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parataxis: parataxis

The parataxis relation (from Greek for “place side by side”) is a relation between the main verb of a clause and other sentential elements, such as a sentential parenthetical, a clause after a “:” or a “;”, or two sentences placed side by side without any explicit coordination or subordination. More information can be found on the universal dependency page (u-dep/parataxis)

Les enfants jouent tout le temps, jouer est leur travail \n Children play all the time , play is their work  
parataxis(jouent, travail)
Les enfants ont le droit d'avoir du temps libre ( voir ci-dessous ) \n Children have a right to free time ( see below )
parataxis(ont, voir)
C'est l' idée : les enfants sont le futur \n That is the thought : children are the future
parataxis(idée, futur)

Treebank Statistics (UD_French)

This relation is universal.

600 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as parataxis.

543 instances of parataxis (91%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 13.8033333333333.

The following 24 pairs of parts of speech are connected with parataxis: fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/VERB (315; 53% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/VERB (100; 17% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/VERB (54; 9% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/NOUN (36; 6% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/ADJ (24; 4% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/ADJ (16; 3% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/NOUN (9; 2% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/ADJ (8; 1% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/NOUN (8; 1% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/VERB (5; 1% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/PROPN (4; 1% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/PROPN (3; 1% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/VERB (3; 1% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/NOUN (3; 1% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/INTJ-fr-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances).

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# visual-style 9	bgColor:blue
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# visual-style 9 4 parataxis	color:blue
1	La	_	DET	_	_	2	det	_	_
2	question	_	NOUN	_	_	4	nsubj	_	_
3	suivante	_	ADJ	_	_	2	amod	_	_
4	est	_	VERB	_	_	9	parataxis	_	_
5	:	_	PUNCT	_	_	4	punct	_	_
6	Peut	_	AUX	_	_	9	aux	_	_
7	-on	_	PRON	_	_	9	nsubj	_	_
8	y	_	ADV	_	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	prendre	_	VERB	_	_	0	root	_	_
10	épouse	_	NOUN	_	_	9	dobj	_	_
11	?	_	PUNCT	_	_	9	punct	_	_

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# visual-style 10	bgColor:blue
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# visual-style 10 2 parataxis	color:blue
1	Comme	_	ADV	_	_	2	mark	_	_
2	dirait	_	VERB	_	_	10	parataxis	_	_
3	quelqu'un	_	PRON	_	_	2	nsubj	_	_
4	,	_	PUNCT	_	_	10	punct	_	_
5	je	_	PRON	_	_	10	nsubj	_	_
6	ne	_	PART	_	_	10	neg	_	_
7	suis	_	VERB	_	_	10	cop	_	_
8	pas	_	ADV	_	_	10	neg	_	_
9	une	_	DET	_	_	10	det	_	_
10	girouette	_	NOUN	_	_	0	root	_	_
11	!	_	PUNCT	_	_	10	punct	_	_

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# visual-style 7	bgColor:blue
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# visual-style 7 11 parataxis	color:blue
1	En	_	ADP	_	_	2	mwe	_	_
2	outre	_	ADV	_	_	7	advmod	_	_
3	les	_	DET	_	_	4	det	_	_
4	salles	_	NOUN	_	_	7	nsubj	_	_
5	sont	_	VERB	_	_	7	cop	_	_
6	très	_	ADV	_	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	belles	_	ADJ	_	_	0	root	_	_
8	ce	_	PRON	_	_	11	nsubj	_	_
9	qui	_	PRON	_	_	8	mwe	_	_
10	ne	_	PART	_	_	11	neg	_	_
11	gâte	_	VERB	_	_	7	parataxis	_	_
12	rien	_	PRON	_	_	11	dobj	_	_
13	.	_	PUNCT	_	_	7	punct	_	_


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