I tried to install Python 2.7 and the pattern package but it always failed (they seem to be quite old by now and out of support). Is there any newer version for Python 3 available?

get_illustrations.py will be silently failing to download images until you create that folder.

Have you seen the 'cut up text' works of William Burroughs and the Dadaists? Do you have inspirations, for a bibliography or 'philosophical colophon'?

It seems this package requires pattern (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Pattern) to be installed. Is there an INSTALL or REQUIREMENTS file for this project?

What is the license on this? I want to toy around but can't touch anything without a license on it.

File "machine.py", line 31, in create_gerund_title
gerund_phrases = search.search_out(text, search_patterns[-1])
File "/home/ubuntu/patent-generator/search.py", line 15, in search_out
results = re_search(text, search_string, strict)
File "/home/ubuntu/patent-generator/search.py", line 10, in re_search
results = search(search_string, tree)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pattern/text/search.py", line 1012, in search
return compile(pattern, *args, **kwargs).search(sentence)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pattern/text/search.py", line 993, in compile
raise TypeError("can't compile '%s' object" % pattern.class.name)
TypeError: can't compile 'str' object