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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.

Forces engaged in fighting after insurgents attacked
mark(attacked, after)
He says that you like to swim
mark(swim, that)

The infinitive marker to is analyzed as a mark.

I tried to finish it
mark(finish, to)

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.

8897 nodes (4%) are attached to their parents as mark.

8893 instances of mark (100%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 2.48207260874452.

The following 52 pairs of parts of speech are connected with mark: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PART (3724; 42% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/SCONJ (3515; 40% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/SCONJ (383; 4% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADV (368; 4% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/SCONJ (308; 3% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PART (94; 1% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PART (83; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADP (67; 1% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/SCONJ (60; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADV (34; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/SCONJ (34; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/SCONJ (34; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/SCONJ (29; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (16; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/DET (15; 0% instances), en-pos/PART-en-pos/SCONJ (13; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (10; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/DET (9; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADP (9; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADP (8; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADV (8; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/SCONJ (8; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PART (6; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (6; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADV (5; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/PART (4; 0% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/SCONJ (4; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADP (4; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADP (3; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/PART (3; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PART (3; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/DET (3; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/PART (2; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/SCONJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/ADP (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/SCONJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/CONJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/AUX (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (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	advcl	_	_
9	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	anyone	anyone	PRON	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	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ESL)

This relation is universal.

5081 nodes (5%) are attached to their parents as mark.

5076 instances of mark (100%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 2.26864790395591.

The following 35 pairs of parts of speech are connected with mark: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PART (2307; 45% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/SCONJ (1885; 37% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/SCONJ (346; 7% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/SCONJ (175; 3% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADV (136; 3% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PART (39; 1% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PART (39; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADP (32; 1% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/SCONJ (19; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/SCONJ (18; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADV (15; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/SCONJ (11; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/SCONJ (10; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (8; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/SCONJ (8; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/PART (3; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/PART (3; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADV (3; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PART (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/DET (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/SCONJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PART (2; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances).

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1	_	_	PRON	EX	_	2	expl	_	_
2	_	_	VERB	VBZ	_	0	root	_	_
3	_	_	DET	DT	_	5	det	_	_
4	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	5	amod	_	_
5	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	2	nsubj	_	_
6	_	_	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	_	_	VERB	VB	_	5	acl	_	_
8	_	_	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	_	_	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	_	_	DET	DT	_	11	det	_	_
11	_	_	NOUN	NNS	_	12	nsubj	_	_
12	_	_	VERB	VBP	_	2	advcl	_	_
13	_	_	PART	RB	_	12	neg	_	_
14	_	_	VERB	VB	_	12	xcomp	_	_
15	_	_	PRON	NN	_	14	dobj	_	_
16	_	_	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_

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1	_	_	PRON	EX	_	2	expl	_	_
2	_	_	VERB	VBZ	_	0	root	_	_
3	_	_	DET	DT	_	5	det	_	_
4	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	5	amod	_	_
5	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	2	nsubj	_	_
6	_	_	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	_	_	VERB	VB	_	5	acl	_	_
8	_	_	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	_	_	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	_	_	DET	DT	_	11	det	_	_
11	_	_	NOUN	NNS	_	12	nsubj	_	_
12	_	_	VERB	VBP	_	2	advcl	_	_
13	_	_	PART	RB	_	12	neg	_	_
14	_	_	VERB	VB	_	12	xcomp	_	_
15	_	_	PRON	NN	_	14	dobj	_	_
16	_	_	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_

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1	_	_	CONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	3	nsubj	_	_
3	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	0	root	_	_
4	_	_	PRON	DT	_	3	dobj	_	_
5	_	_	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
6	_	_	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	9	expl	_	_
8	_	_	VERB	VBZ	_	9	cop	_	_
9	_	_	ADJ	JJR	_	3	advcl	_	_
10	_	_	PRON	NN	_	11	dobj	_	_
11	_	_	VERB	VBG	_	9	csubj	_	_
12	_	_	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	_	_	VERB	VBG	_	9	advcl	_	_
14	_	_	NOUN	NNS	_	13	dobj	_	_
15	_	_	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	_	_	PRON	NN	_	13	nmod	_	_
17	_	_	PRON	WDT	_	18	nsubj	_	_
18	_	_	VERB	VB	_	16	acl:relcl	_	_
19	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	18	dobj	_	_
20	_	_	VERB	VB	_	18	xcomp	_	_
21	_	_	PRON	NN	_	20	dobj	_	_
22	_	_	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_English-LinES)

This relation is universal.

2682 nodes (3%) are attached to their parents as mark.

2674 instances of mark (100%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 2.5324384787472.

The following 42 pairs of parts of speech are connected with mark: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/SCONJ (1118; 42% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PART (1101; 41% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/SCONJ (111; 4% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/SCONJ (78; 3% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/SCONJ (75; 3% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADP (27; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PART (21; 1% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PART (21; 1% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/SCONJ (17; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADV (17; 1% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/ADV (15; 1% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/SCONJ (10; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/SCONJ (8; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/SCONJ (7; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/PART (6; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/SCONJ (4; 0% instances), en-pos/PART-en-pos/SCONJ (4; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/CONJ (4; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/SCONJ (3; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/CONJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/ADP (2; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADP (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PART (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADP (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PART (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PUNCT-en-pos/SCONJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PART-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PUNCT-en-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances).

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1	Is	_	VERB	PRES	_	3	cop	_	_
2	it	_	PRON	PERS-SG	_	3	expl	_	_
3	possible	_	ADJ	POS	_	0	root	_	_
4	that	_	SCONJ	_	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	_	PRON	PERS-P2	_	6	nsubj	_	_
6	know	_	VERB	PRES	_	3	csubj	_	_
7	the	_	DET	DEF	_	8	det	_	_
8	people	_	NOUN	PL	_	6	dobj	_	_
9	involved	_	VERB	PASS	_	8	amod	_	_
10	?	_	PUNCT	QuestionMark	_	3	punct	_	_

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1	Select	_	VERB	IMP	_	0	root	_	_
2	the	_	DET	DEF	_	3	det	_	_
3	line	_	NOUN	SG	_	1	dobj	_	_
4	you	_	PRON	PERS-P2	_	5	nsubj	_	_
5	want	_	VERB	PRES	_	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	to	_	PART	_	_	7	mark	_	_
7	copy	_	VERB	INF	_	5	xcomp	_	_
8	and	_	CONJ	_	_	7	cc	_	_
9	press	_	VERB	INF	_	7	conj	_	_
10	CTRL	_	PROPN	SG	_	9	dobj	_	_
11	–	_	PUNCT	Dash	_	1	punct	_	_
12	C	_	PROPN	SG	_	10	nmod	_	_
13	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	She	_	PRON	PERS-SG-NOM	_	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thinks	_	VERB	PRES	_	0	root	_	_
3	that	_	SCONJ	_	_	6	mark	_	_
4	it	_	PRON	PERS-SG	_	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	_	VERB	PRES	_	6	cop	_	_
6	sly	_	ADJ	POS	_	2	xcomp	_	_
7	of	_	ADP	_	_	8	case	_	_
8	me	_	PRON	PERS-P1SG-ACC	_	6	nmod	_	_
9	to	_	PART	_	_	10	mark	_	_
10	deny	_	VERB	INF	_	8	acl	_	_
11	this	_	PRON	DEM-SG	_	10	dobj	_	_
12	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	2	punct	_	_


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