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mwe: multi-word expression

mwe, the multi-word expression (modifier) relation, is one of the three relations (compound, mwe, name) for compounding. It is used for certain fixed grammaticized expressions that behave like function words or short adverbials.

Eskolatik irten ondoren, beste hainbat gauza ikasten dituzte, besteak beste pianoa eta artea .

After leaving school, he/she learns some other things, among others piano and art .

Eskolatik irten ondoren, beste hainbat gauza ikasten dituzte, besteak beste pianoa eta artea . \n After leaving school, he/she also learns some other things, among others piano and art .

nmod(irten-2, Eskolatik-1)
advcl(ikasten-7, irten-2)
advcl(irten-2, ondoren-3)
det(hainbat-5, beste-4)
det(gauza-6, hainbat-5)
dobj(ikasten-7, gauza-6)
aux(ikasten-7, dituzte-8)
advmod(besteak-9, ikasten-7)
mwe(besteak-9, beste-10)
conj(beste-10, pianoa-11)
cc(pianoa-11, eta-12)
conj(pianoa-11, artea-13)
punct(besteak-9, .-14)

Hakkinen baino sendoago ari da, argi eta garbi .

He/she is stronger than Hakkinen, as clear as water .

Hakkinen baino sendoago ari da, argi eta garbi . \n Hakkinen than stronger is, as clear as water .

nsubj(baino-2, Hakkinen-1)
advmod(da-5, baino-2)
aux(da-5, ari-4)
cop(sendoago-3, da-5)
advmod(da-5, argi-6)
mwe(argi-6, eta-7)
mwe(argi-6, garbi-8)
punct(sendoago-3, .-9)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Basque)

This relation is universal.

290 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as mwe.

289 instances of mwe (100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 1.12068965517241.

The following 12 pairs of parts of speech are connected with mwe: eu-pos/ADV-eu-pos/ADV (91; 31% instances), eu-pos/ADV-eu-pos/CONJ (79; 27% instances), eu-pos/NUM-eu-pos/CONJ (40; 14% instances), eu-pos/NOUN-eu-pos/DET (18; 6% instances), eu-pos/NUM-eu-pos/NUM (14; 5% instances), eu-pos/ADV-eu-pos/ADJ (13; 4% instances), eu-pos/DET-eu-pos/DET (13; 4% instances), eu-pos/DET-eu-pos/NOUN (9; 3% instances), eu-pos/CONJ-eu-pos/CONJ (6; 2% instances), eu-pos/NOUN-eu-pos/CONJ (3; 1% instances), eu-pos/VERB-eu-pos/CONJ (3; 1% instances), eu-pos/CONJ-eu-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances).

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1	Lehenik	lehenik	ADV	_	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	eta	eta	CONJ	_	_	1	mwe	_	_
3	behin	behin	ADV	_	_	1	mwe	_	_
4	diskrezio	diskrezio	NOUN	_	_	6	dobj	_	_
5	gutxi	gutxi	DET	_	Case=Abs|Definite=Ind	4	det	_	_
6	izan	izan	VERB	_	Aspect=Perf|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	dutelako	*edun	AUX	_	Mood=Ind|Number[abs]=Sing|Number[erg]=Plur|Person[abs]=3|Person[erg]=3	6	aux	_	_
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	6	punct	_	_

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1	Baina	baina	CONJ	_	_	9	cc	_	_
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	_	9	punct	_	_
3	iduriz	iduri	NOUN	_	Animacy=Inan|Case=Ins|Definite=Ind	9	nmod	_	_
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	_	9	punct	_	_
5	berriz	berriz	ADV	_	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	ere	ere	CONJ	_	_	5	mwe	_	_
7	jokatzeko	jokatu	VERB	_	Case=Loc	8	advcl	_	_
8	moduan	modu	NOUN	_	Animacy=Inan|Case=Ine|Definite=Def|Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
9	da	izan	VERB	_	Aspect=Prog|Mood=Ind|Number[abs]=Sing|Person[abs]=3	0	root	_	_
10	Aranzabal	Aranzabal	PROPN	_	Case=Abs|Definite=Def|Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	9	punct	_	_

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1	Batez	bat	NUM	_	NumType=Card	7	nmod	_	_
2	ere	ere	CONJ	_	_	1	mwe	_	_
3	hiru	hiru	NUM	_	_	4	nummod	_	_
4	jokalari	jokalari	NOUN	_	Animacy=Anim|Case=Abs|Definite=Ind	5	dobj	_	_
5	fitxatu	fitxatu	VERB	_	VerbForm=Part	7	xcomp	_	_
6	nahi	nahi	NOUN	_	Case=Abs|Definite=Ind	7	compound	_	_
7	ditugu	ukan	VERB	_	Aspect=Prog|Mood=Ind|Number[abs]=Plur|Number[erg]=Plur|Person[abs]=3|Person[erg]=1	0	root	_	_
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	_	7	punct	_	_


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