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SCONJ: subordinating conjunction

SCONJ is used for these two subclasses of subordinating conjunctions:

• Complementizers: that, whether, if, etc.
• Adverbial clause introducers: when, since, before, etc. (when introducing a clause not a nominal)

These are a subset of the things that the IN tag is used for in the PTB.

We treat the putative relativizer use of that (e.g., Jespersen 1924) as a relative pronoun in modern English, so that it gets the POS tag PRON.

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Treebank Statistics (UD_English)

There are 74 SCONJ lemmas (0%), 74 SCONJ types (0%) and 4559 SCONJ tokens (2%). Out of 17 observed tags, the rank of SCONJ is: 13 in number of lemmas, 13 in number of types and 13 in number of tokens.

The 10 most frequent SCONJ lemmas: that, if, as, because, for, of, before, like, since, while

The 10 most frequent SCONJ types: that, if, as, because, for, of, before, like, since, while

The 10 most frequent ambiguous lemmas: that (SCONJ 1138, PRON 960, DET 216, ADV 36, ADP 4), if (SCONJ 892, ADP 4), as (ADP 450, SCONJ 421, ADV 234, AUX 1), because (SCONJ 199, ADP 49), for (ADP 2058, SCONJ 183, CONJ 8, X 4, ADV 2), of (ADP 3887, SCONJ 162, ADV 48, AUX 3, CONJ 1), before (SCONJ 105, ADP 59, ADV 42), like (VERB 210, ADP 206, SCONJ 105, INTJ 27, ADJ 11, ADV 1), since (SCONJ 104, ADP 35, ADV 5), while (SCONJ 101, NOUN 21, ADP 1)

The 10 most frequent ambiguous types: that (SCONJ 1130, PRON 886, DET 197, ADV 35, ADP 4), if (SCONJ 563, ADP 4), as (ADP 403, SCONJ 363, ADV 222, AUX 1), because (SCONJ 183, ADP 44), for (ADP 1995, SCONJ 182, CONJ 7, X 3, ADV 2), of (ADP 3858, SCONJ 160, ADV 39, CONJ 1, AUX 1), before (SCONJ 97, ADP 55, ADV 41), like (ADP 196, VERB 180, SCONJ 103, INTJ 20, ADJ 11, ADV 1), since (SCONJ 87, ADP 28, ADV 5), while (SCONJ 79, NOUN 21, ADP 1)

• that
  • SCONJ 1130: It is rumored that North Korea has at least a couple nuclear weapons .
  • PRON 886: Right now that seems to be the US , EU , and IAEA .
  • DET 197: I have sent your question re on line trading to that area .
  • ADV 35: it ‘s passable as a pub , but the pizza is not that great .
  • ADP 4: Is that reasonable ?
• if
  • SCONJ 563: Now , people wonder if Google can even survive .
  • ADP 4: My apartment also smells repulsive even though I am cleaning out their litter box at least once a day if not twice .
• as
  • ADP 403: The hymn was sung at my first inaugural church service as governor .
  • SCONJ 363: I – which I try to do , as best as I possibly can .
  • ADV 222: I – which I try to do , as best as I possibly can .
  • AUX 1: I posted what the owner as said in paragraph 2 & 3 , that is not me to clarify .
• because
  • SCONJ 183: Obviously because i want to vote .
  • ADP 44: But sometimes , of course , when Z happens after X it is because of X .
• for
  • ADP 1995: Yet we did n’t charge them for the evacuation .
  • SCONJ 182: Thanks for thinking of me to send it to .
  • CONJ 7: Please make this as simple as you can for my dad does nt really not that good .
  • X 3: « File : 220b - dg - Agreement for Recruiting Services.doc » « File : 220a DG - Agreement for Contract Services.DOC »
  • ADV 2: So they see the pictures flicker slower and there for it seems choppy to them .
• of
  • ADP 3858: When they saw a cartoon of their prophet , people had to die .
  • SCONJ 160: I was thinking of converting it to a hover vehicle .
  • ADV 39: To pander to the mythical “ Arab street “ , of course .
  • CONJ 1: I have to say that the baby does not scream after her of anything … he / she sleeps .
  • AUX 1: On the other hand though , if I ‘m a client he should really of called back by now because you do n’t leave a customer hanging .
• before
  • SCONJ 97: you should work that out before applying .
  • ADP 55: Rich was here before the scheduled time .
  • ADV 41: It s a Reel and i have danced to it before ..
• like
  • ADP 196: They actively excluded State Department Iraq hands like Tom Warrick .
  • VERB 180: Please let me know how you would like to proceed .
  • SCONJ 103: they look like they were doberman pinchers who were shrunk .
  • INTJ 20: like 2 day
  • ADJ 11: West Nile can cause EPM like symptoms and does n’t always include a fever .
  • ADV 1: I can rent another machine for like $ 60 that will give it a finished look .
• since
  • SCONJ 87: People are open minded thr since the place is frequented by Firangs .
  • ADP 28: Is it OK to holiday in Christchurch since the Earthquakes ?
  • ADV 5: If so , this happy band has not been heard from since .
• while
  • SCONJ 79: Well last night while I was sleeping , my hamster escaped from his cage .
  • NOUN 21: they have n’t heard from you in a while .
  • ADP 1: I admit that I should have paid attention to this kind of little things while test drive .

