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`expl:subj`: expletive

The expl:subj relation is used for expletive in a surface subject position.

It can be used in case of repeated subject in interrogatives:



  
    input
    brat
    info
  
Ces chiffres sont -ils élevés ? \n Are these numbers high?
expl:subj(sont,-ils)
{
    "text": "Ces chiffres sont -ils élevés ? \n Are these numbers high? ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-1-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 3 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T2", "token", [ [ 4, 12 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T3", "token", [ [ 13, 17 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T4", "token", [ [ 18, 22 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T5", "token", [ [ 23, 29 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T6", "token", [ [ 30, 31 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T8", "token", [ [ 34, 37 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T9", "token", [ [ 38, 43 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T10", "token", [ [ 44, 51 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T11", "token", [ [ 52, 57 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-1-R1", "expl:subj", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-T3" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-T4" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "1" ]
}

And for other impersonal subjects:



  
    input
    brat
    info
  
Il existe des variantes dialectales \n There are dialectal variations
expl:subj(existe,il)
{
    "text": "Il existe des variantes dialectales \n There are dialectal variations ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-2-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 2 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T2", "token", [ [ 3, 9 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T3", "token", [ [ 10, 13 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T4", "token", [ [ 14, 23 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T5", "token", [ [ 24, 35 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T7", "token", [ [ 38, 43 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T8", "token", [ [ 44, 47 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T9", "token", [ [ 48, 57 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T10", "token", [ [ 58, 68 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": true,
    "sentlabels": [ "2" ]
}

expl:subj in other languages: [fr] [pcm]

expl:subj: expletive

`expl:subj`: expletive