mwe
: multi-word expression
The multi-word expression (modifier) relation is used for certain fixed grammaticized expressions with function words that behave like a single function word. Multiword expressions are annotated in a flat, head-initial structure,
in which all words in the expression modify the first one using the
mwe
label.
At present, this relation is used inside the following expressions:
as well
as well as
such as
due to (and other forms, such as d t and d/t)
because of (and other forms, such as b c of and b/c of)
instead of
in case
in case of
of course
so that
more than (when used synonymously with “over” in a quantity)
less than (when used synonymously with “under” in a quantity)
up to (when used in quantities)
according to
in order
rather than
at least (when not used for quantities)
as if
prior to
as to
kind of
whether or not
not to mention
as opposed to
let alone
so as to
in between
all but
that is
how come
had better (and ‘d better)
Not mwe
s
The following are not annotated as mwe
s, but are instead labeled according to their apparent internal structure.
out of, off of (All double prepositions denoting spatial relations are annotated with two cases on the nominal)
by far
what about
at all
at most, at least (when used for quantities. To determine whether at least should be an mwe
or not in borderline cases, substitute it with at most; if the sentence remains grammatical, it should receive its surface analysis)
at best, at worst
what if
so long
Treebank Statistics (UD_English)
This relation is universal.
610 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as mwe
.
610 instances of mwe
(100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 1.10819672131148.
The following 26 pairs of parts of speech are connected with mwe
: ADV-ADV (157; 26% instances), ADP-ADP (151; 25% instances), ADJ-ADP (84; 14% instances), ADV-ADP (56; 9% instances), SCONJ-SCONJ (32; 5% instances), ADP-NOUN (26; 4% instances), VERB-ADP (24; 4% instances), ADP-SCONJ (13; 2% instances), SCONJ-ADV (9; 1% instances), SCONJ-CONJ (9; 1% instances), ADV-VERB (8; 1% instances), ADJ-SCONJ (7; 1% instances), ADV-PART (7; 1% instances), ADV-SCONJ (6; 1% instances), SCONJ-NOUN (4; 1% instances), SCONJ-VERB (4; 1% instances), ADP-VERB (2; 0% instances), SCONJ-PART (2; 0% instances), VERB-ADV (2; 0% instances), ADP-ADV (1; 0% instances), ADP-CONJ (1; 0% instances), ADV-NOUN (1; 0% instances), AUX-ADV (1; 0% instances), DET-NOUN (1; 0% instances), SCONJ-ADJ (1; 0% instances), SCONJ-ADP (1; 0% instances).
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