mwe

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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. Any grammatical class can take part in a multiword expression, but usually they are a combination of adverbials and prepositions (usually a or di).

Some of the most common mwe for Italian are listed in the examples below.



  
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Oltre a le tradizionali uniformi . 
mwe(Oltre, a)
{
    "text": "Oltre a le tradizionali uniformi . ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-1-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 5 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T2", "token", [ [ 6, 7 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T3", "token", [ [ 8, 10 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T4", "token", [ [ 11, 23 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T5", "token", [ [ 24, 32 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T6", "token", [ [ 33, 34 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-1-R1", "mwe", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-T1" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-T2" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "1" ]
}



  
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Grazie a la moglie .
mwe(Grazie, a)
{
    "text": "Grazie a la moglie . ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-2-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 6 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T2", "token", [ [ 7, 8 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T3", "token", [ [ 9, 11 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T4", "token", [ [ 12, 18 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T5", "token", [ [ 19, 20 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-2-R1", "mwe", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-T1" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-T2" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "2" ]
}



  
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Fino a Forlì . 
mwe(Fino, a)
{
    "text": "Fino a Forlì . ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-3-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 4 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T2", "token", [ [ 5, 6 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T3", "token", [ [ 7, 12 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T4", "token", [ [ 13, 14 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-3-R1", "mwe", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-T1" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-T2" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "3" ]
}

Vediamo prima di tutto i fatti . 
mwe(prima, di)

Pur se . 
mwe(Pur, se)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Italian)

This relation is universal.

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

984 instances of mwe (100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 1.0619918699187.

The following 42 pairs of parts of speech are connected with mwe: ADV-ADP (488; 50% instances), ADP-ADP (167; 17% instances), ADV-SCONJ (84; 9% instances), ADP-ADV (59; 6% instances), NOUN-ADP (42; 4% instances), ADP-SCONJ (32; 3% instances), NUM-NUM (17; 2% instances), ADP-NOUN (12; 1% instances), VERB-SCONJ (10; 1% instances), NUM-X (6; 1% instances), ADV-ADV (5; 1% instances), PROPN-ADP (5; 1% instances), VERB-NOUN (5; 1% instances), ADP-DET (4; 0% instances), ADP-PRON (4; 0% instances), PRON-ADV (4; 0% instances), ADV-CONJ (3; 0% instances), NOUN-NOUN (3; 0% instances), NOUN-SCONJ (3; 0% instances), PROPN-NOUN (3; 0% instances), SCONJ-SCONJ (3; 0% instances), ADJ-PRON (2; 0% instances), ADJ-SCONJ (2; 0% instances), ADP-VERB (2; 0% instances), ADV-NOUN (2; 0% instances), ADV-DET (1; 0% instances), ADV-PRON (1; 0% instances), ADV-VERB (1; 0% instances), CONJ-ADV (1; 0% instances), CONJ-CONJ (1; 0% instances), INTJ-SCONJ (1; 0% instances), NOUN-VERB (1; 0% instances), NUM-SYM (1; 0% instances), PRON-ADP (1; 0% instances), PRON-DET (1; 0% instances), PRON-SCONJ (1; 0% instances), PUNCT-NOUN (1; 0% instances), SCONJ-ADP (1; 0% instances), SCONJ-ADV (1; 0% instances), VERB-ADP (1; 0% instances), VERB-ADV (1; 0% instances), VERB-VERB (1; 0% instances).

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# visual-style 2 3 mwe	color:blue
1	Vediamo	vedere	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	prima	prima	ADV	B	_	4	case	_	_
3	di	di	ADP	E	_	2	mwe	_	_
4	tutto	tutto	PRON	PI	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	nmod	_	_
5	i	il	DET	RD	Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fatti	fatto	NOUN	S	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	1	dobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	1	punct	_	_

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# visual-style 1	bgColor:blue
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# visual-style 1 2 mwe	color:blue
1	Senza	senza	ADP	E	_	3	case	_	_
2	di	di	ADP	E	_	1	mwe	_	_
3	lui	lui	PRON	PE	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	3	punct	_	_
5	loro	loro	PRON	PE	Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
6	non	non	ADV	BN	PronType=Neg	9	neg	_	_
7	sono	essere	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	più	più	ADV	B	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	niente	niente	ADV	B	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	9	punct	_	_

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# visual-style 2	fgColor:white
# visual-style 1	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 1	fgColor:white
# visual-style 1 2 mwe	color:blue
1	Anche	anche	ADV	B	_	8	mark	_	_
2	se	se	SCONJ	CS	_	1	mwe	_	_
3	la	il	DET	RD	Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cosa	cosa	NOUN	S	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	non	non	ADV	BN	PronType=Neg	8	neg	_	_
6	è	essere	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	molto	molto	ADV	B	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	semplice	semplice	ADJ	A	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	8	punct	_	_

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mwe: multi-word expression

Treebank Statistics (UD_Italian)

`mwe`: multi-word expression