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dislocated: dislocated elements

The dependency type dislocated is used for topic phrases. A topic phrase introduces the topic of a sentence, and are typically prepositional phrases with a topic marker は / ha. One of the most famous examples is 象 は 鼻 が 長い 。/ zou wa hana ga nagai “For elephants, noses are long.”

象 は 鼻 が 長い 。 \n elephant TOPIC nose NOM long .
dislocated(長い, 象)
case(象, は)
case(鼻, が)
nsubj(長い, 鼻)
punct(長い, 。)

Note that the relation is not used for a topicalized phrase that is also a core argument of the sentence.

太郎 は 東京 へ 行く 。\n Taro TOPIC Tokyo TO go .
case(太郎, は)
case(東京, へ)
nsubj(行く, 太郎)
nmod(行く, 東京)

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