Degree: degree of comparison
Degree of comparison is typically an inflectional feature of some adjectives and adverbs.
Pos: positive, first degree
This is the base form that merely states a quality of something, without comparing it to qualities of others.
Examples
- [sv] vanlig karakteristik “normal characteristic”
- [sv] naturliga resurser “natural resources”
Cmp: comparative, second degree
The quality of one thing is compared to the same quality of another.
Examples
- [sv] färre barn “fewer children”
- [sv] att röka mindre “to smoke less”
Sup: superlative, third degree
The quality of one thing is compared to the same quality of all other things within a set.
Examples
- [sv] längst till höger “furthest to the right”
- [sv] största valdistriktet “largest constituency”
Treebank Statistics (UD_Swedish)
This feature is universal.
It occurs with 3 different values: Cmp, Pos, Sup.
8497 tokens (9%) have a non-empty value of Degree.
2113 types (14%) occur at least once with a non-empty value of Degree.
1231 lemmas (12%) occur at least once with a non-empty value of Degree.
The feature is used with 2 part-of-speech tags: sv-pos/ADJ (6767; 7% instances), sv-pos/ADV (1730; 2% instances).
ADJ
6767 sv-pos/ADJ tokens (80% of all ADJ tokens) have a non-empty value of Degree.
The most frequent other feature values with which ADJ and Degree co-occurred: VerbForm=EMPTY (6767; 100%), Tense=EMPTY (6767; 100%), Case=Nom (6750; 100%), Gender=EMPTY (4190; 62%), Number=Sing (3546; 52%).
ADJ tokens may have the following values of Degree:
Cmp(541; 8% of non-emptyDegree): större, högre, bättre, mindre, äldre, längre, lättare, lägre, yttre, svårarePos(5939; 88% of non-emptyDegree): olika, andra, nya, många, stora, stor, vissa, hela, flera, annanSup(287; 4% of non-emptyDegree): flesta, bästa, största, närmaste, högsta, viktigaste, senaste, vanligaste, störst, främstaEMPTY(1731): första, följande, beroende, särskild, särskilda, andra, ökad, motsvarande, liknande, ökade
| Paradigm stor | Pos | Cmp | Sup |
|---|---|---|---|
| större | |||
| Definite=Def | största | ||
| Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | störste | ||
| Definite=Def|Number=Sing | stora | ||
| Definite=Ind | störst | ||
| Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing | stor | ||
| Definite=Ind|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | stort | ||
| Number=Plur | stora |
Degree seems to be lexical feature of ADJ. 93% lemmas (1056) occur only with one value of Degree.
ADV
1730 sv-pos/ADV tokens (22% of all ADV tokens) have a non-empty value of Degree.
ADV tokens may have the following values of Degree:
Cmp(393; 23% of non-emptyDegree): mer, tidigare, mindre, vidare, mera, längre, senare, ytterligare, bättre, närmarePos(1082; 63% of non-emptyDegree): mycket, helt, ofta, länge, långt, snabbt, relativt, direkt, starkt, säkertSup(255; 15% of non-emptyDegree): mest, minst, främst, högst, helst, knappast, bäst, oftast, längst, ytterstEMPTY(6282): inte, så, också, när, hur, där, då, här, nu, bara
| Paradigm mycket | Pos | Cmp | Sup |
|---|---|---|---|
| mycket | mer, mera | mest |
Degree seems to be lexical feature of ADV. 92% lemmas (246) occur only with one value of Degree.
Relations with Agreement in Degree
The 10 most frequent relations where parent and child node agree in Degree:
ADJ –[conj]–> ADJ (243; 72%),
ADV –[conj]–> ADV (16; 84%),
ADJ –[det]–> ADJ (8; 73%),
ADJ –[det]–> ADV (1; 100%),
ADJ –[dobj]–> ADV (1; 100%),
ADJ –[dobj]–> ADJ (1; 100%).
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