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)))) (. .)))
Kinky syntax was a dumb thing to say.
( ( Kinky syntax ) ( ( was ( a ( dumb ( thing ( to say ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (JJ Kinky) (NN syntax)) (VP (VBD was) (NP (DT a) (JJ dumb) (NN thing) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB say)))))) (. .)))