Jim Dawson devoted an entire chapter of his 2006 Modern History of the Fart to Shatner's alleged flatulence in Mind Meld, which he compares to the sound of someone stepping on a tribble. G. Noel Gross of DVD Talk compared the excitement over this sound to that evinced by adolescent boys watching pornography, and compared the level of scrutiny devoted to the scene to that received by the Zapruder film of the Kennedy assassination. In his review of Mind Meld, Mike Clark of USA Today called the discussion between Shatner (left) and Nimoy (right) ``surprisingly frank''.
Jim Dawson devoted an entire chapter of his 2006 Modern History of the Fart to Shatner's alleged flatulence in Mind Meld, which he compares to the sound of someone stepping on a tribble.
nsubj
Number=Sing
Jim
Jim
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NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Dawson
Dawson
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root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
devote
devoted
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Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
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DT
amod
Degree=Pos
entire
entire
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Sing
chapter
chapter
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case
of
of
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IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
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compound
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
2006
2006
NUM
CD
amod
Degree=Pos
modern
Modern
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nmod
Number=Sing
History
History
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case
of
of
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IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
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DT
nmod
Number=Sing
Fart
Fart
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NNP
case
to
to
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Shatner
Shatner
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case
's
's
PART
POS
amod
Degree=Pos
alleged
alleged
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Sing
flatulence
flatulence
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
mind
Mind
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NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Meld
Meld
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NNP
punct
,
,
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,
obj
PronType=Rel
which
which
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WDT
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Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
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PRP
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
compare
compares
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VBZ
case
to
to
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IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
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DT
obl
Number=Sing
sound
sound
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
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IN
nmod
Number=Sing|PronType=Ind
someone
someone
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NN
acl
VerbForm=Ger
step
stepping
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VBG
case
on
on
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IN
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Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
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obl
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tribble
tribble
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NN
punct
.
.
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.
G. Noel Gross of DVD
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G.
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flat
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Noel
Noel
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flat
Number=Sing
Gross
Gross
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case
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of
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IN
nmod
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dvd
DVD
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Talk compared the excitement over this sound to that evinced by adolescent boys watching pornography, and compared the level of scrutiny devoted to the scene to that received by the Zapruder film of the Kennedy assassination.
nsubj
Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin
talk
Talk
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VB
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
compare
compared
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VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
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obj
Number=Sing
excitement
excitement
NOUN
NN
case
over
over
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IN
det
Number=Sing|PronType=Dem
this
this
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nmod
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sound
sound
NOUN
NN
case
to
to
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing|PronType=Dem
that
that
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DT
acl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
evince
evinced
VERB
VBN
case
by
by
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
adolescent
adolescent
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JJ
obl:agent
Number=Plur
boy
boys
NOUN
NNS
acl
VerbForm=Ger
watch
watching
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VBG
obj
Number=Sing
pornography
pornography
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NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
and
and
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CC
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
compare
compared
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
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DT
obj
Number=Sing
level
level
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NN
case
of
of
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nmod
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scrutiny
scrutiny
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NN
acl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
devote
devoted
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VBN
case
to
to
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IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
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DT
obl
Number=Sing
scene
scene
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NN
case
to
to
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IN
obl
Number=Sing|PronType=Dem
that
that
PRON
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acl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
receive
received
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VBN
case
by
by
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
Zapruder
Zapruder
PROPN
NNP
obl
Number=Sing
film
film
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
Kennedy
Kennedy
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nmod
Number=Sing
assassination
assassination
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
In his review of Mind Meld, Mike Clark of USA Today called the discussion between Shatner (left) and Nimoy (right) ``surprisingly frank''.
case
in
In
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IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
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obl
Number=Sing
review
review
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
mind
Mind
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Meld
Meld
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
Mike
Mike
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Clark
Clark
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NNP
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
USA
USA
PROPN
NNP
nmod:tmod
Number=Sing
Today
Today
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root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
call
called
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
discussion
discussion
NOUN
NN
case
between
between
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Shatner
Shatner
PROPN
NNP
punct
(
(
PUNCT
-LRB-
appos
Number=Sing
left
left
NOUN
NN
punct
)
)
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cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
Nimoy
Nimoy
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punct
(
(
PUNCT
-LRB-
appos
Degree=Pos
right
right
ADJ
JJ
punct
)
)
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punct
``
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``
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surprisingly
surprisingly
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RB
amod
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frank''
frank''
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JJ
punct
.
.
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