MIAMI - Herring3
Instances of why

148JACwhy not ?
  whywhy.REL notnot.ADV ?
  
300ASH+" wellE KarenSE umE (.) that'sE whyE IE cameE intoE theE officeE thisE morningE atE (.) tenE thirtyE toE tellE youE IE neededE toE speakE toE youE .
  wellwell.ADV Karenname umum.IM that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES whywhy.REL II.PRON.SUB.1S camecame.V.PAST intointo.PREP thethe.DET.DEF officeoffice.N.SG thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG morningmorning.N.SG atat.PREP tenten.NUM thirtythirty.NUM toto.PREP telltell.V.INFIN youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP II.PRON.SUB.1S neededneed.V.PAST toto.PREP speakspeak.V.INFIN toto.PREP youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP .
  
340JAC+" why was she complaining about me ?
  whywhy.REL waswas.V.3S.PAST sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S complainingcomplain.V.PRESPART aboutabout.PREP meme.PRON.OBJ.1S ?
  
346ASH+" whyE doE IE haveE toE callE ClareSE ?
  whywhy.REL dodo.V.PRES II.PRON.SUB.1S havehave.V.1S.PRES toto.PREP callcall.V.INFIN Clarename ?
  
367ASHwhy ?
  whywhy.REL ?
  
473JACwhy you have to carry something ?
  whywhy.REL youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP havehave.V.2SP.PRES toto.PREP carrycarry.V.INFIN somethingsomething.PRON ?
  
572JACwhy not ?
  whywhy.REL notnot.ADV ?
  
719ASHwhy ?
  whywhy.REL ?
  

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