MIAMI - Zeledon6
Instances of could for speaker ABI

5ABIokSE so (.) what else could we talk about ?
  okunk soso.ADV whatwhat.REL elseelse.ADJ couldcan.V.COND wewe.PRON.SUB.1P talktalk.V.1P.PRES aboutabout.PREP ?
  
71ABI<let's talk one> [/] let's talk one topic that we could talk about .
  let'slet.V.IMPER+US.PRON.SUB.1P talktalk.V.INFIN oneone.PRON.SG let'slet.V.IMPER+US.PRON.SUB.1P talktalk.V.INFIN oneone.PRON.SG topictopic.N.SG thatthat.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P couldcan.V.COND talktalk.V.INFIN aboutabout.PREP .
  
95ABIwe could talk about something else .
  wewe.PRON.SUB.1P couldcan.V.COND talktalk.V.INFIN aboutabout.PREP somethingsomething.PRON elseelse.ADJ .
  
167ABIyeah that you could do it in five minutes .
  yeahyeah.ADV thatthat.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP couldcan.V.COND dodo.V.INFIN itit.PRON.OBJ.3S inin.PREP fivefive.NUM minutesminute.N.PL .
  
193ABI+< xxx exactly because there's a reason that they are the case managers so they could resolverS losS problemasS xxx .
  exactlyexact.ADJ+ADV becausebecause.CONJ there'sthere.PRON+BE.V.3S.PRES aa.DET.INDEF reasonreason.N.SG thatthat.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P areare.V.3P.PRES thethe.DET.DEF casecase.N.SG managersmanager.N.PL soso.ADV theythey.PRON.SUB.3P couldcan.V.COND resolversettle.V.INFIN losthe.DET.DEF.M.PL problemastrouble.N.M.PL .
  [...] exactly because there's a reason that they are case managers so they could solve the problems [...].
196ABIshe is paying SelenaSE a [/] a salary of a case manager so she could solve those problems .
  sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S isis.V.3S.PRES payingpay.V.PRESPART Selenaname aa.DET.INDEF aa.DET.INDEF salarysalary.N.SG ofof.PREP aa.DET.INDEF casecase.N.SG managermanager.N.SG soso.ADV sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S couldcan.V.COND solvesolve.V.INFIN thosethose.DEM.FAR.PL problemsproblem.N.PL .
  
395ABI+< exactly before [/] before [/] before you scream you could just talk .
  exactlyexact.ADJ+ADV beforebefore.CONJ beforebefore.CONJ beforebefore.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP screamscream.V.2SP.PRES youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP couldcan.V.COND justjust.ADV talktalk.V.INFIN .
  
960ABIyeah that could just be any .
  yeahyeah.ADV thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR couldcan.V.COND justjust.ADV bebe.V.INFIN anyany.ADJ .
  

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