Amateur concordance

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What ho!

For my applied natural language processing class, we had an assignment
to write a program which compiles a concordance. Not to steal Col.
Murphy's thunder, but I cobbled together a couple tools. Reading in a
Project Gutenberg text ("Right Ho, Jeeves", in this case), one extracts
the top 100 key words:

sir Jeeves Gussie Tuppy must Angela Aunt Fink-Nottle Bertie Dahlia sort
Oh Bassett moment course put tell mind once always saw rather doubt
things matter night nothing quite suppose chap Wooster fact remember
Tom Glossop Uncle away told Bertram eyes words place young Anatole hand
head Quite heard saying whole Brinkley Cannes done door pretty round
heart school trying anything case feeling talking stuff Sir dinner face
gone Miss bed felt Court stood far voice years Market able does room
side simply start started suddenly aunt dashed evening hear mine
Snodsbury order soul Indeed ass fellow happened idea met occasion

Not surprisingly, Jeeves' feudal spirit is well represented. The
other, given a word, returns the context in which it appears. The
following is for "aunt." (Best read with a fixed-width font.)

Context ... Word ... Context
g bronzed and fit, I accompanied aunt and child back to London.
was only a few hours since this aunt and I had parted, after being in
Come at once or expect an aunt 's curse first post tomorrow.
the mere aimless vapouring of an aunt who has been sitting out in the
Aunt Dahlia isn't his aunt .
ers woman turning out to be your aunt ."
t you mean, turning out to be my aunt .
She has been my aunt all along."
aordinary that it should be your aunt that Madeline's going to stay wi
to see me--a statement no other aunt on the list would have committed
She looked like an aunt who has just bitten into a bad o
nephew's natural interest in an aunt 's refined weekly paper, I had a
This aunt , I perceived, must fall into li
You can't expect an empty aunt to beam like a full aunt.
Harsh words, of course, as from aunt to nephew, but I bore her no res
And your aunt .
nd behind me, and there was your aunt at the door.
"She came in with my aunt ?"
He said to your aunt , 'God bless my soul, Dahlia, wh
'What sort of noises?' said your aunt .
Your aunt seemed interested, and said it r
"Presently your aunt and Angela settled their discuss
She asked your aunt if she remembered the late spani
o suppose that a woman like your aunt --staunch, true-blue, British--w
"Bottle," insisted the aunt firmly.
Butler looked at aunt .
ard but the sloshing sound of an aunt restoring her tissues.
Pongo Twistleton once scorned an aunt of his, flatly refusing to meet
Your aunt ," said Tuppy, "is a bit above h

If anyone would like a copy of my code, you're welcome to it; it's
written in Python and rather amateurish since I can only spend a day on
it. But it's amusing to play with.

Pip pip,
~An Egg

[Ian Michaud, TWS]

Most intersting!

But it's missing the scene were Bertie met an owl that looked exactly
like his Aunt Agatha and thought at first it WAS his Aunt Agatha until
reason told him how alien to his aunt's habits it would be for her to
climb signposts and sit on them.

The Mixer, rather surprised that 'orange' and 'newt' didn't figure among
the 100 key words.

[A Young Man In Spats]

Capital stuff!

-AYMIS

Post by Ian Michaud, TWS
Most intersting!
But it's missing the scene were Bertie met an owl that looked exactly
like his Aunt Agatha and thought at first it WAS his Aunt Agatha until
reason told him how alien to his aunt's habits it would be for her to
climb signposts and sit on them.
The Mixer, rather surprised that 'orange' and 'newt' didn't figure among
the 100 key words.

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What ho,

Aye, I did say it was an amateur concordance, and it does not (yet)
distinguish between different forms of the same word. For instance,
the top 100 list I posted previously had words with 27 or more
occurances. "Newts" just missed the boat with 25, while "newt" was
appeared 21 times, and taken together they would have the list.
However, "orange" was only featured 14 times...

The following is the concordance of capitalized "Aunt" (capital,
capital), and Aunt Agatha and the owl make their appearance near the
bottom.

