MIAMI - Herring1
Instances of about

1CHLwell she was telling me about this thing with OprahSE .
  wellwell.ADV sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST tellingtell.V.PRESPART meme.PRON.OBJ.1S aboutabout.PREP thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG thingthing.N.SG withwith.PREP Oprahname .
  
7CHLI'm gonna go online to (.) see what it's all about .
  I'mI.PRON.SUB.1S+BE.V.PRES gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP gogo.V.INFIN onlineunk toto.PREP seesee.V.INFIN whatwhat.REL it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES allall.ADJ aboutabout.PREP .
  
15LAU+< you know and <the other> [///] she has a new show about .
  youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES andand.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF otherother.ADJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S hasha.IM+V 3S PRES.[or].has.V.3S.PRES aa.DET.INDEF newnew.ADJ showshow.N.SG aboutabout.PREP .
  
20LAUit [/] it's about basically <she give> [//] she's giving them money .
  itit.PRON.SUB.3S it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES aboutabout.PREP basicallybasically.ADV sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S givegive.V.3S.PRES she'sshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES givinggive.V.PRESPART themthem.PRON.OBJ.3P moneymoney.N.SG .
  
230LAUum the ones I was telling you about right now .
  umum.IM thethe.DET.DEF onesone.PRON.PL II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST tellingtell.V.PRESPART youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP aboutabout.PREP rightright.ADJ nownow.ADV .
  
303CHLI mean you can't do anything about .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S meanmean.V.1S.PRES youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP can'tcan.V.2SP.PRES+NEG dodo.V.INFIN anythinganything.PRON aboutabout.PREP .
  
322CHL+" what are you talking about ?
  whatwhat.REL areare.V.123P.PRES youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP talkingtalk.V.PRESPART aboutabout.PREP ?
  
323CHL+" who [///] I've never said that about you .
  whowho.REL I'veI.PRON.SUB.1S+HAVE.V.PRES nevernever.ADV saidsaid.AV.PAST+P thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR aboutabout.PREP youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP .
  
534LAUbut they're not complaining about you are they ?
  butbut.CONJ they'rethey.PRON.SUB.3P+BE.V.PRES notnot.ADV complainingcomplain.SV.INFIN+ASV aboutabout.PREP youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP areare.V.2SP.PRES theythey.PRON.SUB.3P ?
  
571LAUI gotta talk to you about my puppy .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S gottaget.V.1S.PRES+TO.PREP talktalk.V.INFIN toto.PREP youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP aboutabout.PREP mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S puppypuppy.N.SG .
  
612LAUI'll tell you about that later .
  I'llI.PRON.SUB.1S+BE.V.FUT telltell.V.INFIN youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP aboutabout.PREP thatthat.DEM.FAR laterlater.ADJ .
  
643LAUand then I told him <about the> [/] about the flea thing .
  andand.CONJ thenthen.ADV II.PRON.SUB.1S toldtold.V.PAST himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S aboutabout.PREP thethe.DET.DEF aboutabout.PREP thethe.DET.DEF fleaflea.N.SG thingthing.N.SG .
  
643LAUand then I told him <about the> [/] about the flea thing .
  andand.CONJ thenthen.ADV II.PRON.SUB.1S toldtold.V.PAST himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S aboutabout.PREP thethe.DET.DEF aboutabout.PREP thethe.DET.DEF fleaflea.N.SG thingthing.N.SG .
  
651LAUhe [/] he told me you've got nothing to worry about obviously .
  hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S toldtold.V.PAST meme.PRON.OBJ.1S you'veyou.PRON.SUB.2SP+HAVE.V.PRES gotgot.V.PAST nothingnothing.PRON toto.PREP worryworry.V.INFIN aboutabout.PREP obviouslyobvious.ADJ+ADV .
  
667LAUI didn't tell him about the sneezing .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S didn'tdid.V.PAST+NEG telltell.SV.INFIN himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S aboutabout.PREP thethe.DET.DEF sneezingunk .
  
703LAUmy parents are like asking me and bothering me about it .
  mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S parentsparent.N.PL areare.V.123P.PRES likelike.CONJ askingask.V.PRESPART meme.PRON.OBJ.1S andand.CONJ botheringbother.V.INFIN+ASV meme.PRON.OBJ.1S aboutabout.PREP itit.PRON.OBJ.3S .
  
904LAUwe were watching something about that .
  wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST watchingunk somethingsomething.PRON aboutabout.PREP thatthat.DEM.FAR .
  
908CHLabout (.) China ?
  aboutabout.PREP Chinaname ?
  

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