punct: punctuation
Tokens with the relation punct always attach to content words (except in cases of ellipsis) and can never have dependents. Since punct is not a normal dependency relation, the usual criteria for determining the head word do not apply. Instead, we use the following principles:
- A punctuation mark separating coordinated units is attached to the first conjunct.
- A punctuation mark preceding or following a subordinated unit is attached to this unit.
- Within the relevant unit, a punctuation mark is attached at the highest possible node that preserves projectivity.
- Paired punctuation marks (quotes and brackets) should be attached to the same word unless that would create non-projectivity. This word is usually the head of the phrase enclosed in the paired punctuation.
Treebank Statistics (UD_Norwegian)
This relation is universal.
36981 nodes (12%) are attached to their parents as punct.
33129 instances of punct (90%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 7.74443633217057.
The following 15 pairs of parts of speech are connected with punct: VERB-PUNCT (20679; 56% instances), NOUN-PUNCT (7512; 20% instances), ADJ-PUNCT (3766; 10% instances), PROPN-PUNCT (2763; 7% instances), PRON-PUNCT (584; 2% instances), NUM-PUNCT (462; 1% instances), ADV-PUNCT (358; 1% instances), INTJ-PUNCT (266; 1% instances), X-PUNCT (218; 1% instances), DET-PUNCT (150; 0% instances), ADP-PUNCT (147; 0% instances), PUNCT-PUNCT (39; 0% instances), CONJ-PUNCT (30; 0% instances), AUX-PUNCT (5; 0% instances), SCONJ-PUNCT (2; 0% instances).
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