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14ANTyes I was standing at point one when the police found us so and so on .
  yesyes.ADV II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST standingstand.V.PRESPART atat.PREP pointpoint.N.SG oneone.NUM.[or].one.PRON.SG whenwhen.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF policepolice.N.SG foundfound.N.SG.[or].find.V.PAST+P usus.PRON.OBJ.1P soso.ADV andand.CONJ soso.ADV onon.PREP .
  
77SEAlike &a I was watching ah Rome with my dad .
  likelike.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST watchingunk ahah.IM Romename withwith.PREP mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S daddad.N.SG .
  
79SEA<that &m> [/] that mini series <that was like> [//] well <it was like> [/] it was <like a> [/] like a show like a full length H_b_o show .
  thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR thatthat.DEM.FAR minimini.ADJ seriesseries.N.SG thatthat.DEM.FAR waswas.V.3S.PAST likelike.CONJ wellwell.ADV itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST likelike.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST likelike.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF likelike.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF showshow.N.SG likelike.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF fullfull.ADJ lengthlength.N.SG H_b_oname showshow.SV.INFIN .
  
79SEA<that &m> [/] that mini series <that was like> [//] well <it was like> [/] it was <like a> [/] like a show like a full length H_b_o show .
  thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR thatthat.DEM.FAR minimini.ADJ seriesseries.N.SG thatthat.DEM.FAR waswas.V.3S.PAST likelike.CONJ wellwell.ADV itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST likelike.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST likelike.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF likelike.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF showshow.N.SG likelike.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF fullfull.ADJ lengthlength.N.SG H_b_oname showshow.SV.INFIN .
  
79SEA<that &m> [/] that mini series <that was like> [//] well <it was like> [/] it was <like a> [/] like a show like a full length H_b_o show .
  thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR thatthat.DEM.FAR minimini.ADJ seriesseries.N.SG thatthat.DEM.FAR waswas.V.3S.PAST likelike.CONJ wellwell.ADV itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST likelike.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST likelike.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF likelike.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF showshow.N.SG likelike.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF fullfull.ADJ lengthlength.N.SG H_b_oname showshow.SV.INFIN .
  
80SEAand um <there was a> [/] there was a staff like a huge staff +...
  andand.CONJ umum.IM therethere.ADV waswas.V.3S.PAST aa.DET.INDEF therethere.ADV waswas.V.3S.PAST aa.DET.INDEF staffstaff.N.SG likelike.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF hugehuge.ADJ staffstaff.N.SG .
  
80SEAand um <there was a> [/] there was a staff like a huge staff +...
  andand.CONJ umum.IM therethere.ADV waswas.V.3S.PAST aa.DET.INDEF therethere.ADV waswas.V.3S.PAST aa.DET.INDEF staffstaff.N.SG likelike.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF hugehuge.ADJ staffstaff.N.SG .
  
96SEAI was like +"/.
  II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST likelike.CONJ .
  
128SEAI was gonna ask you that .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP askask.V.INFIN youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP thatthat.DEM.FAR .
  
129SEAI was gonna ask you <about the> [/] about the gun .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP askask.V.INFIN youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP aboutabout.PREP thethe.DET.DEF aboutabout.PREP thethe.DET.DEF gungun.N.SG .
  
131ANTthat was (.) delicious .
  thatthat.DEM.FAR waswas.V.3S.PAST deliciousdelicious.ADJ .
  
132ANTthat was amazing .
  thatthat.DEM.FAR waswas.V.3S.PAST amazingunk .
  
145ANT+< um (.) it literally felt like the second I pulled the trigger there was this small like gnome right at the hundred yard mark who ran over and then punched me in the shoulder and ran back behind the target .
  umum.IM itit.PRON.SUB.3S literallyliteral.ADJ+ADV.[or].literally.ADV feltfelt.SV.INFIN likelike.CONJ.[or].like.SV.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF secondsecond.ADJ II.PRON.SUB.1S pulledpull.V.PAST thethe.DET.DEF triggertrigger.N.SG therethere.ADV waswas.V.3S.PAST thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG smallsmall.ADJ likelike.CONJ gnomegnome.N.SG rightright.ADJ atat.PREP thethe.DET.DEF hundredhundred.NUM yardyard.N.SG markmark.N.SG whowho.REL ranran.SV.INFIN overover.ADV.[or].over.PREP andand.CONJ thenthen.ADV punchedunk meme.PRON.OBJ.1S inin.PREP thethe.DET.DEF shouldershoulder.N.SG.[or].should.N.SG.AG andand.CONJ ranran.V.INFIN backback.ADV behindbehind.PREP thethe.DET.DEF targettarget.N.SG .
  
