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fixed: fixed

The fixed relation is one of the three relations for multiword expressions (MWEs) (the other two being flat and compound). It is used for certain fixed grammaticized expressions that behave like function words or short adverbials. Fixed MWEs are annotated in a flat structure, where all subsequent words in the expression are attached to the first one using the fixed label.

il y a corresponds to two frozen expressions: a particular marker of clefting (il y a trois livres sur la table) and an adposition (Paul est arrivé il y a trois jours). The first is syntactically regular and is analyzed with regular relations. The second is syntactically deviant and is analyzed with fixed:


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