Context ... Word ... Context
ne Bassett, my Cousin Angela, my Aunt Dahlia, my Uncle Thomas, young T
wouldn't have met her shark, and Aunt Dahlia wouldn't have played bacc
With me travelled my Aunt Dahlia and her daughter Angela.
Uncle Tom, Aunt Dahlia's husband, remained at ho
So there you have the layout-- Aunt Dahlia, Cousin Angela and self o
hs, and except for the fact that Aunt Dahlia lost her shirt at baccara
of esteem--they to shove off in Aunt Dahlia's car to Brinkley Court,
It was from my Aunt Dahlia, operating from Market Sn
asion to emphasise the fact that Aunt Dahlia is all right.
ders such an exhibit as, say, my Aunt Agatha the curse of the Home Cou
I have the highest esteem for Aunt Dahlia, and have never wavered i
If Aunt Dahlia has a fault, it is that s
"What is this, Aunt Dahlia?"
"But, Aunt Dahlia, listen to reason.
e effect of that hearty voice of Aunt Dahlia's on a man with a headach
had one of those before tackling Aunt Dahlia!
"They are my Aunt Dahlia."
e a well-worded communication to Aunt Dahlia, informing her that I was
Do you know what brought Aunt Dahlia up here this morning?
"I propose, Jeeves, to wire to Aunt Dahlia saying that I can't get d
ussie wedged into a corner, with Aunt Dahlia standing over him making
I suppose it must have taken Aunt Dahlia three hours or so to get
ffering yes-men whom women of my Aunt Dahlia's type nearly always like
Could Aunt Dahlia have slept on it and chan
I have here a communication from Aunt Dahlia, specifically stating thi
e accelerator in order to get to Aunt Dahlia with the greatest possibl
"My place was by your side, Aunt Dahlia," I responded.
ss this blasted threshold," said Aunt Dahlia, returning for the nonce
ll him except 'Uncle Tom'," said Aunt Dahlia a little testily.
"Amen," said Aunt Dahlia.
"Oom beroofen," said Aunt Dahlia.
venture to take issue with you, Aunt Dahlia."
et me see what I can accomplish, Aunt Dahlia."
"Bertie," said Aunt Dahlia, and her manner struck me
"Very well, Aunt Dahlia," I said, with dignity, "
gleaned that from my remarks to Aunt Dahlia, and if you had been pres
" Aunt Dahlia."
red, during my conversation with Aunt Dahlia, that there had been a ce
I was discussing the matter with Aunt Dahlia on my arrival, she said i
"Tails up, Aunt Dahlia," I urged buoyantly.
ember, had already bled once for Aunt Dahlia this evening.
Just for tonight, to please Aunt Dahlia?"
"Always working, Aunt Dahlia, always working."
in herself back from the trough, Aunt Dahlia was a total loss as far a
him, and, owing to the fact that Aunt Dahlia roped me in for a game of
"No, not Aunt Dahlia's, either."
I remember at my Aunt Agatha's place in Hertfordshire
on't know why--the picture of my Aunt Agatha, as Boadicea, reciting at
Even Seppings, Aunt Dahlia's butler, a cold, unemoti
m, however, when I entered, only Aunt Dahlia met the eye.
re you going for a stroll?" said Aunt Dahlia, with a sudden show of in
Have faith, Aunt Dahlia," I urged.
object of the seashore with whom Aunt Dahlia has linked her lot is a b
But have no fear, Aunt Dahlia, I will fix everything."
I've tried to reason with Aunt Dahlia about this photograph for
On being urged to do so by Aunt Dahlia, she said, he had merely
elated my emotions on receipt of Aunt Dahlia's telegram, my instant ru
we rose, with instructions from Aunt Dahlia to put on festal raiment
blem still remained unsolved and Aunt Dahlia's five hundred quid seeme
In fact, I saw Aunt Dahlia, who, having assisted at
As for Aunt Dahlia, her demeanour now told o
And Aunt Dahlia, I have no doubt, would h
ooking exactly like a picture my Aunt Agatha has in her dining-room--T
It only needed Aunt Dahlia after them, shouting "Yoi
d the threshold when I perceived Aunt Dahlia at the sideboard, tucking
"Hullo, Seppings," said Aunt Dahlia.
s that word "upset" that touched Aunt Dahlia off.
While I stood musing thus, Aunt Dahlia, in her practical way, wa
a jolly good case, and evidently Aunt Dahlia felt the same.
it, and I was not surprised that Aunt Dahlia, hearing them, should hav
"Go away, you crazy loon!" cried Aunt Dahlia, in that ringing voice of
"Well, why not?" said Aunt Dahlia.
I must say Aunt Dahlia's bearing and demeanour d
It isn't often that Aunt Dahlia, normally as genial a bir
, and put ice on his head," said Aunt Dahlia, giving the thing up.
A cooler thinker than Aunt Dahlia, I had already guessed th
"That was Anatole, Aunt Dahlia's chef."
y plate when the door opened and Aunt Dahlia came in.
"Shove it down, Aunt Dahlia," I said sympathetically.
Yes, I agree with you, Aunt Dahlia, that things are not look
"Gimme," said Aunt Dahlia listlessly.
At this point, Aunt Dahlia, who had taken one nibble
sted in my movements," proceeded Aunt Dahlia, heading for the door, "I
howl broke from my lips, causing Aunt Dahlia to shy like a startled mu
ipperley Case, the Episode of My Aunt Agatha and the Dog McIntosh, and
same applies to the time when my Aunt Agatha's son, young Thos., put a
in a purple dressing gown, there Aunt Dahlia in the old blue and yello
one of the group which included Aunt Dahlia and Uncle Tom and seemed
t such an hour, and I have known Aunt Dahlia to express herself with a
Tell Aunt Dahlia."
r the first time, a smile lit up Aunt Dahlia's drawn face.
"A very excellent idea," said Aunt Dahlia.
Until this moment, Aunt Dahlia had been able to preserve
At any rate he calmed down Aunt Dahlia, the nearest thing to a c
"Jeeves," said Aunt Dahlia in a shaking voice, "I am
"Attila!" said Aunt Dahlia, turning and speaking in
he can go jolly fast now," said Aunt Dahlia with animation.
the darkness, Jeeves at my side, Aunt Dahlia calling after me somethin
owl that looked exactly like my Aunt Agatha.
e that I thought at first it was Aunt Agatha, and only when reason and
the whole situation, he had kept Aunt Dahlia and others roosting out o
nd even owls that looked like my Aunt Agatha, it was a frowning and ja
I recognized--as who would not-- Aunt Dahlia's voice: "Glossop!"
was necessary only to invite my Aunt Annie for a visit to heal all br
the mutual animosity excited by Aunt Annie, those who had become estr
this dashed psychology of yours, Aunt Dahlia is so sore with me that i

