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discourse: discourse element

This is used for interjections and other discourse particles and elements, which are not clearly linked to the structure of the sentence except in an expressive way.

Waouh , c' était fun :) \n Wow , that was fun :)
discourse(fun, :)-6)
discourse(fun, Waouh)
Bref , une occasion à ne pas laisser passer \n In short, an opportunity that should not be passed on
discourse(occasion, Bref)

Treebank Statistics (UD_French)

This relation is universal.

45 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as discourse.

34 instances of discourse (76%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 5.95555555555556.

The following 6 pairs of parts of speech are connected with discourse: fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/INTJ (26; 58% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/INTJ (11; 24% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/INTJ (5; 11% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/INTJ (1; 2% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/INTJ (1; 2% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/SYM (1; 2% instances).

# visual-style 6	bgColor:blue
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1	Tournons	tourner	VERB	_	Mood=Imp|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	dans	dans	ADP	_	_	4	case	_	_
3	la	le	DET	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Morsure	Morsure	PROPN	_	_	1	nmod	_	_
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	_
6	Ah	ah	INTJ	_	_	1	discourse	_	_
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	Ô	ô	INTJ	_	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	ma	son	DET	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	vigne	vigne	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	bien	bien	ADV	_	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	aimée	aimer	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	amod	_	_
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	Oui	oui	INTJ	_	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	_
3	c'	ce	PRON	_	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
4	est	être	VERB	_	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	excellent	excellent	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	_	5	punct	_	_
7	magnifique	magnifique	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	_	5	punct	_	_
9	magistral	magistral	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	_	5	punct	_	_


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