neg: negation modifier
The negation modifier is the relation between a negation word and the word it modifies. Both elements of double negation are marked as neg. Note that in colloquial French, the first element of the double negation is often not present.
L'homme parfait n' existe pas \n The perfect man does not exist
neg(existe, pas)
neg(existe, n')
On ne le lâchera plus \n We will not let it go anymore
neg(lâchera, plus)
neg(lâchera, ne)
Treebank Statistics (UD_French)
This relation is universal.
2921 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as neg.
2380 instances of neg (81%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 1.87641218760698.
The following 24 pairs of parts of speech are connected with neg: fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/PART (1366; 47% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/ADV (889; 30% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/PART (132; 5% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/ADV (123; 4% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/ADV (110; 4% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/DET (110; 4% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/PART (108; 4% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/ADV (19; 1% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/ADV (11; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/PRON (9; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/PART (8; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/PART (8; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/ADV (8; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/PART (6; 0% instances), fr-pos/AUX-fr-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/AUX-fr-pos/PART (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/CONJ (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/SCONJ (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/CONJ-fr-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/SCONJ-fr-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances).
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1 Les le DET _ Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Art 2 det _ _
2 compagnies compagnie NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _
3 aériennes aérien ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 2 amod _ _
4 à à ADP _ _ 6 case _ _
5 bas bas ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 amod _ _
6 coût coût NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _
7 ne ne PART _ _ 8 neg _ _
8 connaissent connaître VERB _ Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
9 pas pas ADV _ _ 8 neg _ _
10 la le DET _ Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art 11 det _ _
11 crise crise NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 8 dobj _ _
12 . . PUNCT _ _ 8 punct _ _
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# visual-style 8 9 neg color:blue
1 Les le DET _ Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Art 2 det _ _
2 compagnies compagnie NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _
3 aériennes aérien ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 2 amod _ _
4 à à ADP _ _ 6 case _ _
5 bas bas ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 amod _ _
6 coût coût NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _
7 ne ne PART _ _ 8 neg _ _
8 connaissent connaître VERB _ Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
9 pas pas ADV _ _ 8 neg _ _
10 la le DET _ Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art 11 det _ _
11 crise crise NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 8 dobj _ _
12 . . PUNCT _ _ 8 punct _ _
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# visual-style 4 2 neg color:blue
1 Il il PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _
2 ne ne PART _ _ 4 neg _ _
3 sera être VERB _ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _
4 présent présent ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 0 root _ _
5 que que ADV _ _ 10 advmod _ _
6 durant durant ADP _ _ 10 case _ _
7 les le DET _ Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Art 10 det _ _
8 10 10 NUM _ _ 10 nummod _ _
9 premières premier ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 10 amod _ _
10 parties partie NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _
11 . . PUNCT _ _ 4 punct _ _
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