neg: negation modifier
The negation modifier is the relation between a negation word and the
word it modifies. It is used both for predicate negation (canonically, not) and nominal negation (canonically no). Dependents labeled neg in the current treebank are the following (in various lowercase/uppercase forms): n, n’t, neither, never, no, non, not, nt, t.
Bill is not a scientist
neg(scientist, not)
Bill does n't drive
neg(drive, n't)
John saw no accidents
neg(accidents, no)
Treebank Statistics (UD_English)
This relation is universal.
2630 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as neg.
2557 instances of neg (97%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 1.3574144486692.
The following 29 pairs of parts of speech are connected with neg: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PART (1468; 56% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/DET (308; 12% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PART (216; 8% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADV (193; 7% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PART (147; 6% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADV (73; 3% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/PART (59; 2% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADV (50; 2% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (42; 2% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/PART (12; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PART (11; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PART (10; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADV (8; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/ADV (5; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/PART (4; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/DET (3; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/ADV (3; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/DET (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/CONJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/CONJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/DET (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/AUX (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/X (1; 0% instances), en-pos/CONJ-en-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/INTJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/AUX (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances).
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1 Yet yet CONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _
2 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _
3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No
4 n't not PART RB _ 5 neg _ _
5 charge charge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _
6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 dobj _ _
7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _
8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _
9 evacuation evacuation NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
10 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _
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1 No no DET DT _ 2 neg _ _
2 communications communication NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _
3 nothing nothing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No
4 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _
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1 those those DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _
2 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _
3 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ SpaceAfter=No
4 n't not PART RB _ 6 neg _ _
5 even even ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _
6 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No
7 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _
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