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`mark`: marker

A marker is the word introducing a clause subordinate to another clause. For a complement clause, this will typically be that or whether. For an adverbial clause, the marker is typically a preposition like before or a subordinating conjunction fulfilling a similar role like while or although. The mark is a dependent of the subordinate clause head.



  
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Forces engaged in fighting after insurgents attacked
mark(attacked, after)
{
    "text": "Forces engaged in fighting after insurgents attacked ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-1-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 6 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T2", "token", [ [ 7, 14 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T3", "token", [ [ 15, 17 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T4", "token", [ [ 18, 26 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T5", "token", [ [ 27, 32 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T6", "token", [ [ 33, 43 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T7", "token", [ [ 44, 52 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-1-R1", "mark", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-T7" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-T5" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "1" ]
}



  
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He says that you like to swim
mark(swim, that)
{
    "text": "He says that you like to swim ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-2-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 2 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T2", "token", [ [ 3, 7 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T3", "token", [ [ 8, 12 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T4", "token", [ [ 13, 16 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T5", "token", [ [ 17, 21 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T6", "token", [ [ 22, 24 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T7", "token", [ [ 25, 29 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-2-R1", "mark", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-T7" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-T3" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "2" ]
}

The infinitive marker to is analyzed as a mark.



  
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I tried to finish it
mark(finish, to)
{
    "text": "I tried to finish it ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-3-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 1 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T2", "token", [ [ 2, 7 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T3", "token", [ [ 8, 10 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T4", "token", [ [ 11, 17 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T5", "token", [ [ 18, 20 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-3-R1", "mark", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-T4" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-T3" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "3" ]
}

When a a noun or a verb takes a prepositionally marked non-core argument (modifier) and that modifier is a clause, then we also label that prepositon as mark (as it would not seem reasonable to call it case when it is marking a clause). The result will commonly be a doubly marked clause.

We have no useful information on whether users are at risk .
nsubj(have, We)
neg(information, no)
amod(information, useful)
dobj(have, information)
mark(risk, on)
mark(risk, whether)
nsubj(risk, users)
cop(risk, are)
case(risk, at)
acl(information, risk)
punct(have, .)

Treebank Statistics (UD_English)

This relation is universal.

9039 nodes (4%) are attached to their parents as mark.

9035 instances of mark (100%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 2.47969908175683.

The following 53 pairs of parts of speech are connected with mark: VERB-PART (3782; 42% instances), VERB-SCONJ (3573; 40% instances), ADJ-SCONJ (389; 4% instances), VERB-ADV (379; 4% instances), NOUN-SCONJ (321; 4% instances), ADJ-PART (95; 1% instances), NOUN-PART (85; 1% instances), VERB-ADP (66; 1% instances), ADV-SCONJ (61; 1% instances), ADJ-ADV (34; 0% instances), AUX-SCONJ (34; 0% instances), PROPN-SCONJ (34; 0% instances), PRON-SCONJ (20; 0% instances), NOUN-ADV (16; 0% instances), ADJ-DET (15; 0% instances), PART-SCONJ (13; 0% instances), NOUN-ADP (10; 0% instances), VERB-VERB (10; 0% instances), ADV-DET (9; 0% instances), ADJ-ADP (8; 0% instances), ADV-ADV (8; 0% instances), NUM-SCONJ (8; 0% instances), PROPN-PART (6; 0% instances), VERB-ADJ (6; 0% instances), PROPN-ADV (5; 0% instances), ADV-PART (4; 0% instances), INTJ-SCONJ (4; 0% instances), PROPN-ADP (4; 0% instances), ADV-ADP (3; 0% instances), NUM-PART (3; 0% instances), VERB-DET (3; 0% instances), ADP-PART (2; 0% instances), DET-PART (2; 0% instances), DET-SCONJ (2; 0% instances), NOUN-ADJ (2; 0% instances), NUM-ADP (2; 0% instances), NUM-ADV (2; 0% instances), PRON-PART (2; 0% instances), SYM-SCONJ (2; 0% instances), VERB-CONJ (2; 0% instances), ADJ-ADJ (1; 0% instances), ADP-SCONJ (1; 0% instances), AUX-ADV (1; 0% instances), AUX-PART (1; 0% instances), DET-ADV (1; 0% instances), NOUN-DET (1; 0% instances), NOUN-VERB (1; 0% instances), PRON-ADP (1; 0% instances), PROPN-ADJ (1; 0% instances), SYM-PART (1; 0% instances), VERB-AUX (1; 0% instances), VERB-NOUN (1; 0% instances), VERB-PRON (1; 0% instances).

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1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	dobj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	their	they	PRON	PRP$	Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	prophet	prophet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_

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1	Now	now	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wonder	wonder	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	Google	Google	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	survive	survive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_

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1	i	i	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	tonight	tonight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:tmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux	_	_
8	wasted	wasted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
9	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	anyone	anyone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	interested	interested	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_

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mark: marker

Treebank Statistics (UD_English)

`mark`: marker