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acl:cleft: dependent clause in cleft sentence

In cleft sentences, the main clause (which typically comes first) puts a constituent in focus and the dependent clause takes care of the predication (which is often the topic already known from context). The dependent clause is attached to the focused constituent in the main clause via acl:cleft.

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# visual-style 3 6 acl:cleft	color:blue
1	Det	den	PRON	PN|NEU|SIN|DEF|SUB/OBJ	Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	_
2	är	vara	AUX	VB|PRS|AKT	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	3	cop	_	_
3	kvinnan	kvinna	NOUN	NN|UTR|SIN|DEF|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	MID	_	3	punct	_	_
5	som	som	PRON	HP|-|-|-	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	föder	föda	VERB	VB|PRS|AKT	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	3	acl:cleft	_	_
7	barn	barn	NOUN	NN|NEU|PLU|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	till	till	ADP	PP	_	9	case	_	_
9	världen	värld	NOUN	NN|UTR|SIN|DEF|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	MAD	_	3	punct	_	_


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