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Syntactic analyzation of "There was a time when Christopher Columbus challenged another explorer to a duel. The latter, an underhanded chap, did not take ten steps - as dictated by the rules - but two, then turned around to shoot. Unfortunately for him, Columbus hadn't taken any steps at all." This text has been automatically tagged.
| # | Word | Part of speech | Syntactic relation |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | There | Existential There. | ||
| 2. | was | Verb | Past Tense. | |
| 3. | a | Determiner | ||
| 4. | time | Noun | Singular | |
| 5. | when | wh-abverb. | ||
| 6. | Christopher | Proper Noun | Singular | |
| 7. | Columbus | Proper Noun | Singular | |
| 8. | challenged | Verb | Past Tense. | |
| 9. | another | Determiner | ||
| 10. | explorer | Noun | Singular | |
| 11. | to | to. | ||
| 12. | a | Determiner | ||
| 13. | duel | Noun | Singular | |
| 14. | . | . | ||
| 15. | The | Determiner | ||
| 16. | latter | Adjective | ||
| 17. | , | |||
| 18. | an | Determiner | ||
| 19. | underhanded | Adjective | ||
| 20. | chap | Noun | Singular | |
| 21. | , | |||
| 22. | did | Verb | Past Tense. | |
| 23. | not | Adverb. | ||
| 24. | take | Verb | Base Form. | |
| 25. | ten | Cardinal Digit | ||
| 26. | steps | Noun | Plural | |
| 27. | - | : | ||
| 28. | as | Preposition | ||
| 29. | dictated | Verb | Past Participle. | |
| 30. | by | Preposition | ||
| 31. | the | Determiner | ||
| 32. | rules | Noun | Plural | |
| 33. | - | : | ||
| 34. | but | Conjunction | ||
| 35. | two | Cardinal Digit | ||
| 36. | , | |||
| 37. | then | Adverb. | ||
| 38. | turned | Verb | Past Tense. | |
| 39. | around | Particle. | ||
| 40. | to | to. | ||
| 41. | shoot | Verb | Base Form. | |
| 42. | . | . | ||
| 43. | Unfortunately | Adverb. | ||
| 44. | for | Preposition | ||
| 45. | him | Personal Pronoun. | ||
| 46. | , | |||
| 47. | Columbus | Proper Noun | Singular | |
| 48. | had | Verb | Past Tense. | |
| 49. | n't | Adverb. | ||
| 50. | taken | Verb | Past Participle. | |
| 51. | any | Determiner | ||
| 52. | steps | Noun | Plural | |
| 53. | at | Preposition | ||
| 54. | all | Determiner | ||
| 55. | . | . | ||
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Adverb
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Verb
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Preposition
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Conjuction
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Pronoun
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Interjection
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