SIARAD - Roberts3
Instances of because for speaker MED

48MED+< (be)causeE oedd RhodriCE +// .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF Rhodriname
  because Rhodri was...
51MED+" well mi text_ioE+cym Gary_EdwardsCE de (be)causeE <(be)causeE mae> [///] i herian hwnnw .
  betterbetter.ADJ.COMP+SM PRON.1SPRT.AFF text.NONFINtext.SV.INFIN Gary_Edwardsname TAGbe.IM+SM becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.PRESbecause.CONJ tobe.V.3S.PRES tease.NONFINI.PRON.1S.[or].to.PREP thattease.V.INFIN that.PRON.DEM.M.SG
  "I'd better text Gary Edwards, isn't it, because...to tease him"
51MED+" well mi text_ioE+cym Gary_EdwardsCE de (be)causeE <(be)causeE mae> [///] i herian hwnnw .
  betterbetter.ADJ.COMP+SM PRON.1SPRT.AFF text.NONFINtext.SV.INFIN Gary_Edwardsname TAGbe.IM+SM becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.PRESbecause.CONJ tobe.V.3S.PRES tease.NONFINI.PRON.1S.[or].to.PREP thattease.V.INFIN that.PRON.DEM.M.SG
  "I'd better text Gary Edwards, isn't it, because...to tease him"
224MED(be)causeE es i DeiniolenCE bore (y)ma do # peth (y)na .
  becausebecause.CONJ go.1S.PASTgo.V.1S.PAST PRON.1Sto.PREP Deiniolenname morningmorning.N.M.SG herehere.ADV yescome.V.1S.PRES.[or].yes.ADV.PAST.[or].roof.N.M.SG+SM thingthing.N.M.SG therethere.ADV
  because I went to Deiniolen this morning, didn't I, thingy...
313MEDxx (be)causeE gyn [/] gyn i ddau blentyn oedd yn absennol .
  becausebecause.CONJ withwith.PREP withwith.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S two.Mtwo.NUM.M+SM childchild.N.M.SG+SM be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRTPRT absentabsent.ADJ
  [...] because I've got two children who were absent
728MED(be)causeE ddeudais i dydd Llun +"/ .
  becausebecause.CONJ say.1S.PASTsay.V.1S.PAST+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S dayday.N.M.SG MondayMonday.N.M.SG
  because I said on Monday:
789MED(be)causeE mae mynd roundCE eto beryg ti gweld dydy .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN roundround.ADJ againagain.ADV dangerousdanger.N.M.SG+SM PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG
  because it probably goes round again, you see, doesn't it
857MED(be)causeE mae (we)di mabwysiadu <tri o &b geno(d)> [//] tair o genod .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRT.PASTafter.PREP adopt.NONFINadopt.V.INFIN three.Mthree.NUM.M ofhe.PRON.M.3S.[or].from.PREP.[or].of.PREP girlsunk three.Fthree.NUM.F ofhe.PRON.M.3S.[or].from.PREP.[or].of.PREP girlsunk
  because she's adopted three girls
900MED(be)causeE wnaeth EmilyCE ofyn +"/ .
  becausebecause.CONJ do.3S.PASTdo.V.3S.PAST+SM Emilyname ask.NONFINask.V.INFIN+SM
  because Emily asked...
909MED(be)causeE wnaethon [?] nhw bartyCE mawr pan gaethon nhw eu newid eu [/] eu henwau (fe)lly tibod .
  becausebecause.CONJ do.3PL.PASTdo.V.3P.PAST+SM PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P partyparty.N.SG+SM bigbig.ADJ whenwhen.CONJ get.3PL.PASTget.V.1P.PAST+SM PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P POSS.3PLtheir.ADJ.POSS.3P change.NONFINchange.V.INFIN POSS.3PLtheir.ADJ.POSS.3P POSS.3PLtheir.ADJ.POSS.3P namesnames.N.M.PL+H thusso.ADV know.2Sunk
  because they threw a big party when they got their names changed, you know
1193MED(be)causeE oedd ArwelCE (we)di bod meddwl hwyrach (ba)sai fo (y)n # rhentio ei dŷ allan .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF Arwelname PRT.PASTafter.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN perhapsperhaps.ADV be.3S.CONDITbe.V.3S.PLUPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT rent.NONFINrent.V.INFIN POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S househouse.N.M.SG+SM outout.ADV
  because Arwel had been thinking perhaps he'd rent out his house
1307MEDxx (be)causeE oedd hwn yn deud +"/ .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF thisthis.PRON.DEM.M.SG PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN
  [...] because this guy was saying:
1333MED(be)causeE xx <dw i (y)n dod i> [//] dan ni (y)n dod i ddiwedd blockCE dŵad ?
  becausebecause.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN toto.PREP be.1PL.PRESbe.V.1P.PRES PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P PRTPRT come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN toto.PREP endend.N.M.SG+SM blockblock.N.SG say.2S.IMPERcome.V.INFIN
  because [...] I'm...are we coming to the end of a block, say?

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