MIAMI - Zeledon8
Instances of why

210FLAI I don't know why I pic(ture) why I am picturing you .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S don'tdo.V.1S.PRES+NEG knowknow.V.INFIN whywhy.REL II.PRON.SUB.1S picturepicture.N.SG whywhy.REL II.PRON.SUB.1S amam.V.1S.PRES picturingunk youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP .
  
210FLAI I don't know why I pic(ture) why I am picturing you .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S don'tdo.V.1S.PRES+NEG knowknow.V.INFIN whywhy.REL II.PRON.SUB.1S picturepicture.N.SG whywhy.REL II.PRON.SUB.1S amam.V.1S.PRES picturingunk youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP .
  
351MARthat's why it's expensive .
  that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES whywhy.REL it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES expensiveexpensive.ADJ .
  
469MAR<why am I gonna [?]> [///] if it did(n't) [/] didn't do it when I was in my twenties why am I gonna do it now ?
  whywhy.REL amam.V.PRES II.PRON.SUB.1S gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP ifif.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S didn'tdid.V.PAST+NEG didn'tdid.AV.PAST+NEG dodo.SV.INFIN itit.PRON.SUB.3S whenwhen.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST inin.PREP mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S twentiestwenty.NUM+PV whywhy.REL amam.V.PRES II.PRON.SUB.1S gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP dodo.V.INFIN itit.PRON.OBJ.3S nownow.ADV ?
  
469MAR<why am I gonna [?]> [///] if it did(n't) [/] didn't do it when I was in my twenties why am I gonna do it now ?
  whywhy.REL amam.V.PRES II.PRON.SUB.1S gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP ifif.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S didn'tdid.V.PAST+NEG didn'tdid.AV.PAST+NEG dodo.SV.INFIN itit.PRON.SUB.3S whenwhen.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST inin.PREP mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S twentiestwenty.NUM+PV whywhy.REL amam.V.PRES II.PRON.SUB.1S gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP dodo.V.INFIN itit.PRON.OBJ.3S nownow.ADV ?
  
669FLA+< yeah that's why .
  yeahyeah.ADV that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES whywhy.REL .
  
853FLAthat's why I now I told him [?] +"/.
  that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES whywhy.REL II.PRON.SUB.1S nownow.ADV II.PRON.SUB.1S toldtold.V.PAST himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S .
  
901FLAwhy ?
  whywhy.REL ?
  
908MAR+< that's wh(y) +/.
  that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES whywhy.REL .
  
1057FLAand then that's why they can take that thing down and +//.
  andand.CONJ thenthen.ADV that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES whywhy.REL theythey.PRON.SUB.3P cancan.V.123SP.PRES taketake.V.INFIN thatthat.DEM.FAR thingthing.N.SG downdown.PREP andand.CONJ .
  

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