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mwe: multi-word expression

The multi-word expression (modifier) relation is one of the relations for compounding and it is intended for function words. In Russian it is used for multi-word prepositions. The leftmost word is the head and all the other words are attached as its mwe modifiers.

В отличие от тебя , мне нечего стыдиться . \n In contrast to you , I-have nothing to-be-ashamed .
mwe(В, отличие)
mwe(В, от)
case(тебя, В)
mwe(In, contrast)
mwe(In, to)
case(you, In)

Multi-word prepositions usually form a contiguous span of the sentence. In exceptional cases however, they can be interrupted by emphasizers and other words:

в сравнении , например , с долгом \n in comparison , for-example , to loans
mwe(в, сравнении)
mwe(в, с)
case(долгом, в)
advmod:emph(долгом, например)
mwe(in, comparison)
mwe(in, to)
case(loans, in)
advmod:emph(loans, for-example)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Russian)

This relation is universal.

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

253 instances of mwe (76%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 1.42168674698795.

The following 39 pairs of parts of speech are connected with mwe: ru-pos/CONJ-ru-pos/CONJ (81; 24% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/NOUN (29; 9% instances), ru-pos/SCONJ-ru-pos/ADV (29; 9% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/ADP (27; 8% instances), ru-pos/PRON-ru-pos/ADV (19; 6% instances), ru-pos/PRON-ru-pos/PART (18; 5% instances), ru-pos/ADV-ru-pos/CONJ (12; 4% instances), ru-pos/PART-ru-pos/PART (12; 4% instances), ru-pos/PRON-ru-pos/VERB (11; 3% instances), ru-pos/SCONJ-ru-pos/ADP (10; 3% instances), ru-pos/PROPN-ru-pos/DET (8; 2% instances), ru-pos/ADP-ru-pos/DET (6; 2% instances), ru-pos/ADV-ru-pos/ADP (6; 2% instances), ru-pos/CONJ-ru-pos/ADV (6; 2% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/VERB (6; 2% instances), ru-pos/DET-ru-pos/NOUN (5; 2% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/DET (5; 2% instances), ru-pos/PRON-ru-pos/ADP (5; 2% instances), ru-pos/ADP-ru-pos/CONJ (4; 1% instances), ru-pos/CONJ-ru-pos/PART (4; 1% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/ADV (4; 1% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/NOUN (3; 1% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/NOUN (2; 1% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/VERB (2; 1% instances), ru-pos/ADV-ru-pos/ADV (2; 1% instances), ru-pos/PART-ru-pos/ADV (2; 1% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/ADP (2; 1% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADP-ru-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADP-ru-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADP-ru-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADV-ru-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/CONJ-ru-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/DET-ru-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/PART-ru-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/PRON-ru-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/PRON-ru-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/PROPN-ru-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances).

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1	В	В	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	этом	ЭТО	PRON	DT	Animacy=Inan|Case=Loc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
3	он	ОН	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3	4	nsubj	_	_
4	близок	БЛИЗКИЙ	ADJ	JJH	Animacy=Anim|Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Variant=Brev	0	root	_	_
5	как	КАК	CONJ	CC	_	7	cc:preconj	_	_
6	к	К	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	традиции	ТРАДИЦИЯ	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	символизма	СИМВОЛИЗМ	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
9	так	ТАК	CONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
10	и	И	CONJ	CC	_	9	mwe	_	_
11	к	К	ADP	IN	_	7	conj	_	_
12	поэзии	ПОЭЗИЯ	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
13	вещей	ВЕЩЬ	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
14	(	(	PUNCT	(	_	15	punct	_	_
15	Dinggedicht	DINGGEDICHT	ADV	FW	_	13	appos	_	_
16	)	)	PUNCT	)	_	15	punct	_	_
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_

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1	В	В	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	течение	ТЕЧЕНИЕ	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Loc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	4	mwe	_	_
3	долгого	ДОЛГИЙ	ADJ	JJL	Animacy=Inan|Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Variant=Full	4	amod	_	_
4	времени	ВРЕМЯ	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
5	изучал	ИЗУЧАТЬ	VERB	VBC	Aspect=Imp|Gender=Masc|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	язык	ЯЗЫК	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	5	dobj	_	_
7	майя	МАЙЯ	PROPN	NNP	Animacy=Anim|Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_

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1	Голова	ГОЛОВА	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	сверху	СВЕРХУ	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	не	НЕ	PART	NEG	_	4	neg	_	_
4	видна	ВИДНЫЙ	ADJ	JJH	Animacy=Inan|Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Variant=Brev	0	root	_	_
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	так	ТАК	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	как	КАК	ADV	WRB	_	6	mwe	_	_
8	прикрыта	ПРИКРЫТЬ	VERB	VBNH	Animacy=Inan|Aspect=Perf|Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|Variant=Brev|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
9	переднеспинкой	ПЕРЕДНЕСПИНКА	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Ins|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	8	iobj	_	_
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_Russian-SynTagRus)

This relation is universal.

