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mwe: multi-word expression

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.

de toutes façons \n in any case
mwe(façons, de)
mwe(toutes, façons)
ainsi que \n 
mwe(que, ainsi)
avant de \n 
mwe(de, avant)

Treebank Statistics (UD_French)

This relation is universal.

4037 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as mwe.

4036 instances of mwe (100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 1.25712162496904.

The following 84 pairs of parts of speech are connected with mwe: fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/ADP (1112; 28% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/SCONJ (548; 14% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/ADP (471; 12% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/NOUN (404; 10% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/ADV (333; 8% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/SCONJ (202; 5% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/DET (187; 5% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/VERB (126; 3% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/ADP (91; 2% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/ADJ (71; 2% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/ADV (53; 1% instances), fr-pos/DET-fr-pos/ADV (48; 1% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/SCONJ (45; 1% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/PRON (36; 1% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/NOUN (28; 1% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/DET (23; 1% instances), fr-pos/DET-fr-pos/NOUN (18; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/PRON (15; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/NOUN (14; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/ADP (13; 0% instances), fr-pos/DET-fr-pos/ADP (12; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/NOUN (12; 0% instances), fr-pos/CONJ-fr-pos/ADV (10; 0% instances), fr-pos/SCONJ-fr-pos/SCONJ (10; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/ADJ (9; 0% instances), fr-pos/AUX-fr-pos/ADP (8; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/PART (8; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/NOUN (6; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/ADV (6; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/SCONJ (6; 0% instances), fr-pos/SCONJ-fr-pos/ADV (6; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/VERB (5; 0% instances), fr-pos/DET-fr-pos/DET (5; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/VERB (5; 0% instances), fr-pos/PART-fr-pos/VERB (5; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/VERB (5; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/CONJ (4; 0% instances), fr-pos/SCONJ-fr-pos/ADP (4; 0% instances), fr-pos/SCONJ-fr-pos/PRON (4; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/ADV (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/CONJ (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/ADJ (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/DET (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/PART-fr-pos/PRON (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/ADP (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/ADP (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/DET (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/AUX-fr-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/AUX-fr-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/PART-fr-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/SCONJ (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/X-fr-pos/X (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/CONJ-fr-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/CONJ-fr-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/CONJ-fr-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/DET-fr-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/DET-fr-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/DET-fr-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/INTJ-fr-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/X (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/SCONJ-fr-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/SCONJ-fr-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/SCONJ-fr-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/SCONJ-fr-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances).

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1	Boutique	boutique	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
2	agréable	agréable	ADJ	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	1	amod	_	_
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	_	6	punct	_	_
4	on	on	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3	6	nsubj	_	_
5	y	y	ADV	_	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	trouve	trouver	VERB	_	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	plein	plein	ADV	_	_	9	det	_	_
8	de	de	ADP	_	_	7	mwe	_	_
9	marques	marque	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	6	dobj	_	_
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	6	punct	_	_

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# visual-style 3	bgColor:blue
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# visual-style 3 4 mwe	color:blue
1	Est	être	VERB	_	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	-ce	ce	PRON	_	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Dem	1	nsubj	_	_
3	parce	parce	ADV	_	_	7	mark	_	_
4	que	que	SCONJ	_	_	3	mwe	_	_
5	vous	vous	PRON	_	Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	ne	ne	PART	_	_	7	neg	_	_
7	prenez	prendre	VERB	_	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	pas	pas	ADV	_	_	7	neg	_	_
9	les	le	DET	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	choses	chose	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	7	dobj	_	_
11	à	à	ADP	_	_	13	case	_	_
12	le	le	DET	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sérieux	sérieux	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	_

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# visual-style 1 3 mwe	color:blue
1	À	à	ADP	_	_	4	case	_	_
2	partir	partir	VERB	_	VerbForm=Inf	1	mwe	_	_
3	de	de	ADP	_	_	1	mwe	_	_
4	1882	1882	NUM	_	_	6	nmod	_	_
5	il	il	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	obtient	obtenir	VERB	_	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	divers	divers	DET	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	8	det	_	_
8	diplômes	diplôme	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	6	dobj	_	_
9	ecclésiastiques	ecclésiastique	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	8	amod	_	_
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	6	punct	_	_


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