159SEAI was gonna say backlash &=mumbles .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP saysay.V.INFIN backlashbacklash.N.SG .
  
166ANTand that that was nothing .
  andand.CONJ thatthat.DEM.FAR thatthat.DEM.FAR waswas.V.3S.PAST nothingnothing.PRON .
  
167ANT<that was nothing> [//] compared to that first rifle that was nothing .
  thatthat.DEM.FAR waswas.V.3S.PAST nothingnothing.PRON comparedcompar.N.SG+AV toto.PREP thatthat.DEM.FAR firstfirst.ADJ riflerifle.N.SG thatthat.DEM.FAR waswas.V.3S.PAST nothingnothing.PRON .
  
167ANT<that was nothing> [//] compared to that first rifle that was nothing .
  thatthat.DEM.FAR waswas.V.3S.PAST nothingnothing.PRON comparedcompar.N.SG+AV toto.PREP thatthat.DEM.FAR firstfirst.ADJ riflerifle.N.SG thatthat.DEM.FAR waswas.V.3S.PAST nothingnothing.PRON .
  
196ANTit was like one two three four done .
  itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST likelike.CONJ oneone.PRON.SG twotwo.NUM threethree.NUM fourfour.NUM donedone.AV.PAST .
  
197ANTit was a whole magazine .
  itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST aa.DET.INDEF wholewhole.ADJ magazinemagazine.N.SG .
  
210ANTI was shooting it shot by shot with the KalashnikovSE at um twenty five yards .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST shootingunk itit.PRON.SUB.3S shotshot.N.SG byby.PREP shotshot.N.SG withwith.PREP thethe.DET.DEF Kalashnikovname atat.PREP umum.IM twentytwenty.NUM fivefive.NUM yardsyard.N.PL .
  
211ANTthis was the spray you know .
  thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG waswas.V.3S.PAST thethe.DET.DEF sprayspray.N.SG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES .
  
212ANTthis was the area I was hitting .
  thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG waswas.V.3S.PAST thethe.DET.DEF areaarea.N.SG II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST hittinghit.ADJ+ASV .
  
212ANTthis was the area I was hitting .
  thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG waswas.V.3S.PAST thethe.DET.DEF areaarea.N.SG II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST hittinghit.ADJ+ASV .
  
272SEAbecause I was like &=gasp .
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST likelike.CONJ .
  
365SEAI was looking at this trash can .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST lookinglook.V.PRESPART atat.PREP thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG trashtrash.N.SG cancan.V.123SP.PRES .
  
451SEAlike I [/] I was actually telling MartaSE that like [/] you know <the way> [/] the way I cope with any of this +//.
  likelike.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST actuallyactual.ADJ+ADV tellingtell.V.PRESPART Martaname thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR likelike.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES thethe.DET.DEF wayway.N.SG thethe.DET.DEF wayway.N.SG II.PRON.SUB.1S copecope.V.1S.PRES withwith.PREP anyany.ADJ ofof.PREP thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG .
  
472SEAI was like +"/.
  II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST likelike.CONJ .
  
496ANTthat [/] that's actually what I was gonna tell you right now .
  thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES actuallyactual.ADJ+ADV whatwhat.REL II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP telltell.V.INFIN youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP rightright.ADJ nownow.ADV .
  
