MIAMI - Zeledon4
Instances of be for speaker ETH

3ETHerSE (.) <I think> [/] (.) <I think it's a little> [//] I think <it's nice> [/] it's nice to [/] <to be> [//] to have manicures and pedicures .
  erer.IM II.PRON.SUB.1S thinkthink.V.1S.PRES II.PRON.SUB.1S thinkthink.V.1S.PRES it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES aa.DET.INDEF littlelittle.ADJ II.PRON.SUB.1S thinkthink.V.1S.PRES it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES nicenice.ADJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES nicenice.ADJ toto.PREP toto.PREP bebe.V.INFIN toto.PREP havehave.V.INFIN manicuresmanicure.N.PL andand.CONJ pedicurespedicure.N.PL .
  
54ETHerSE (.) could be anything .
  erer.IM couldcan.V.COND bebe.V.INFIN anythinganything.PRON .
  
55ETHcould be life .
  couldcan.V.COND bebe.V.INFIN lifelife.N.SG .
  
56ETHcould be about business .
  couldcan.V.COND bebe.V.INFIN aboutabout.PREP businessbusiness.N.SG .
  
57ETHit could be about my children .
  itit.PRON.SUB.3S couldcan.V.COND bebe.V.INFIN aboutabout.PREP mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S childrenchildren.N.SG .
  
168ETHxxx it could be somebody in this room .
  itit.PRON.SUB.3S couldcan.V.COND bebe.V.INFIN somebodysomebody.PRON inin.PREP thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG roomroom.N.SG .
  
289ETHa game could be depending on the day Sundays is cheaper .
  aa.DET.INDEF gamegame.N.SG couldcan.V.COND bebe.V.INFIN dependingdepend.V.PRESPART onon.PREP thethe.DET.DEF dayday.N.SG Sundaysname isis.V.3S.PRES cheapercheap.ADJ.COMP .
  
718ETHit doesn't have to be gorgeous .
  itit.PRON.SUB.3S doesn'tdoes.V.3S.PRES+NEG havehave.SV.INFIN toto.PREP bebe.V.INFIN gorgeousgorgeous.ADJ .
  
723ETH+< it doesn't have to be that no .
  itit.PRON.SUB.3S doesn'tdoes.V.3S.PRES+NEG havehave.SV.INFIN toto.PREP bebe.V.INFIN thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR nono.ADV .
  
724ETHno it could be half of this .
  nono.ADV itit.PRON.SUB.3S couldcan.V.COND bebe.V.INFIN halfhalf.N.SG ofof.PREP thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG .
  

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