~An Egg

Post by Ian Michaud, TWS
Most intersting!
But it's missing the scene were Bertie met an owl that looked exactly
like his Aunt Agatha and thought at first it WAS his Aunt Agatha until
reason told him how alien to his aunt's habits it would be for her to
climb signposts and sit on them.
The Mixer, rather surprised that 'orange' and 'newt' didn't figure among
the 100 key words.

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Post by s***@gmail.com
What ho!
For my applied natural language processing class, we had an assignment
to write a program which compiles a concordance. Not to steal Col.
Murphy's thunder, but I cobbled together a couple tools. Reading in a
Project Gutenberg text ("Right Ho, Jeeves", in this case), one extracts
sir Jeeves Gussie Tuppy must Angela Aunt Fink-Nottle Bertie Dahlia sort
Oh Bassett moment course put tell mind once always saw rather doubt
things matter night nothing quite suppose chap Wooster fact remember
Tom Glossop Uncle away told Bertram eyes words place young Anatole hand
head Quite heard saying whole Brinkley Cannes done door pretty round
heart school trying anything case feeling talking stuff Sir dinner face
gone Miss bed felt Court stood far voice years Market able does room
side simply start started suddenly aunt dashed evening hear mine
Snodsbury order soul Indeed ass fellow happened idea met occasion
Not surprisingly, Jeeves' feudal spirit is well represented. The
other, given a word, returns the context in which it appears. The
following is for "aunt." (Best read with a fixed-width font.)
Context ... Word ... Context
g bronzed and fit, I accompanied aunt and child back to London.
was only a few hours since this aunt and I had parted, after being in
Come at once or expect an aunt 's curse first post tomorrow.
the mere aimless vapouring of an aunt who has been sitting out in the
Aunt Dahlia isn't his aunt .
ers woman turning out to be your aunt ."
t you mean, turning out to be my aunt .
She has been my aunt all along."
aordinary that it should be your aunt that Madeline's going to stay wi
to see me--a statement no other aunt on the list would have committed
She looked like an aunt who has just bitten into a bad o
nephew's natural interest in an aunt 's refined weekly paper, I had a
This aunt , I perceived, must fall into li
You can't expect an empty aunt to beam like a full aunt.
Harsh words, of course, as from aunt to nephew, but I bore her no res
And your aunt .
nd behind me, and there was your aunt at the door.
"She came in with my aunt ?"
He said to your aunt , 'God bless my sorefusing ul, Dahlia, wh
'What sort of noises?' said your aunt .
Your aunt seemed interested, and said it r
"Presently your aunt and Angela settled their discuss
She asked your aunt if she remembered thế late spani
o suppose that a woman like your aunt --staunch, true-blue, British--w
"Bottle," insisted the aunt firmly.
Butler looked at aunt .
ard but the sloshing sound of an aunt restoring her tissues.
Pongo Twistleton once scorned an aunt of his, flatly refusing to meet
Your aunt ," said Tuppy, "is http://unikey.orga bit above h
If anyone would like a copy of my code, you're welcome to it; it's
written in Python and rather amateurish since I can only spend a day on
it. But it's amusing to play with.
Pip pip,
~An Egg