582SEAand uh and I [/] I remember this long lost like Spanish term you know which was uh which was vacilarS .
  andand.CONJ uhuh.IM andand.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S rememberremember.V.1S.PRES thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG longlong.ADJ lostlost.ADJ likelike.CONJ SpanishSpanish.N.SG termterm.N.SG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES whichwhich.REL waswas.V.3S.PAST uhuh.IM whichwhich.REL waswas.V.3S.PAST vacilarhesitate.V.INFIN .
  and I remember this long-lost, like, Spanish term, you know, which was "to check out ".
582SEAand uh and I [/] I remember this long lost like Spanish term you know which was uh which was vacilarS .
  andand.CONJ uhuh.IM andand.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S rememberremember.V.1S.PRES thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG longlong.ADJ lostlost.ADJ likelike.CONJ SpanishSpanish.N.SG termterm.N.SG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES whichwhich.REL waswas.V.3S.PAST uhuh.IM whichwhich.REL waswas.V.3S.PAST vacilarhesitate.V.INFIN .
  and I remember this long-lost, like, Spanish term, you know, which was "to check out ".
603SEAbut ah (.) so the whole idea was that but like vacilarseS <it has this> [/] it has this extra component built into the word of um [/] (.) of processing .
  butbut.CONJ ahah.IM soso.ADV thethe.DET.DEF wholewhole.ADJ ideaidea.N.SG waswas.V.3S.PAST thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR butbut.CONJ likelike.CONJ.[or].like.V.INFIN vacilarsehesitate.V.INFIN+SE[PRON.MF.3S] itit.PRON.SUB.3S hasha.IM+V 3S PRES.[or].has.V.3S.PRES thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG itit.PRON.SUB.3S hasha.IM+V 3S PRES.[or].has.V.3S.PRES thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG extraextra.ADJ componentcomponent.N.SG builtbuilt.V.PAST intointo.PREP thethe.DET.DEF wordword.N.SG ofof.PREP umum.IM ofof.PREP processingprocess.N.SG+ASV .
  but, so the whole idea was that but, like, "check out", it has this extra component built into the word, of processing
706ANTI mean you would know this better than I would &a if there's something in history something that happened that somehow brought those two words together if it was fun to inspect .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S meanmean.V.1S.PRES youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP wouldbe.V.2SP.COND knowknow.SV.INFIN thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG betterbetter.ADJ thanthan.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S wouldbe.V.1S.COND ifif.CONJ there'sthere.PRON+BE.V.3S.PRES somethingsomething.PRON inin.PREP historyhistory.N.SG somethingsomething.PRON thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR happenedhappen.V.INFIN+AV thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR somehowsomehow.ADV broughtbrought.AV.PAST thosethose.DEM.FAR.PL twotwo.NUM wordsword.N.PL.[or].words.N.PL togethertogether.ADV ifif.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST funfun.N.SG toto.PREP inspectinspect.V.INFIN .
  
707ANT<what was> [//] when was it fun to check out .
  whatwhat.REL waswas.V.3S.PAST whenwhen.CONJ waswas.V.3S.PAST itit.PRON.OBJ.3S funfun.N.SG toto.PREP checkcheck.V.INFIN outout.ADV .
  
707ANT<what was> [//] when was it fun to check out .
  whatwhat.REL waswas.V.3S.PAST whenwhen.CONJ waswas.V.3S.PAST itit.PRON.OBJ.3S funfun.N.SG toto.PREP checkcheck.V.INFIN outout.ADV .
  
737SEA<she was> [/] she was friends with him .
  sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST friendsfriend.N.PL withwith.PREP himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S .
  
737SEA<she was> [/] she was friends with him .
  sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST friendsfriend.N.PL withwith.PREP himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S .
  
774ANT&=laughs trying to remember like my dad shouting at my mom when I was like six years old +"/.
  tryingtry.V.PRESPART toto.PREP rememberremember.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S daddad.N.SG shoutingunk atat.PREP mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S mommom.N.SG whenwhen.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST likelike.CONJ sixsix.NUM yearsyear.N.PL oldold.ADJ .
  
790ANTand I was like +"/.
  andand.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST likelike.CONJ .
  
838ANT+" I was standing in three but a little bit more to the right .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST standingstand.V.PRESPART inin.PREP threethree.NUM butbut.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF littlelittle.ADJ bitbit.N.SG moremore.ADV toto.PREP thethe.DET.DEF rightright.ADJ .
  
859ANTand I was like +"/.
  andand.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST likelike.CONJ .
  
898ANT+" it was a little bit north of that &u: .
  itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST aa.DET.INDEF littlelittle.ADJ bitbit.N.SG northnorth.N.SG ofof.PREP thatthat.DEM.FAR .
  

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