Why-VP Occurences in NYT Gigaword
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Supplementary file: Why-VP occurences in NYT Gigaword Anissa Zaitsu This corpus emerged as a by-product of the work of the Santa Cruz Ellipsis Project (The Implicit Content of Sluicing, NSF Project, #1451819). A plain text version of the file is available here: https://babel.ucsc.edu/SCEP/Downloads/index.html. If the link no longer works, you may contact [email protected] for the plain text version. By using CTRL + F and typing in the unique number identifier provided in the paper, you will be able to locate the examples cited in the paper situated within its larger discourse context. -----Corpora/Treebank/NYT-Parsed/nyt_eng_199509.t2c100191 We ’ve become a bigger , more successful company and our financial strategies have evolved to support that growth . ” What do insurance executives watch on TV at night ? The Weather Channel . At least that ’s what supporters and officials of the US Commerce Department said Friday as they promoted the department ’s weather research services , and as they asked insurance executives in Boston to help fend off budget cuts . Accord- ing to the agenda , industry executives had been invited to the Boston meeting to tell Commerce Secretary Ronald H. Brown what kind of weather information they need from his department . But Brown spent nearly as much time encouraging the executives to come to Washington to help him fight budget cuts . For example , proposed cuts tothe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , which provides basic weather data to private industry and runs the National Weather Service , “ would be disabling to a number of the functions you ’re dependent on , ” Brown told the insurance executives . Between the Mississippi floods , the western wildfires and hurricanes ravaging theEast Coast , insurers have taken billions of dollars in losses in recent years . Prior to mid-1988 , insurers had never lost more than $ 1 billion on any one incident , said Franklin Nutter of the Reinsurance Association of America . Since then , said Brown , there have been 17 events that cost the industry $ 1 billion or more , many of them weather-related . Why not lobby Congress to block the cuts ? 1 2 he asked . “ It does n’t mean you ’re not for belt tightening . ” Congress could cut as much as $ 1 billion , or 25 percent , from the department . Commerce officials said the cuts would eat into the millions of dollars in grants made in Massachusetts . Last year , officials said , the department provided $ 11.6 million in economic development grants in the state . -----Corpora/Treebank/NYT-Parsed/nyt_eng_199812.t2c100526 It was like , ‘ Come crawl through my head while I sing for you . ’ This is simply a lavish celebration of the holiday season . I love it it ’s a thrill to do this every night . ” It ’s not a cheap thrill , that ’s for sure . She has lined up heavy hitters Michael W. Smith and CeCe Winans -LRB- Grammy winners both -RRB- to share the stage with her , as well as the Nashville Symphony Orchestra . “ There are 150 of us on the road , ” she says , pausing to count the numbers . “ It ’s 14 trucks and 14 buses to move us around . There are 28 drivers . It ’s just huge . ” Even with sponsorship from Chevrolet and Target , it ’s a costly proposition . The big question : Why do it ? “ I love it and I can , ” she says . “ And I do n’t mean that in a flippant way . It takes an incredible amount of manpower to put on a Christmas tour . Because of my Christmas records , I eventually found myself in the prime position of having the opportunity to do this . ” And , of course , there are emotional paybacks in addition to monetary ones . -----Corpora/Treebank/NYT-Parsed/nyt_eng_199507.t2c100882 “ First of all , it ’s a very personal kind of statement . It represents a person . It needs to be done in a way that pleases the sitter . ” Maybe in Cuomo ’s case the nonsitter will look at the canvas of New York ’s first and third governor , George Clinton . Or the portraitof the sixth and eighth governor , De Witt Clinton -LRB- who was George Clinton ’s nephew -RRB- . But Cuomo insists that he will not look at the Lew portrait , not even for a second . He may attend the unveiling , he says , but he will keep his eyes closed tight . “ I would be reminded of all of the things I ’m trying to forget , ” Cuomo said . “ First , I ’d see myself , which is always something , and it will remind me that I lost still another struggle . I said I did n’t want my painting and there it is . And then you ask , why go to all this trouble ? There is not one living person in the state of New York or anywhere in the country or world who could say , ‘ I was on the