Morphology

The form / lemma ratio of SCONJ is 1.000000 (the average of all parts of speech is 1.173735).

The 1st highest number of forms (1) was observed with the lemma “4”: 4.

The 2nd highest number of forms (1) was observed with the lemma “about”: about.

The 3rd highest number of forms (1) was observed with the lemma “after”: after.

SCONJ does not occur with any features.

Relations

SCONJ nodes are attached to their parents using 7 different relations: en-dep/mark (4393; 96% instances), en-dep/case (89; 2% instances), en-dep/mwe (58; 1% instances), en-dep/nmod (10; 0% instances), en-dep/advmod (6; 0% instances), en-dep/conj (2; 0% instances), en-dep/reparandum (1; 0% instances)

Parents of SCONJ nodes belong to 14 different parts of speech: VERB (3524; 77% instances), ADJ (399; 9% instances), NOUN (323; 7% instances), PRON (91; 2% instances), ADV (74; 2% instances), PROPN (36; 1% instances), AUX (34; 1% instances), SCONJ (34; 1% instances), ADP (14; 0% instances), PART (13; 0% instances), NUM (8; 0% instances), INTJ (4; 0% instances), DET (3; 0% instances), SYM (2; 0% instances)

4492 (99%) SCONJ nodes are leaves.

49 (1%) SCONJ nodes have one child.

17 (0%) SCONJ nodes have two children.

1 (0%) SCONJ nodes have three or more children.

The highest child degree of a SCONJ node is 3.

Children of SCONJ nodes are attached using 11 different relations: en-dep/mwe (62; 72% instances), en-dep/nmod:npmod (6; 7% instances), en-dep/cc (3; 3% instances), en-dep/conj (3; 3% instances), en-dep/dobj (3; 3% instances), en-dep/punct (3; 3% instances), en-dep/nmod (2; 2% instances), en-dep/acl (1; 1% instances), en-dep/advmod (1; 1% instances), en-dep/goeswith (1; 1% instances), en-dep/nmod:tmod (1; 1% instances)

Children of SCONJ nodes belong to 11 different parts of speech: SCONJ (34; 40% instances), NOUN (13; 15% instances), ADV (12; 14% instances), CONJ (12; 14% instances), VERB (5; 6% instances), PUNCT (3; 3% instances), PART (2; 2% instances), PRON (2; 2% instances), ADJ (1; 1% instances), ADP (1; 1% instances), X (1; 1% instances)

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Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ESL)

There are 1 SCONJ lemmas (6%), 1 SCONJ types (6%) and 2516 SCONJ tokens (3%). Out of 17 observed tags, the rank of SCONJ is: 14 in number of lemmas, 14 in number of types and 12 in number of tokens.

