/BEZ
,/,
and/CC
in/IN
Amman/NP
,/,
of/IN
all/ABN
places/NNS
./.

no/AT
decision/NN
could/MD
have/HV
been/BEN
calculated/VBN
to/TO
annoy/VB
the/AT
Syrians/NP
more/QL
,/,
and/CC
,/,
as/CS
the/AT
red/JJ
carpets/NNS
are/BER
laid/VBN
out/RP
for/IN
Mr/NP
Arafat/NP
and/CC
his/PP$
supporters/NNS
,/,
it/PPS
's/BEZ
hard/JJ
to/TO
imagine/VB
Black/NP
September/NP
:/:

the/AT
bloody/JJ
battles/NNS
in/IN
nineteen/CD
seventy/CD
between/IN
the/AT
Jordanian/JJ
army/NN
and/CC
the/AT
PLO/NP
:/:

a/AT
physical/JJ
clash/NN
leading/VBG
to/IN
regrettable/JJ
events/NNS
,/,
as/CS
King/NN
Hussein/NP
put/VB
it/PPO
,/,
in/IN
his/PP$
opening/VBG
address/NN
on/IN
Thursday/NR
night/NN
;/.

bringing/VBG
out/RP
old/JJ
ghosts/NNS
,/,
in/IN
the/AT
hope/NN
that/CS
they'/NN
d/BER
then/RB
be/BE
laid/VBN
finally/RB
to/TO
rest/VB
./.

things/NNS
do/DO
change/NN
in/IN
this/DT
part/NN
of/IN
the/AT
world/NN
in/IN
the/AT
most/QL
unbelievable/JJ
ways/NNS
:/:

a/AT
forty-year-old/JJ
Palestinian/JJ
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