FILES : to Articlenumber : -VP--- (VP (MD will) -VP--- (VP (VB join) (NP (DT the) (NN board) ) (PP-CLR (IN as) (NP (DT a) (JJ nonexecutive) (NN director) ) ) (NP-TMP (NNP Nov. ) (CD 29) ) ) ) Sentencenumber 1 : -VP--- (VP (VBZ is) Sentencenumber 2 : -VP--- (VP (VBD was) -VP--- (VP (VBN named) (S (NP-SBJ (-NONE- *-1) ) (NP - PRD (NP (DT a) (JJ nonexecutive) (NN director) ) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT this) (JJ British) (JJ industrial) (NN conglomerate) )))))) Sentencenumber 3 : -VP--- (ADVP-TMP (RB once) ) -VP--- (VP (VBN used) ( NP ( -NONE- * ) ( S-CLR (NP-SBJ ( -NONE- * ) -VP--- (VP (TO to) -VP--- (VP (VB make ) (NP (NNP Kent) (NN cigarette) (NNS filters) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) -VP--- (VP (VBZ has ) -VP--- (VP (VBN caused) (NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( 3J high ) ( NN percentage ) ( PP ( IN of ) (NP (NN cancer) (NNS deaths) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN among) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN group) ) (PP (IN of) (NP ( NP ( NNS workers ) ( RRC -VP--- (VP (VBN exposed) (NP ( -NONE- * ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) (NP (PRP it ) ) ( ADVP - TMP -VP--- ( ADVP - TMP (NP ( QP ( RBR more ) ( IN tilan ) ( CD 3 0 ) (NNS years ) ( IN ago) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) -VP--- ( VP ( VBD reported ) Sentencenumber 4 : -VP--- (VP (VBZ is) (ADJP-PRD (RB unusually) (JJ resilient) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN once ) (S ( NP - SBJ ( PRP it ) -VP--- (VP (VBZ enters) (NP (DT the) (NNS lungs) ) ) ) ) -VP--- (VP (VBG causing) (NP (NP (NNS symptoms ) ( S BAR (WHNP-1 (WDT that ) (S (NP-SBJ ( "NONE*T* -1 ) -VP--- (VP (VBP show) ( PRT (RP up) ( ADVP-TMP -VP--- ( ADVP-TMP (NP (NNS decades ) (JJ later) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) -VP--- (VP (VBD said) In the files 1 to 4 Nb of sentences : 5 nb of items (VP) : 16 nb of item by itself ( VP ) : 16 nb of item-suffixed (VP-...) : 0 nb of item-suffixed (VP...) : 0