1073 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as mwe.

1073 instances of mwe (100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 1.29636533084809.

The following 49 pairs of parts of speech are connected with mwe: ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/NOUN (354; 33% instances), ru-pos/ADV-ru-pos/PART (226; 21% instances), ru-pos/ADV-ru-pos/ADV (108; 10% instances), ru-pos/ADV-ru-pos/PRON (50; 5% instances), ru-pos/PART-ru-pos/SCONJ (42; 4% instances), ru-pos/ADV-ru-pos/SCONJ (37; 3% instances), ru-pos/ADV-ru-pos/VERB (35; 3% instances), ru-pos/PART-ru-pos/PART (22; 2% instances), ru-pos/PRON-ru-pos/ADV (22; 2% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/PRON (20; 2% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/ADJ (16; 1% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/VERB (13; 1% instances), ru-pos/ADV-ru-pos/NOUN (10; 1% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/SCONJ (10; 1% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/PROPN (9; 1% instances), ru-pos/PART-ru-pos/NOUN (9; 1% instances), ru-pos/PART-ru-pos/VERB (9; 1% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/NOUN (8; 1% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/ADV (7; 1% instances), ru-pos/PRON-ru-pos/VERB (7; 1% instances), ru-pos/SCONJ-ru-pos/PART (7; 1% instances), ru-pos/CONJ-ru-pos/SCONJ (5; 0% instances), ru-pos/PART-ru-pos/PRON (5; 0% instances), ru-pos/PROPN-ru-pos/PROPN (5; 0% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/ADV (4; 0% instances), ru-pos/SCONJ-ru-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/ADV (3; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/PART (2; 0% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), ru-pos/PART-ru-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), ru-pos/X-ru-pos/X (2; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADV-ru-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADV-ru-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/CONJ-ru-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/CONJ-ru-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/INTJ-ru-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/NUM-ru-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/NUM-ru-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/PART-ru-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/PRON-ru-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/PRON-ru-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/PRON-ru-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/SCONJ-ru-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances).

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1	-	-	PUNCT	-	_	2	punct	_	_
2	Не	не	PART	_	_	4	neg	_	_
3	буду	быть	AUX	_	Aspect=Imp|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	4	aux	_	_
4	оспаривать	оспаривать	VERB	_	Aspect=Imp|VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	эту	этот	DET	_	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	6	det	_	_
6	точку	точка	NOUN	_	Animacy=Inan|Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	4	dobj	_	_
7	зрения	зрение	NOUN	_	Animacy=Inan|Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	6	mwe	_	_
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_

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1	Однако	однако	ADV	_	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
2	общественности	общественность	NOUN	_	Animacy=Inan|Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
3	эти	этот	DET	_	Case=Nom|Number=Plur	4	det	_	_
4	находки	находка	NOUN	_	Animacy=Inan|Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	9	nsubjpass	_	_
5	так	так	ADV	_	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
6	и	и	PART	_	_	5	mwe	_	_
7	не	не	PART	_	_	9	neg	_	_
8	были	быть	AUX	_	Aspect=Imp|Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	9	auxpass	_	_
9	предъявлены	предъявлять	VERB	_	Aspect=Perf|Number=Plur|Tense=Past|Variant=Brev|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_

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1	Чтобы	чтобы	SCONJ	_	_	3	cc	_	_
2	не	не	PART	_	_	3	neg	_	_
3	эволюционировать	эволюционировать	VERB	_	Aspect=Imp|VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	самим	сам	ADJ	_	Case=Dat|Degree=Pos|Number=Plur	3	acl	_	_
5	как	как	ADV	_	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
6	можно	можно	ADV	_	Degree=Pos	5	mwe	_	_
7	дольше	долго	ADV	_	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_


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