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ESPER: Extracting Speaker Information From Children's Stories for Speech Synthesis |
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<QUOTE TYPE=“NEW” SPEAKER=“ALICE”> `As wet as ever,‘ </QUOTE> said <CHARACTER ID=“ALICE” CLASS=“properName”> Alice </CHARACTER> in a melancholy tone: <QUOTE TYPE=“CONT”> `it doesn't seem to dry me at all.‘ </QUOTE> <QUOTE TYPE=“NEW” SPEAKER=“THE_DODO”> `In that case,‘ </QUOTE> said <CHARACTER ID=“DODO” CLASS=“defNP”> the Dodo </CHARACTER> solemnly, rising to its feet, <QUOTE TYPE=“CONT”> `I move that the meeting adjourn, for the immediate adoption of more energetic remedies--‘ </QUOTE>
<QUOTE TYPE=“NEW” SPEAKER=“THE_EAGLET”> `Speak English!‘ </QUOTE> said <CHARACTER ID=“THE_EAGLET” CLASS=“defNP”> the Eaglet. </CHARACTER> <QUOTE TYPE=“CONT”> `I don't know the meaning of half those long words, and, what's more, I don't believe you do either!' </QUOTE> And the Eaglet bent down its head to hide a smile: some of the other birds tittered audibly.
- <QUOTE TYPE=“NEW” SPEAKER=“THE_OLD_GOBLIN”> "Ho! ho!“</QUOTE> said <CHARACTER ID=“THE_OLD_GOBLIN” CLASS=“defNP”> the old goblin, </CHARACTER> <QUOTE TYPE=“CONT”> "is that what she means? Well, what can the seventh and last do?” </QUOTE> <QUOTE TYPE=“NEW” SPEAKER=“THE_ELF_KING”> "The sixth comes before the seventh," </QUOTE> said <CHARACTER ID=“THE_ELF_KING” CLASS=“defNP”> the elf king, </CHARACTER> for he could reckon; but the sixth would not come forward. <QUOTE TYPE=“NEW” SPEAKER=“THE_GIRL”> "I can only tell people the truth," </QUOTE> said <CHARACTER ID=“THE_GIRL” CLASS=“defNP”> the girl.</CHARACTER> <QUOTE TYPE=“CONT”>"No one cares for me, nor troubles himself about me; and I have enough to do to sew my grave clothes.“ </QUOTE>
