In a story that echoes that of Helen Keller, Betteridge's teacher Roberta Reid fingerspelled words into her pupil's hand, until Betteridge made the connection between the words spelled and the objects she was touching. The breakthrough came when Reid spelled the word ``shoe'' while placing a shoe in Alice's hand. Her education then progressed rapidly, and in a few short months she knew 200 nouns and several verbs, including ``run,'' ``jump,'' and ``laugh,'' and soon began learning to read braille.
In a story that echoes that of Helen Keller, Betteridge's teacher Roberta Reid fingerspelled words into her pupil's hand, until Betteridge made the connection between the words spelled and the objects she was touching.
case
in
In
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
story
story
NOUN
NN
nsubj
PronType=Rel
that
that
PRON
WDT
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
echoe
echoes
VERB
VBZ
obj
Number=Sing|PronType=Dem
that
that
PRON
DT
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Helen
Helen
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Keller
Keller
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Betteridge
Betteridge
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
appos
Number=Sing
teacher
teacher
NOUN
NN
appos
Number=Sing
Roberta
Roberta
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Reid
Reid
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
fingerspellell
fingerspelled
VERB
VBD
obj
Number=Plur
word
words
NOUN
NNS
case
into
into
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
her
her
PRON
PRP$
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
pupil
pupil
NOUN
NN
case
's
's
PART
POS
obl
Number=Sing
hand
hand
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
mark
until
until
SCONJ
IN
nsubj
Number=Sing
Betteridge
Betteridge
PROPN
NNP
advcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
make
made
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
connection
connection
NOUN
NN
case
between
between
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Plur
word
words
NOUN
NNS
acl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
spell
spelled
VERB
VBN
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
conj
Number=Plur
object
objects
NOUN
NNS
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
she
she
PRON
PRP
aux
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
acl:relcl
Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part
touch
touching
VERB
VBG
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
The breakthrough came when Reid spelled the word ``shoe'' while placing a shoe in Alice's hand.
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
The
DET
DT
nsubj
Number=Sing
breakthrough
breakthrough
NOUN
NN
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
come
came
VERB
VBD
advmod
PronType=Int
when
when
ADV
WRB
nsubj
Number=Sing
Reid
Reid
PROPN
NNP
advcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
spell
spelled
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
word
word
NOUN
NN
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
obj
Number=Sing
shoe''
shoe''
NOUN
NN
mark
while
while
SCONJ
IN
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
place
placing
VERB
VBG
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
shoe
shoe
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Alice
Alice
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
obl
Number=Sing
hand
hand
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Her education then progressed rapidly, and in a few short months she knew 200 nouns and several verbs, including ``run,'' ``jump,'' and ``laugh,'' and soon began learning to read braille.
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
her
Her
PRON
PRP$
nsubj
Number=Sing
education
education
NOUN
NN
advmod
PronType=Dem
then
then
ADV
RB
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
progress
progressed
VERB
VBD
advmod
rapidly
rapidly
ADV
RB
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
few
few
ADJ
JJ
amod
Degree=Pos
short
short
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Plur
month
months
NOUN
NNS
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
she
she
PRON
PRP
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
know
knew
VERB
VBD
nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
200
200
NUM
CD
obj
Number=Plur
noun
nouns
NOUN
NNS
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
amod
Degree=Pos
several
several
ADJ
JJ
conj
Number=Plur
verb
verbs
NOUN
NNS
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
mark
VerbForm=Ger
include
including
VERB
VBG
punct
`
`
PUNCT
``
punct
`
`
PUNCT
``
advcl
Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin
run
run
VERB
VB
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
punct
''
''
PUNCT
``
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
ccomp
Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin
jump
jump
VERB
VB
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
punct
'
'
PUNCT
``
punct
'
'
PUNCT
``
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
punct
`
`
PUNCT
``
punct
`
`
PUNCT
``
conj
Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin
laugh
laugh
VERB
VB
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
advmod
Degree=Pos
soon
soon
ADV
RB
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
begin
began
VERB
VBD
xcomp
VerbForm=Ger
learn
learning
VERB
VBG
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
read
read
VERB
VB
obj
Number=Sing
braille
braille
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.