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neg: negation modifier

The negation modifier is the relation between a negation word and the word it modifies.

Modifiers labeled neg depend either on a noun (group “noun dependents”) an adjective or on a predicate (group “non-core dependents of clausal predicates”).

Δεν υπάρχει καμιά εγγύηση
neg(υπάρχει, Δεν)
Ας μη μαλώσουμε μέρα που είναι
neg(μαλώσουμε, μη)
Προσφέρουν μη ανταγωνιστικές υπηρεσίες
neg(ανταγωνιστικές, μη)
της μη αντικατάστασης των απολυμένων
neg(αντικατάστασης, μη)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Greek)

This relation is universal.

368 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as neg.

368 instances of neg (100%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 1.50815217391304.

The following 3 pairs of parts of speech are connected with neg: el-pos/VERB-el-pos/PART (311; 85% instances), el-pos/ADJ-el-pos/PART (36; 10% instances), el-pos/NOUN-el-pos/PART (21; 6% instances).

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1	Δεν	δεν	PART	PART	_	2	neg	_	_
2	σημειώνουμε	σημειώνω	VERB	VERB	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
3	καμία	κανένας	PRON	PRON	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Ind	4	nmod	_	_
4	πρόοδο	πρόοδος	NOUN	NOUN	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	2	dobj	_	_
5	.	.	PUNCT	PUNCT	_	2	punct	_	_

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1	Οι	ο	DET	DET	Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	παράμετροι	παράμετρος	NOUN	NOUN	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	αυτές	αυτός	PRON	PRON	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
4	δεν	δεν	PART	PART	_	6	neg	_	_
5	είναι	είμαι	VERB	VERB	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Pass	6	cop	_	_
6	μετρήσιμες	μετρήσιμος	ADJ	ADJ	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	.	.	PUNCT	PUNCT	_	6	punct	_	_

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1	Δεν	δεν	PART	PART	_	5	neg	_	_
2	είναι	είμαι	VERB	VERB	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Pass	5	cop	_	_
3	το	ο	DET	DET	Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	μόνο	μόνος	ADJ	ADJ	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	5	amod	_	_
5	παράδειγμα	παράδειγμα	NOUN	NOUN	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	.	.	PUNCT	PUNCT	_	5	punct	_	_


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