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Instances of they

17GILthey gave me this really cute shirt .
  theythey.PRON.SUB.3P gavegave.V.3P.PRES meme.PRON.OBJ.1S thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG reallyreal.ADJ+ADV cutecute.ADJ shirtshirt.N.SG .
  
18CHAyeah they gave me a [/] a BarbieSE car .
  yeahyeah.ADV theythey.PRON.SUB.3P gavegave.V.3P.PRES meme.PRON.OBJ.1S aa.DET.INDEF aa.DET.INDEF Barbiename carcar.N.SG .
  
25CHAand they hurt you know horribly .
  andand.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P hurthurt.V.3P.PRES youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES horriblyhorribly.ADV .
  
105GILyeah um they actually just got married in June .
  yeahyeah.ADV umum.IM theythey.PRON.SUB.3P actuallyactual.ADJ+ADV justjust.ADV gotgot.V.PASTPART marriedmarry.N.SG+AV inin.PREP Junename .
  
123CHAyS tambiénS nacióS enS HondurasSE which makes him much more funnier because they say a lot of good jokes .
  yand.CONJ tambiéntoo.ADV nacióbe_born.V.3S.PAST enin.PREP Hondurasname whichwhich.REL makesmake.SV.INFIN+PV himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S muchmuch.ADJ moremore.ADV funnierfunnier.ADJ.[or].funny.ADJ.COMP becausebecause.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P saysay.V.3P.PRES aa.DET.INDEF lotlot.N.SG ofof.PREP goodgood.ADJ jokesjoke.N.PL .
  and also he was born in Honduras, which makes him much more funnier because they say a lot of good jokes.
228GILeven if they chipped our tooth .
  eveneven.ADJ ifif.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P chippedchip.N.SG+AV ourour.ADJ.POSS.1P toothtooth.N.SG .
  
238GILthey live in New_Jersey [=! laughs] .
  theythey.PRON.SUB.3P livelive.V.3P.PRES inin.PREP New_Jerseyname .
  
351CHAso tell us more about your mom and your dad's backgrounds from where they come from .
  soso.ADV telltell.SV.INFIN usus.PRON.OBJ.1P moremore.ADV aboutabout.PREP youryour.ADJ.POSS.2SP mommom.N.SG andand.CONJ youryour.ADJ.POSS.2SP dad'sdad.N.SG+=POSS backgroundsbackground.N.PL fromfrom.PREP wherewhere.REL theythey.PRON.SUB.3P comecome.V.3P.PRES fromfrom.PREP .
  
369GILmy mom told me that (.) &s they didn't have pools you know .
  mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S mommom.N.SG toldtold.V.PAST meme.PRON.OBJ.1S thatthat.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P didn'tdid.V.PAST+NEG havehave.SV.INFIN poolspool.N.PL youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES .
  
469CHAare they nice ?
  areare.V.123P.PRES theythey.PRON.SUB.3P nicenice.ADJ ?
  
537GILand they said that only people thirteen and under could go on [/] on it .
  andand.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P saidsaid.V.PAST thatthat.DEM.FAR onlyonly.ADJ.[or].on.PREP+ADV peoplepeople.N.SG thirteenthirteen.NUM andand.CONJ underunder.PREP couldcan.V.COND gogo.V.INFIN onon.PREP onon.PREP itit.PRON.OBJ.3S .
  
558CHAI think they had to take it down after mom went on there .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S thinkthink.V.1S.PRES theythey.PRON.SUB.3P hadhad.V.PAST toto.PREP taketake.V.INFIN itit.PRON.OBJ.3S downdown.PREP afterafter.PREP mommom.N.SG wentwent.V.PAST onon.PREP therethere.ADV .
  
626CHAthey are so cute .
  theythey.PRON.SUB.3P areare.V.3P.PRES soso.ADV cutecute.ADJ .
  
632GILthey just came out with a new episode .
  theythey.PRON.SUB.3P justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV camecame.AV.PAST outout.ADV withwith.PREP aa.DET.INDEF newnew.ADJ episodeepisode.N.SG .
  
660GILand then they shouted out +".
  andand.CONJ thenthen.ADV theythey.PRON.SUB.3P shoutedunk outout.ADV .
  
666CHAyou know <in our> [///] uh when the Indians used to see pictures of GeorgeSE WashingtonSE they would see the pictures of waist up .
  youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES inin.PREP ourour.ADJ.POSS.1P uhuh.IM whenwhen.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF Indiansname useduse.V.PAST toto.PREP seesee.V.INFIN picturespicture.N.PL ofof.PREP Georgename Washingtonname theythey.PRON.SUB.3P wouldbe.V.123SP.COND seesee.V.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF picturespicture.N.PL ofof.PREP waistwaist.N.SG upup.ADV .
  
668GILthey didn't know how tall he was .
  theythey.PRON.SUB.3P didn'tdid.V.PAST+NEG knowknow.SV.INFIN howhow.ADV talltall.ADJ hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST .
  
669GILso they just added feet .
  soso.ADV theythey.PRON.SUB.3P justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV addedunk feetfeet.N.SG .
  
670CHAI know so when they were gonna make the statue he was just this little mini guy muyS muyS chiquitoS comoS unaS enanitoS .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S knowknow.V.1S.PRES soso.ADV whenwhen.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P werewere.V.3P.PAST gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP makemake.V.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF statuestatue.N.SG hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG littlelittle.ADJ minimini.ADJ guyguy.N.SG muyvery.ADV muyvery.ADV chiquitosmall.ADJ.M.SG.DIM comolike.CONJ unaunite.V.13S.SUBJ.PRES enanitodwarf.N.M.SG.DIM .
  I know, so when they were gonna make the statue he was just this little mini guy, really small like a dwarf.
681CHAyes they are in New_jerseySE .
  yesyes.ADV theythey.PRON.SUB.3P areare.V.3P.PRES inin.PREP New_jerseyname .
  
702GILyou know people they do like gymnastics or something .
  youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES peoplepeople.N.SG theythey.PRON.SUB.3P dodo.V.3P.PRES likelike.CONJ gymnasticsgymnastic.ADJ+PV.[or].gymnastics.N.SG oror.CONJ somethingsomething.PRON .
  
703GILthey stick to it .
  theythey.PRON.SUB.3P stickstick.V.3P.PRES toto.PREP itit.PRON.OBJ.3S .
  

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