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Syntactic analyzation of "Ida was the second asteroid to be observed close-up by a spacecraft, when the Space Probe Galileo took pictures as it flew by on Aug 28, 1993. These pictures showed not only that Ida has a cratered surface, but also that it has a small moon, called Dactyl, which is about 1.6 x 1.2 km in diameter and orbiting 90 km away from the asteroid." This text has been automatically tagged.
| # | Word | Part of speech | Syntactic relation |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ida | Proper Noun | Singular | |
| 2. | was | Verb | Past Tense. | |
| 3. | the | Determiner | ||
| 4. | second | Adjective | ||
| 5. | asteroid | Noun | Singular | |
| 6. | to | to. | ||
| 7. | be | Verb | Base Form. | |
| 8. | observed | Verb | Past Participle. | |
| 9. | close-up | Noun | Singular | |
| 10. | by | Preposition | ||
| 11. | a | Determiner | ||
| 12. | spacecraft | Noun | Singular | |
| 13. | , | |||
| 14. | when | wh-abverb. | ||
| 15. | the | Determiner | ||
| 16. | Space | Proper Noun | Singular | |
| 17. | Probe | Proper Noun | Singular | |
| 18. | Galileo | Proper Noun | Singular | |
| 19. | took | Verb | Past Tense. | |
| 20. | pictures | Noun | Plural | |
| 21. | as | Preposition | ||
| 22. | it | Personal Pronoun. | ||
| 23. | flew | Verb | Past Tense. | |
| 24. | by | Preposition | ||
| 25. | on | Preposition | ||
| 26. | Aug | Proper Noun | Singular | |
| 27. | 28 | Cardinal Digit | ||
| 28. | , | |||
| 29. | 1993 | Cardinal Digit | ||
| 30. | . | . | ||
| 31. | These | Determiner | ||
| 32. | pictures | Noun | Plural | |
| 33. | showed | Verb | Past Tense. | |
| 34. | not | Adverb. | ||
| 35. | only | Adverb. | ||
| 36. | that | Preposition | ||
| 37. | Ida | Proper Noun | Singular | |
| 38. | has | Verb | 3rd person sing. | |
| 39. | a | Determiner | ||
| 40. | cratered | Verb | Past Participle. | |
| 41. | surface | Noun | Singular | |
| 42. | , | |||
| 43. | but | Conjunction | ||
| 44. | also | Adverb. | ||
| 45. | that | Preposition | ||
| 46. | it | Personal Pronoun. | ||
| 47. | has | Verb | 3rd person sing. | |
| 48. | a | Determiner | ||
| 49. | small | Adjective | ||
| 50. | moon | Noun | Singular | |
| 51. | , | |||
| 52. | called | Verb | Past Participle. | |
| 53. | Dactyl | Proper Noun | Singular | |
| 54. | , | |||
| 55. | which | wh-determiner. | ||
| 56. | is | Verb | 3rd person sing. | |
| 57. | about | Preposition | ||
| 58. | 1.6 | Cardinal Digit | ||
| 59. | x | Conjunction | ||
| 60. | 1.2 | Cardinal Digit | ||
| 61. | km | Noun | Singular | |
| 62. | in | Preposition | ||
| 63. | diameter | Noun | Singular | |
| 64. | and | Conjunction | ||
| 65. | orbiting | Verb | Gerund/Present Participle. | |
| 66. | 90 | Cardinal Digit | ||
| 67. | km | Noun | Singular | |
| 68. | away | Adverb. | ||
| 69. | from | Preposition | ||
| 70. | the | Determiner | ||
| 71. | asteroid | Noun | Singular | |
| 72. | . | . | ||
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