And in several of these random instances of pleonasm, truism, kinky syntax, malapropos metaphor, and just plain dumb things to say, I perceived the moroxonic spirit at work.
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(ROOT (S (CC And) (PP (IN in) (NP (JJ several) (UCP (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (DT these) (JJ random) (NNS instances)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN pleonasm) (, ,) (NN truism) (, ,) (JJ kinky) (JJ syntax) (, ,) (JJ malapropos) (NN metaphor))))) (, ,) (CC and) (ADVP (RB just)) (ADJP (RB plain) (JJ dumb))) (NNS things) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB say)))))) (, ,) (NP (PRP I)) (VP (VBD perceived) (NP (DT the) (JJ moroxonic) (NN spirit)) (PP (IN at) (NP (NN work)))) (. .)))
I did not perceive the moroxonic spirit at work.
( I ( ( ( did not ) ( ( perceive ( the ( moroxonic spirit ) ) ) ( at work ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (PRP I)) (VP (VBD did) (RB not) (VP (VB perceive) (NP (DT the) (JJ moroxonic) (NN spirit)) (PP (IN at) (NP (NN work))))) (. .)))