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punct: punctuation

This is used for any piece of punctuation in a clause, if punctuation is being retained in the typed dependencies. By default, punctuation is not retained in the output.

Go home !
punct(Go, !)

Treebank Statistics (UD_English)

This relation is universal.

28927 nodes (12%) are attached to their parents as punct.

22704 instances of punct (78%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 8.09963010336364.

The following 30 pairs of parts of speech are connected with punct: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PUNCT (14781; 51% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PUNCT (6845; 24% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PUNCT (2882; 10% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PUNCT (2617; 9% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/PUNCT (385; 1% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/PUNCT (376; 1% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/PUNCT (331; 1% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PUNCT (229; 1% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/PUNCT (145; 1% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/PUNCT (63; 0% instances), en-pos/PART-en-pos/PUNCT (56; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/PUNCT (54; 0% instances), en-pos/CONJ-en-pos/PUNCT (34; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/PUNCT (23; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/SYM (17; 0% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/SYM (17; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/SYM (12; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/PUNCT (11; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/SYM (10; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/NOUN (9; 0% instances), en-pos/PUNCT-en-pos/PUNCT (8; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/SYM (5; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/SYM (4; 0% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/PUNCT (3; 0% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/X (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/CONJ-en-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances).

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1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	AP	AP	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
4	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_

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1	Excerpt	excerpt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	folks	folks	NOUN	UH	_	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ESL)

This relation is universal.

9583 nodes (10%) are attached to their parents as punct.

7662 instances of punct (80%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 9.49984347281645.

The following 18 pairs of parts of speech are connected with punct: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PUNCT (6244; 65% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PUNCT (1590; 17% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PUNCT (1283; 13% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PUNCT (233; 2% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/PUNCT (76; 1% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/PUNCT (52; 1% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PUNCT (46; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/PUNCT (11; 0% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/PUNCT (11; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/PUNCT (10; 0% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/PUNCT (10; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/PUNCT (9; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/PUNCT (2; 0% instances), en-pos/CONJ-en-pos/PUNCT (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PART-en-pos/PUNCT (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/SYM (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	_	_	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	_	_	DET	DT	_	3	det	_	_
3	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	6	nmod	_	_
4	_	_	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	6	nsubj	_	_
6	_	_	VERB	VBD	_	0	root	_	_
7	_	_	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	6	nmod	_	_
9	_	_	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	_	_	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	11	punct	_	_
11	_	_	CONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
12	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	8	conj	_	_
13	_	_	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	_	_	DET	PRP$	_	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	16	amod	_	_
16	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	12	nmod	_	_
17	_	_	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	12	punct	_	_
18	_	_	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
19	_	_	AUX	VBP	_	21	aux	_	_
20	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	21	nsubj	_	_
21	_	_	VERB	VB	_	6	parataxis	_	_
22	_	_	PRON	NN	_	23	nsubj	_	_
23	_	_	VERB	VBP	_	21	ccomp	_	_
24	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	23	iobj	_	_
25	_	_	ADP	RP	_	23	compound:prt	_	_
26	_	_	PRON	NN	_	23	dobj	_	_
27	_	_	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_

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1	_	_	DET	PRP$	_	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	_	_	NOUN	NNS	_	5	nsubj	_	_
3	_	_	VERB	VBD	_	5	cop	_	_
4	_	_	PART	RB	_	5	neg	_	_
5	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	0	root	_	_
6	_	_	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	_	_	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	_	_	VERB	VB	_	6	xcomp	_	_
9	_	_	DET	PRP$	_	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	8	dobj	_	_
11	_	_	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	13	compound	_	_
13	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	10	nmod	_	_
14	_	_	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
15	_	_	CONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
16	_	_	DET	DT	_	18	det	_	_
17	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	18	compound	_	_
18	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	20	nsubj	_	_
19	_	_	VERB	VBD	_	20	cop	_	_
20	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	5	conj	_	_
21	_	_	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_English-LinES)

This relation is universal.

10025 nodes (12%) are attached to their parents as punct.

8828 instances of punct (88%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 8.71431421446384.

The following 17 pairs of parts of speech are connected with punct: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PUNCT (6389; 64% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PUNCT (1629; 16% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PUNCT (667; 7% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/PUNCT (376; 4% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/PUNCT (221; 2% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PUNCT (212; 2% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PUNCT (206; 2% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/PUNCT (95; 1% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/PUNCT (62; 1% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/PUNCT (59; 1% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/PUNCT (39; 0% instances), en-pos/CONJ-en-pos/PUNCT (31; 0% instances), en-pos/PUNCT-en-pos/PUNCT (15; 0% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/PUNCT (10; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/PUNCT (6; 0% instances), en-pos/PART-en-pos/PUNCT (4; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/PUNCT (4; 0% instances).

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1	Open	_	VERB	IMP	_	0	root	_	_
2	the	_	DET	DEF	_	3	det	_	_
3	page	_	NOUN	SG	_	1	dobj	_	_
4	in	_	ADP	_	_	8	case	_	_
5	Access	_	PROPN	SG	_	8	nummod	_	_
6	2002	_	NUM	ID	_	5	name	_	_
7	Design	_	NOUN	SG	_	8	compound	_	_
8	view	_	NOUN	SG	_	1	nmod	_	_
9	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	The	_	DET	DEF	_	3	det	_	_
2	other	_	ADJ	POS	_	3	amod	_	_
3	fields	_	NOUN	PL	_	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	_	VERB	PRES	_	6	cop	_	_
5	outer	_	ADJ	POS	_	6	amod	_	_
6	fields	_	NOUN	PL	_	0	root	_	_
7	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	6	punct	_	_

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1	Filters	_	NOUN	PL	_	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	_	VERB	PRES	_	3	cop	_	_
3	additive	_	ADJ	POS	_	0	root	_	_
4	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	3	punct	_	_


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