ToPurpose↝Purpose give you an idea ofTopic↝Topic the size ofGestalt↝Gestalt the Earth , I will tell you that beforeTime↝Time the invention ofTheme↝Theme electricity it was necessary to maintain , overLocus↝Path the whole ofQuantityItem↝Whole the six continents , a veritable army ofOrgMember↝Stuff 462,511 lamplighters forPurpose↝Purpose the street lamps .

Ex P Role ↝ Function ℹ Adposition Part of Speech Governor Head Governor Part of Speech Governor Supersense Object Head Object Part of Speech Object Supersense Governor-Object Syntax Transitive? Typo? Abbrev? Sent ID
(18361) To give you an idea of the size of the Earth , I will tell you that before the invention of electricity it was necessary to maintain , over the whole of the six continents , a veritable army of 462,511 lamplighters for the street lamps . Purpose = Purpose PART tell VERB give VERB subordinating ✔ ✘ ✘ lpp_1943.921
(18362) To give you an idea of the size of the Earth , I will tell you that before the invention of electricity it was necessary to maintain , over the whole of the six continents , a veritable army of 462,511 lamplighters for the street lamps . Topic = Topic ADP idea NOUN size NOUN default ✔ ✘ ✘ lpp_1943.921
(18363) To give you an idea of the size of the Earth , I will tell you that before the invention of electricity it was necessary to maintain , over the whole of the six continents , a veritable army of 462,511 lamplighters for the street lamps . Gestalt = Gestalt ADP size NOUN Earth PROPN default ✔ ✘ ✘ lpp_1943.921
(18364) To give you an idea of the size of the Earth , I will tell you that before the invention of electricity it was necessary to maintain , over the whole of the six continents , a veritable army of 462,511 lamplighters for the street lamps . Time = Time ADP necessary ADJ invention NOUN default ✔ ✘ ✘ lpp_1943.921
(18365) To give you an idea of the size of the Earth , I will tell you that before the invention of electricity it was necessary to maintain , over the whole of the six continents , a veritable army of 462,511 lamplighters for the street lamps . Theme = Theme ADP invention NOUN electricity NOUN default ✔ ✘ ✘ lpp_1943.921
(18366) To give you an idea of the size of the Earth , I will tell you that before the invention of electricity it was necessary to maintain , over the whole of the six continents , a veritable army of 462,511 lamplighters for the street lamps . Locus ≠ Path ADP maintain VERB whole NOUN default ✔ ✘ ✘ lpp_1943.921
(18367) To give you an idea of the size of the Earth , I will tell you that before the invention of electricity it was necessary to maintain , over the whole of the six continents , a veritable army of 462,511 lamplighters for the street lamps . QuantityItem ≠ Whole ADP whole NOUN continent NOUN default ✔ ✘ ✘ lpp_1943.921
(18368) To give you an idea of the size of the Earth , I will tell you that before the invention of electricity it was necessary to maintain , over the whole of the six continents , a veritable army of 462,511 lamplighters for the street lamps . OrgMember ≠ Stuff ADP army NOUN lamplighter NOUN default ✔ ✘ ✘ lpp_1943.921
(18369) To give you an idea of the size of the Earth , I will tell you that before the invention of electricity it was necessary to maintain , over the whole of the six continents , a veritable army of 462,511 lamplighters for the street lamps . Purpose = Purpose ADP lamplighter NOUN lamp NOUN default ✔ ✘ ✘ lpp_1943.921

Aligned Sentences in other Corpora (1–1 of 1)

Sentence ID Sentence Language Sentence Text
lpp_1943_zh-921 Mandarin Chinese 为了使你们对地球的大小有一个概念，我想要告诉你们：在发明电之前，在六的大洲上，为了点路灯，需要维持一支为数四十六万二千五百一十一人的真正大军。

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raw textTo give you an idea of the size of the Earth , I will tell you that before the invention of electricity it was necessary to maintain , over the whole of the six continents , a veritable army of 462,511 lamplighters for the street lamps .
tokenizedTo give you an idea of the size of the Earth , I will tell you that before the invention of electricity it was necessary to maintain , over the whole of the six continents , a veritable army of 462,511 lamplighters for the street lamps .
MWE markupTo give you an idea of the size of the Earth , I will tell you that before the invention of electricity it was necessary to maintain , over the whole of the six continents , a veritable army of 462,511 lamplighters for the street lamps .