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+.mypy_cache
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+[metadata]
+name = uuparser
+version = 2.3
+description = A transition-based parser for Universal Dependencies with BiLSTM word and character representations.
+license = Apache
+author = Uppsala NLP group
+author_email = miryam.de_lhoneux@lingfil.uu.se
+long_description = file: README.md
+long_description_content_type = text/markdown
+
+keywords =
+    nlp
+    conversion
+
+[options]
+packages = find:
+include_package_data=True
+python_requires = >= 3.6
+install_requires =
+    dynet
+    h5py
+    numpy
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+import setuptools
+
+setuptools.setup()
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