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[lemma=the] [tag=NN] [tag=POS] [lemma=□] □
[lemma=the] [tag=NN] [tag=POS] [tag=□] □
The settlement seems to have always been small , since most of the area 's inhabitants lived on the farms they had cleared in the dense woods .