diff --git a/DeReKo/my_utils.py b/DeReKo/my_utils.py
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+import requests, logging
+from CoNLL_Annotation import read_conll, read_conll_generator
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def file_generator(file_path):
+    with open(file_path, "r") as data_file:
+        logger.info("Reading instances from lines in file at: %s", file_path)
+        for line in data_file:
+            if not line: continue
+            yield line
+
+
+def get_file_chunk(line_generator, chunk_size, token_class):
+    file_has_next = True
+    chunk, n_sents = read_conll(line_generator, chunk_size, token_class)
+    if n_sents == 0: file_has_next = False
+    raw_text = ""
+    for anno in chunk:
+        if len(anno.metadata) > 0: 
+            raw_text += "\n".join(anno.metadata) + "\n"
+        else:
+            raw_text += "\n"
+        for tok in anno.tokens:
+            raw_text += tok.get_conllU_line() + "\n"
+        raw_text += "\n"
+    return raw_text, file_has_next, n_sents
+
+
+def turku_parse_file(raw_text, filename, chunk_ix):
+    f = filename.split(".")[0]
+    out_file_str = f"{f}.parsed.{chunk_ix}.conllu"
+    # For each file make a request to obtain the parse back
+    logger.info(f"Sending Request {chunk_ix} to Parser Server...")
+    response = requests.post("http://localhost:7689/", data=raw_text.encode('utf-8'))
+    response_to_file(response.text, out_file_str)
+
+
+
+def response_to_file(response_str, fname):
+    fout = open(fname, "w")
+    fout.write(response_str)
+    fout.close()