MIAMI - Sastre13
Instances of life for speaker COL

656COL&a it's [///] the degree is just a reflection of like &a my commitment you know of what I decided to do you know in my life you know .
  it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES thethe.DET.DEF degreedegree.N.SG isis.V.3S.PRES justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV aa.DET.INDEF reflectionreflection.N.SG ofof.PREP likelike.CONJ.[or].like.SV.INFIN mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S commitmentcommitment.N.SG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES ofof.PREP whatwhat.REL II.PRON.SUB.1S decidedunk toto.PREP dodo.V.INFIN youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES inin.PREP mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S lifelife.N.SG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES .
  
694COLI mean there's a point in your life when you realize that +...
  II.PRON.SUB.1S meanmean.V.1S.PRES there'sthere.PRON+BE.V.3S.PRES aa.DET.INDEF pointpoint.N.SG inin.PREP youryour.ADJ.POSS.2SP lifelife.N.SG whenwhen.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP realizerealize.V.2SP.PRES thatthat.DEM.FAR .
  
753COLand [/] and I don't really want that life .
  andand.CONJ andand.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S don'tdo.V.1S.PRES+NEG reallyreal.ADJ+ADV wantwant.SV.INFIN thatthat.DEM.FAR lifelife.N.SG .
  
766COLand it's just having a better life for you know for not just yourself but for other people too .
  andand.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES justjust.ADV havinghave.V.PRESPART aa.DET.INDEF betterbetter.ADJ lifelife.N.SG forfor.PREP youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES forfor.PREP notnot.ADV justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV yourselfyourself.PRON.REFL.2SP butbut.CONJ forfor.PREP otherother.ADJ peoplepeople.N.SG tootoo.ADV .
  
777COLyou know it's like (.) she's thirty and she still hasn't figured out that you know if she doesn't like put on the batteries like she's just gonna be alone for like the rest of her life like .
  youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES likelike.CONJ she'sshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES thirtythirty.NUM andand.CONJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S stillstill.ADJ hasn'thas.V.3S.PRES+NEG figuredunk outout.ADV thatthat.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES ifif.CONJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S doesn'tdoes.V.3S.PRES+NEG likelike.SV.INFIN putput.V.INFIN onon.PREP thethe.DET.DEF batteriesbattery.N.PL.[or].batteries.N.PL likelike.CONJ she'sshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES justjust.ADV gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP bebe.V.INFIN alonealone.ADV forfor.PREP likelike.CONJ.[or].like.V.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF restrest.N.SG ofof.PREP herher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S lifelife.N.SG likelike.CONJ.[or].like.N.SG .
  
786COLand &i (.) like she's having such a hard time like letting go of like that part of her life .
  andand.CONJ likelike.CONJ she'sshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES havinghave.V.PRESPART suchsuch.ADJ aa.DET.INDEF hardhard.ADJ timetime.N.SG likelike.CONJ lettinglet.V.PRESPART gogo.SV.INFIN ofof.PREP likelike.CONJ.[or].like.SV.INFIN thatthat.DEM.FAR partpart.N.SG ofof.PREP herher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S lifelife.N.SG .
  
796COL+" when you were like young you know did you know what you want with your life ?
  whenwhen.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP werewere.V.2S123P.PAST likelike.CONJ youngyoung.ADJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES diddid.V.PAST youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES whatwhat.REL youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP wantwant.V.2SP.PRES withwith.PREP youryour.ADJ.POSS.2SP lifelife.N.SG ?
  
889COLI feel like most of your life <you go through> [/] you go through it .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S feelfeel.V.1S.PRES likelike.CONJ mostmost.ADJ ofof.PREP youryour.ADJ.POSS.2SP lifelife.N.SG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP gogo.V.2SP.PRES throughthrough.PREP youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP gogo.V.2SP.PRES throughthrough.PREP itit.PRON.OBJ.3S .
  

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