The 10 most frequent SCONJ lemmas: _

The 10 most frequent SCONJ types: _

The 10 most frequent ambiguous lemmas: _ (NOUN 15635, VERB 15080, PRON 10618, DET 10057, PUNCT 9580, ADP 8546, ADJ 5857, ADV 5704, AUX 4533, PART 3531, CONJ 3198, SCONJ 2516, PROPN 1795, NUM 844, INTJ 80, X 68, SYM 39)

The 10 most frequent ambiguous types: _ (NOUN 15635, VERB 15080, PRON 10618, DET 10057, PUNCT 9580, ADP 8546, ADJ 5857, ADV 5704, AUX 4533, PART 3531, CONJ 3198, SCONJ 2516, PROPN 1795, NUM 844, INTJ 80, X 68, SYM 39)

• _
  • NOUN 15635: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
  • VERB 15080: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
  • PRON 10618: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
  • DET 10057: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
  • PUNCT 9580: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
  • ADP 8546: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
  • ADJ 5857: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
  • ADV 5704: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
  • AUX 4533: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
  • PART 3531: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
  • CONJ 3198: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
  • SCONJ 2516: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
  • PROPN 1795: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
  • NUM 844: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
  • INTJ 80: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
  • X 68: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
  • SYM 39: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Morphology

The form / lemma ratio of SCONJ is 1.000000 (the average of all parts of speech is 1.000000).

The 1st highest number of forms (1) was observed with the lemma “_”: _.

SCONJ does not occur with any features.

Relations

SCONJ nodes are attached to their parents using 6 different relations: en-dep/mark (2476; 98% instances), en-dep/mwe (30; 1% instances), en-dep/case (7; 0% instances), en-dep/acl (1; 0% instances), en-dep/advmod (1; 0% instances), en-dep/det (1; 0% instances)

Parents of SCONJ nodes belong to 12 different parts of speech: VERB (1886; 75% instances), ADJ (348; 14% instances), NOUN (181; 7% instances), SCONJ (30; 1% instances), ADV (19; 1% instances), PROPN (18; 1% instances), AUX (11; 0% instances), PRON (11; 0% instances), NUM (8; 0% instances), DET (2; 0% instances), INTJ (1; 0% instances), X (1; 0% instances)

2475 (98%) SCONJ nodes are leaves.

37 (1%) SCONJ nodes have one child.

4 (0%) SCONJ nodes have two children.

The highest child degree of a SCONJ node is 2.

Children of SCONJ nodes are attached using 6 different relations: en-dep/mwe (39; 87% instances), en-dep/advmod (2; 4% instances), en-dep/dobj (1; 2% instances), en-dep/goeswith (1; 2% instances), en-dep/mark (1; 2% instances), en-dep/nmod:npmod (1; 2% instances)

Children of SCONJ nodes belong to 6 different parts of speech: SCONJ (30; 67% instances), NOUN (5; 11% instances), PART (4; 9% instances), ADP (3; 7% instances), ADV (2; 4% instances), X (1; 2% instances)

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Treebank Statistics (UD_English-LinES)

There are 1 SCONJ lemmas (6%), 25 SCONJ types (0%) and 1512 SCONJ tokens (2%). Out of 17 observed tags, the rank of SCONJ is: 14 in number of lemmas, 11 in number of types and 13 in number of tokens.

The 10 most frequent SCONJ lemmas: _

The 10 most frequent SCONJ types: that, if, as, when, because, though, while, before, whether, for

The 10 most frequent ambiguous lemmas: _ (NOUN 14939, VERB 11076, PUNCT 10025, ADP 8281, DET 7865, PRON 7793, ADJ 5305, ADV 4610, AUX 3168, PROPN 2792, CONJ 2535, PART 2131, SCONJ 1512, NUM 581, INTJ 159, X 43, SYM 6)

The 10 most frequent ambiguous types: that (SCONJ 611, DET 118, PRON 108), as (ADP 219, SCONJ 176, ADV 73, CONJ 8), when (SCONJ 114, ADV 5), because (SCONJ 47, ADP 7), though (SCONJ 42, ADV 3), while (SCONJ 26, NOUN 4), before (ADP 39, SCONJ 25, ADV 13), for (ADP 513, SCONJ 17, ADV 6, CONJ 1), after (ADP 40, SCONJ 10, ADV 6), than (ADP 57, SCONJ 16)

