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advcl:relcl: adverbial relative clause modifier

This relation applies to a relative clause that is adverbial in one of the following ways:

(1) It modifies a clause (as opposed to typical relative clauses, which are adnominal and use acl:relcl).

For example, the antecedent is a clause in:

I tried to explain myself – which was a bad idea
advcl:relcl(tried, idea)
nsubj(idea, which)

This phenomenon also figures in it-clefts.

For detailed discussion, see the English relative clause guidelines: adverbial relatives, it-clefts.

(2) It forms a free relative with a WH-adverb (where, when, why, how) as head:

I looked where you were sitting
advcl:relcl(where, sitting)
advmod(looked, where)

See details on free relatives.


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