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MemoryError on spacy.load('en')

See original GitHub issue

The parser model fails to load with the error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "run.py", line 11, in <module>
    nlp = spacy.load('en')
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\spacy\__init__.py", line 47, in load
    return cls(path=path, **overrides)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\spacy\language.py", line 274, in __init__
    if 'parser' not in overrides \
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\spacy\language.py", line 102, in create_parser
    return DependencyParser.load(nlp.path / 'deps', nlp.vocab)
  File "spacy/syntax/parser.pyx", line 99, in spacy.syntax.parser.Parser.load (spacy/syntax/parser.cpp:5322)
    self.model.load(str(path / 'model'))
  File "thinc/linear/avgtron.pyx", line 89, in thinc.linear.avgtron.AveragedPerceptron.load (thinc/linear/avgtron.cpp:3092)
    self.weights = PreshMap(reader.nr_feat)
  File "preshed/maps.pyx", line 23, in preshed.maps.PreshMap.__init__ (preshed/maps.cpp:1200)
    map_init(self.mem, self.c_map, initial_size)
  File "preshed/maps.pyx", line 90, in preshed.maps.map_init (preshed/maps.cpp:2876)
    map_.cells = <Cell*>mem.alloc(length, sizeof(Cell))
  File "cymem/cymem.pyx", line 42, in cymem.cymem.Pool.alloc (cymem/cymem.cpp:1091)
    raise MemoryError("Error assigning %d bytes" % number * elem_size)
MemoryError: Error assigning 16777216 bytesError assigning 16777216 bytesError assigning 16777216 bytesError assigning 16777216 bytesError assigning 16777216 bytesError assigning 16777216 bytesError assigning 16777216 bytesError assigning 16777216 bytesError assigning 16777216 bytesError assigning 16777216 bytesError assigning 16777216 bytesError assigning 16777216 bytesError assigning 16777216 bytesError assigning 16777216 bytesError assigning 16777216 bytesError assigning 16777216 bytes

Your Environment

Operating System: Windows 7
Python Version Used: Python 2.7.12
spaCy Version Used: 1.2.0
Environment Information: a virtual environment with only spacy and its dependencies