• that
  • SCONJ 611: It could be that Auster had so much work he did n’t need to advertise .
  • DET 118: We will meet that commitment .
  • PRON 108: But no , that did not seem possible .
• as
  • ADP 219: The converted data will be displayed as Mom ‘s Boston Crab Meat .
  • SCONJ 176: As soon as they leave they are forgotten .
  • ADV 73: ” Just as particular about music as other people are about seasonings .
  • CONJ 8: What is most needed in this , as well as in other areas , is a serious in depth analysis of the problems .
• when
  • SCONJ 114: It was after midnight when they got to bed .
  • ADV 5: I know when is eat-e chicken , I know when is eat-e beef .
• because
  • SCONJ 47: At first this is hard to grasp because the setting is so civilized .
  • ADP 7: It ‘s not because of what one said .
• though
  • SCONJ 42: It felt as though he had lost half of himself .
  • ADV 3: There ‘s one thing I ‘ll do for you , though .
• while
  • SCONJ 26: She was shaking her head slowly while Odara was speaking .
  • NOUN 4: He could take a trip if he liked , even leave the country for a while .
• before
  • ADP 39: As to me , I had hardly ever spoken to him before .
  • SCONJ 25: It was upward of thirty days before I saw the mouth of the big river .
  • ADV 13: He had never been in a wizard house before .
• for
  • ADP 513: The current Windows NT user must be an Administrator for the computer .
  • SCONJ 17: I am all for thought being given to this and for seeking solutions .
  • ADV 6: What , for instance , is ‘ appropriate after-sales service ‘ ?
  • CONJ 1: In the immutability of their surroundings the foreign shores , the foreign faces , the changing immensity of life , glide past , veiled not by a sense of mystery but by a slightly disdainful ignorance ; for there is nothing mysterious to a seaman unless it be the sea itself , which is the mistress of his existence and as inscrutable as Destiny .
• after
  • ADP 40: It was after midnight when they got to bed .
  • SCONJ 10: The supernatural being had not been touched after he fell .
  • ADV 6: I ‘m looking after Colonel Bray , no need to bother him .
• than
  • ADP 57: Dobby shook his head , his eyes wider than ever .
  • SCONJ 16: The next morning , Quinn woke up earlier than he had in several weeks .

Morphology

The form / lemma ratio of SCONJ is 25.000000 (the average of all parts of speech is 597.705882).

The 1st highest number of forms (25) was observed with the lemma “_”: after, although, as, because, before, by, even, ever, for, if, once, since, so, than, that, though, till, unless, until, when, whenever, whereas, whether, while, with.

SCONJ does not occur with any features.

Relations

SCONJ nodes are attached to their parents using 8 different relations: en-dep/mark (1438; 95% instances), en-dep/mwe (52; 3% instances), en-dep/advmod (9; 1% instances), en-dep/dobj (8; 1% instances), en-dep/case (2; 0% instances), en-dep/amod (1; 0% instances), en-dep/nsubj (1; 0% instances), en-dep/root (1; 0% instances)

Parents of SCONJ nodes belong to 14 different parts of speech: VERB (1134; 75% instances), ADJ (112; 7% instances), NOUN (81; 5% instances), AUX (75; 5% instances), SCONJ (38; 3% instances), ADP (34; 2% instances), PRON (11; 1% instances), PROPN (8; 1% instances), ADV (7; 0% instances), DET (4; 0% instances), PART (4; 0% instances), PUNCT (2; 0% instances), NUM (1; 0% instances), ROOT (1; 0% instances)

1408 (93%) SCONJ nodes are leaves.

100 (7%) SCONJ nodes have one child.

2 (0%) SCONJ nodes have two children.

2 (0%) SCONJ nodes have three or more children.

The highest child degree of a SCONJ node is 4.

Children of SCONJ nodes are attached using 12 different relations: en-dep/advmod (35; 32% instances), en-dep/mark (32; 29% instances), en-dep/mwe (25; 23% instances), en-dep/punct (10; 9% instances), en-dep/nmod (2; 2% instances), en-dep/amod (1; 1% instances), en-dep/cc (1; 1% instances), en-dep/cop (1; 1% instances), en-dep/csubj (1; 1% instances), en-dep/expl (1; 1% instances), en-dep/neg (1; 1% instances), en-dep/nsubj (1; 1% instances)

Children of SCONJ nodes belong to 11 different parts of speech: ADV (50; 45% instances), SCONJ (38; 34% instances), PUNCT (10; 9% instances), ADJ (2; 2% instances), CONJ (2; 2% instances), NOUN (2; 2% instances), PART (2; 2% instances), VERB (2; 2% instances), ADP (1; 1% instances), PRON (1; 1% instances), PROPN (1; 1% instances)

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