parataxis
: parataxis
parataxis
dependencies mark two different phenomena. Firstly, they are used with certain implicit coordinations. These coordinations are recognized by two factors: there is no coordinating conjunction, and the independent clauses are separated by a colon, semicolon or a dash. As with explicit coordinations, the first element is the governor. Also parenthetical and interjected clauses can receive the parataxis
dependency. If there is a coordinating conjunction present (regardless of punctuation) or if the clauses are separated by merely a comma, the coordination type conj
is used (differs from the UD).
parataxis
is also used for direct speech. If the verb of saying (or thinking, etc.) precedes the utterance, it acts as the governor, and the main verb or predicative of the utterance is the dependent. However, if the utterance precedes the speech verb, the relation is reversed.
Diffs
Turku Dependency Treebank
If the clauses are separated by a comma and there is no coordinating conjunction, TDT does not use parataxis
but conj
.
Treebank Statistics (UD_Finnish)
This relation is universal.
732 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as parataxis
.
728 instances of parataxis
(99%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 10.301912568306.
The following 31 pairs of parts of speech are connected with parataxis
: VERB-VERB (387; 53% instances), NOUN-VERB (129; 18% instances), ADJ-VERB (50; 7% instances), PROPN-VERB (35; 5% instances), VERB-NOUN (35; 5% instances), NOUN-NOUN (19; 3% instances), ADV-VERB (11; 2% instances), VERB-ADJ (10; 1% instances), NOUN-ADJ (5; 1% instances), PROPN-NOUN (5; 1% instances), ADJ-ADJ (4; 1% instances), ADJ-NOUN (4; 1% instances), INTJ-VERB (4; 1% instances), NOUN-ADV (4; 1% instances), PRON-VERB (4; 1% instances), VERB-PROPN (4; 1% instances), VERB-PRON (3; 0% instances), ADV-NOUN (2; 0% instances), NOUN-PROPN (2; 0% instances), PROPN-SYM (2; 0% instances), VERB-ADV (2; 0% instances), X-VERB (2; 0% instances), AUX-VERB (1; 0% instances), NOUN-INTJ (1; 0% instances), NOUN-PRON (1; 0% instances), NOUN-X (1; 0% instances), PROPN-ADJ (1; 0% instances), VERB-INTJ (1; 0% instances), VERB-NUM (1; 0% instances), VERB-SYM (1; 0% instances), VERB-X (1; 0% instances).
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