second floor at the Capitol and I enjoyed looking at the faces of the governors . ’ What is the point ? Who cares who Reuben Hill looked like ? ” Was that the cue for a history lesson , Cuomo style ? Who was Reuben Hill -LRB- not to be confused with the Reconstruction-era governor , Reuben Fenton -RRB- ? -----Corpora/Treebank/NYT-Parsed/nyt_eng_199507.t2c101170 It would be a done deal already , but the money is n’t good enough , which is why you might hear Max doing color on the radio broadcasts . That way , the Celtics can sweeten the pot enough to make it worth his while . The irony of Maxwell in a community relations 3 capacity , after not speaking to the club for years , is worth noting ... Another view on the Clippers ’ decision to trade the rights to Antonio McDyess,Randy Woods and Elmore Spencer for Rodney Rogers,Brian Williams and the rights to Brent Barry,compliments of an anonymous general manager : “ It ’s not as bad as it looks . The Clippers need bodies , and they need Rogers to push Lamond Murray,who could be something special . If McDyess tried to turn it around alone , he would have drowned . Brian Williams will be playing for a contract , and Barry is going to be a star . -LRB- Phoenix president -RRB- Jerry Colangelo tried like hell to get into position to take Barry , and he ’s as good a judge of talent as anyone . ” Still wondering why the Celtics keep saying Eric Williams is the best defender in the draft ? In the first place , the majority of coaches who wentup against Williams respectfully disagree , although they believe he has a tremendous upside , and has a chance to be a solid NBA pro . Second , why hype the poor kid to the point where there are unrealistic expectations for him ? Has it occurred to the Celtics that the first time Grant Hill blows by Williams , thefans are going to be very disappointed ? Eric Williams is a nice pick who may work out to be something even better . Leave it at that , fellas . Give the kid a chance to grow . -LRB- Filed by Boston , Mass. , Globe -RRB- -----Corpora/Treebank/NYT-Parsed/nyt_eng_199810.t2c101405 “ Something like that should n’t come out until the off season , regardless of what ’s happening . I have to admit it ; it bothered me . ” Even before Martinez emerged from a 5-for-30 slide , any conversations about his future should revolve around when the Yankees will offer the 30-year-old first baseman a contract extension . Martinez hashit .290 with 32 homers and 127 RBIs over the last three years , very comparable to Vaughn ’s .326 , 39 and 117 , and the Yankees have reached the post-season each year . In addition , Martinez , who is no Gold Glove Award candidate , is also a better fielder than Vaughn , who might be a designated hitter by 2000 . To the Yankees , Martinez should be a keeper . “ When we brought Tino Martinez in , that was one of the turning points in the organization , ” his teammate David Cone said . “ He had big shoes to fill in Don Mattingly . ” If the Yankees are serious about trying to resign Bernie Williams , they might consider spending the $ 10 million or $ 11 million on him and not on Vaughn . Losing Williams to free agency , then signing Vaughn to make a splash and trading Martinez for a center fielder would weaken two positions on a team that might be recalled as one ofthefinest ever . Why tamper with greatness ? And why tweak the ultra-sensitive Martinez ? “ It got in my head and it bothered me , ” Martinez said about the Vaughn rumors . “ I just got to go out there , play the World Series and , if it ’s my last series as a Yankee , enjoy it and try to win . Then go on with my career . ” For the cautious Martinez , mentioning the possibility of a new baseball address was a stunning statement . -----Corpora/Treebank/NYT-Parsed/nyt_eng_199511.t2c102405 4 So far , regrettably , he ’s refused , ” said Oklahoma Sen. Don Nickles . “ The president is AWOL he ’s absent without leadership . ” Hillary Rodham Clinton will represent her husband at a fund-raiser Monday for the Clinton-Gore campaign at Boston ’s Park Plaza Hotel , the White House said , and the president will try to participate by telephone in a scheduled health care round table at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Medford Monday afternoon . “ In light of the very clear likelihood that we will be in the process of shutting down the federal government Tuesday , the president believed it was appropriate for him to be here , ” McCurry said . Before the year is over , Hollywood Park officials say they could break ground on a state-of-the-art football stadium for 82,000 fans near their Inglewood race track . They have the plans , a contractor and the money but are missing the most important part a team .