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parataxis: parataxis

The parataxis relation (from Greek for “place side by side”) is a relation between the main verb of a clause and other sentential elements, such as a sentential parenthetical, a clause after a “:” or a “;”, or two sentences placed side by side without any explicit coordination or subordination. More information can be found on the universal dependency page (u-dep/parataxis)

Les enfants jouent tout le temps, jouer est leur travail \n Children play all the time , play is their work  
parataxis(jouent, travail)
Les enfants ont le droit d'avoir du temps libre ( voir ci-dessous ) \n Children have a right to free time ( see below )
parataxis(ont, voir)
C'est l' idée : les enfants sont le futur \n That is the thought : children are the future
parataxis(idée, futur)

Treebank Statistics (UD_French)

This relation is universal.

603 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as parataxis.

548 instances of parataxis (91%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 13.8507462686567.

The following 26 pairs of parts of speech are connected with parataxis: fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/VERB (328; 54% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/VERB (98; 16% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/VERB (51; 8% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/NOUN (39; 6% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/ADJ (23; 4% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/ADJ (14; 2% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/NOUN (9; 1% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/ADJ (7; 1% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/NOUN (6; 1% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/VERB (5; 1% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/PROPN (4; 1% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/VERB (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/INTJ-fr-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/X (1; 0% instances).

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1	La	le	DET	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	question	question	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	suivante	suivant	ADJ	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	2	amod	_	_
4	est	être	VERB	_	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	_	4	punct	_	_
6	Peut	pouvoir	AUX	_	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	-on	on	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3	9	nsubj	_	_
8	y	y	ADV	_	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	prendre	prendre	VERB	_	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	épouse	épouse	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	9	dobj	_	_
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	_	9	punct	_	_

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1	Comme	comme	ADV	_	_	2	mark	_	_
2	dirait	dire	VERB	_	Mood=Cnd|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	parataxis	_	_
3	quelqu'un	quelqu'un	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	_	10	punct	_	_
5	je	il	PRON	_	Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
6	ne	ne	PART	_	_	10	neg	_	_
7	suis	être	VERB	_	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	pas	pas	ADV	_	_	10	neg	_	_
9	une	un	DET	_	Definite=Ind|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	girouette	girouette	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	_	10	punct	_	_

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1	En	en	ADP	_	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	outre	outre	ADV	_	_	1	mwe	_	_
3	les	le	DET	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	salles	salle	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	sont	être	VERB	_	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	très	très	ADV	_	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	belles	beau	ADJ	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	ce	ce	PRON	_	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Dem	11	nsubj	_	_
9	qui	qui	PRON	_	_	8	mwe	_	_
10	ne	ne	PART	_	_	11	neg	_	_
11	gâte	gâter	VERB	_	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
12	rien	rien	PRON	_	Number=Sing	11	dobj	_	_
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	7	punct	_	_


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