mark
: marker
A marker is the word introducing a finite clause subordinate to
another clause. For a complement clause, this is words like que
or se. For an adverbial clause, the marker is typically a
subordinating conjunction like enquanto or embora. The mark is a dependent of the
subordinate clause head. In a relative clause, it is a normally uninflected word, which simply introduces a relative clause, such as que. In this last use, one needs to distinguish between relative clause markers, which are mark
from relative pronouns, which fill a regular verbal argument or modifier grammatical relation.
Note that this relation holds between the marker and the head of the subordinate clause, which can be a non verbal element.
Treebank Statistics (UD_Portuguese)
This relation is universal.
5114 nodes (2%) are attached to their parents as mark
.
5076 instances of mark
(99%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 3.10559249120063.
The following 38 pairs of parts of speech are connected with mark
: VERB-ADP (2838; 55% instances), VERB-SCONJ (1658; 32% instances), NOUN-SCONJ (153; 3% instances), ADJ-SCONJ (144; 3% instances), VERB-ADV (95; 2% instances), NOUN-ADV (36; 1% instances), VERB-NOUN (36; 1% instances), NOUN-ADP (25; 0% instances), PRON-SCONJ (14; 0% instances), VERB-DET (14; 0% instances), ADV-SCONJ (12; 0% instances), ADJ-ADP (11; 0% instances), PROPN-ADV (10; 0% instances), PRON-DET (8; 0% instances), PROPN-SCONJ (7; 0% instances), PRON-ADP (5; 0% instances), VERB-ADJ (5; 0% instances), ADJ-NOUN (4; 0% instances), ADP-SCONJ (4; 0% instances), DET-SCONJ (4; 0% instances), NUM-SCONJ (4; 0% instances), PRON-ADV (4; 0% instances), ADJ-ADV (3; 0% instances), VERB-PRON (3; 0% instances), ADV-ADV (2; 0% instances), DET-ADV (2; 0% instances), NOUN-NOUN (2; 0% instances), AUX-ADP (1; 0% instances), DET-ADP (1; 0% instances), NOUN-PRON (1; 0% instances), NUM-DET (1; 0% instances), PROPN-ADP (1; 0% instances), PROPN-DET (1; 0% instances), PROPN-NOUN (1; 0% instances), PROPN-VERB (1; 0% instances), SYM-SCONJ (1; 0% instances), VERB-PROPN (1; 0% instances), VERB-VERB (1; 0% instances).
Treebank Statistics (UD_Portuguese-Bosque)
This relation is universal.
4721 nodes (2%) are attached to their parents as mark
.
4695 instances of mark
(99%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 3.55539080703241.
The following 31 pairs of parts of speech are connected with mark
: VERB-ADP (2321; 49% instances), VERB-SCONJ (1659; 35% instances), NOUN-SCONJ (190; 4% instances), VERB-ADV (168; 4% instances), ADJ-SCONJ (157; 3% instances), NOUN-ADP (39; 1% instances), VERB-PRON (35; 1% instances), ADJ-ADP (33; 1% instances), PRON-SCONJ (18; 0% instances), NOUN-ADV (15; 0% instances), ADP-ADP (13; 0% instances), PROPN-SCONJ (12; 0% instances), ADJ-ADV (9; 0% instances), ADV-SCONJ (7; 0% instances), NUM-SCONJ (6; 0% instances), VERB-DET (6; 0% instances), DET-SCONJ (5; 0% instances), NOUN-PRON (5; 0% instances), ADJ-VERB (3; 0% instances), PRON-ADP (3; 0% instances), VERB-VERB (3; 0% instances), ADV-ADV (2; 0% instances), NUM-ADP (2; 0% instances), PRON-ADV (2; 0% instances), PROPN-ADV (2; 0% instances), ADJ-PRON (1; 0% instances), ADV-ADP (1; 0% instances), DET-ADP (1; 0% instances), NOUN-DET (1; 0% instances), PROPN-ADP (1; 0% instances), SYM-SCONJ (1; 0% instances).
Treebank Statistics (UD_Portuguese-BR)
This relation is universal.
7029 nodes (2%) are attached to their parents as mark
.
7021 instances of mark
(100%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 2.95120216246977.
The following 34 pairs of parts of speech are connected with mark
: VERB-ADP (3234; 46% instances), VERB-CONJ (2600; 37% instances), ADV-ADP (333; 5% instances), VERB-ADV (263; 4% instances), NOUN-CONJ (204; 3% instances), ADJ-ADP (122; 2% instances), NOUN-ADP (75; 1% instances), VERB-PRON (36; 1% instances), VERB-DET (30; 0% instances), VERB-VERB (23; 0% instances), PRON-CONJ (19; 0% instances), PROPN-ADP (14; 0% instances), PROPN-CONJ (12; 0% instances), NOUN-ADV (9; 0% instances), PRON-ADP (9; 0% instances), VERB-NOUN (9; 0% instances), ADJ-ADV (6; 0% instances), NOUN-PRON (5; 0% instances), ADJ-NOUN (3; 0% instances), AUX-CONJ (3; 0% instances), NOUN-DET (3; 0% instances), PROPN-PROPN (3; 0% instances), PRON-PRON (2; 0% instances), VERB-PART (2; 0% instances), ADJ-DET (1; 0% instances), ADJ-X (1; 0% instances), ADV-ADV (1; 0% instances), ADV-CONJ (1; 0% instances), ADV-VERB (1; 0% instances), PART-CONJ (1; 0% instances), PROPN-ADV (1; 0% instances), PROPN-VERB (1; 0% instances), VERB-X (1; 0% instances), X-CONJ (1; 0% instances).
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