punct
: punctuation
A punctuation token is labeled punct
and it is attached to the element it delimits. Thus, sentence-delimiting punctuation, such as “.”, “!” or “?” should be attached to the main verb (or predicative) of the sentence. Punctuation tokens always attach to content words and can never have dependents.
A punctuation mark delimiting a subordinate clause is attached to the head word of the clause.
If there are several subordinate clauses within each other and the punctuation could delimit any of them, the shortest-spanning (closest) clause is selected.
A punctuation mark separating coordinated units is attached to the first conjunct.
Punctuation items related to parataxis are attached to the head of the first clause.
In direct speech parataxis, paired punctuation marks (quotation marks) are attached to the head of the phrase enclosed in the paired punctuation.
Generally, paired punctuation marks (quotes and brackets) should be attached to the head of the clause or the phrase enclosed in the paired punctuation.
If the above rule leads to non-projectivity, the punctuation is attached to the closest enclosed element.
Punctuation can also delimit short additions, such as nominal modifiers or appositions, and in such cases, the punctuation should be attached to the head of the addition.
List item markers such as bullets of a bulleted list are marked as punctuation attached to the head of the list item.
Treebank Statistics (UD_Greek)
This relation is universal.
5979 nodes (10%) are attached to their parents as punct
.
4119 instances of punct
(69%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 10.0264258237163.
The following 11 pairs of parts of speech are connected with punct
: VERB-PUNCT (3411; 57% instances), NOUN-PUNCT (1539; 26% instances), ADJ-PUNCT (369; 6% instances), ADV-PUNCT (248; 4% instances), CONJ-PUNCT (225; 4% instances), NUM-PUNCT (64; 1% instances), PRON-PUNCT (50; 1% instances), PUNCT-PUNCT (44; 1% instances), ADP-PUNCT (27; 0% instances), DET-PUNCT (1; 0% instances), NOUN-NOUN (1; 0% instances).
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