mwe: multi-word expression
The multi-word expression (modifier) relation is used for certain fixed grammaticized expressions with function words that behave like a single function word. Multiword expressions are annotated in a flat, head-initial structure,
in which all words in the expression modify the first one using the
mwe label.
At present, this relation is used inside the following expressions:
as well
I like dogs as well
advmod(like, as)
mwe(as, well)
as well as
I like dogs as well as cats
mwe(as-4, well)
mwe(as-4, as-6)
cc(dogs, as-4)
such as
I like fluffy animals , such as dogs
case(dogs, such)
mwe(such, as)
due to (and other forms, such as d t and d/t)
He cried due to the fact that you hurt him
case(fact, due)
mwe(due, to)
because of (and other forms, such as b c of and b/c of)
He cried because of you
case(you, because)
mwe(because, of)
instead of
John went instead of Mary
mwe(instead, of)
case(Mary, instead)
John left early instead of staying for the whole thing
mwe(instead, of)
mark(staying, instead)
in case
I always back up my files in case my computer crashes
mwe(in, case)
mark(crashes, in)
I always back up my files just in case
mwe(in, case)
advmod(back, in)
advmod(in, just)
in case of
I always back up my files in case of a crash
mwe(in, case)
mwe(in, of)
case(crash, in)
of course
I like dogs , of course
advmod(like, of)
mwe(of, course)
so that
He cried so that you would feel bad
mark(feel, so)
mwe(so, that)
more than (when used synonymously with “over” in a quantity)
More than 90 percent
advmod(percent, More)
mwe(More, than)
less than (when used synonymously with “under” in a quantity)
Less than ten percent
advmod(percent, Less)
mwe(Less, than)
up to (when used in quantities)
Up to fifty percent
mwe(Up, to)
advmod(percent, Up)
according to
According to John
mwe(According, to)
case(John, According)
in order
He cried in order to make you feel bad
mark(feel, in)
mwe(in, order)
He cried in order that you might feel bad
mark(feel, in)
mwe(in, order)
He cried in order for you to have something to feel bad about
mark(have, in)
mwe(in, order)
rather than
I decided to get a dog rather than a cat
mwe(rather, than)
cc(rather, dog)
at least (when not used for quantities)
At least I like dogs
mwe(At, least)
advmod(like, At)
as if
It was as if he cried to make you feel bad
mwe(as, if)
mark(cried, as)
prior to
John left prior to the meeting
mwe(prior, to)
case(meeting, prior)
as to
As to whether I love dogs ...
mwe(As, to)
mark(love, As)
As to my love of dogs ...
mwe(As, to)
case(love, As)
kind of
I kind of like dogs
mwe(kind, of)
advmod(like, kind)
whether or not
He 's crying whether or not you feel bad about it
mwe(whether, or)
mwe(whether, not)
mark(feel, whether)
not to mention
This restaurant is pretty cheap with good food, not to mention their friendly staff
mwe(not, to)
mwe(not, mention)
cc(cheap, not)
conj(staff, cheap)
as opposed to
John decided to leave early , as opposed to Mary
mwe(as, opposed)
mwe(as, to-9)
case(Mary, as)
let alone
He could n't handle being hurt , let alone hurt by you
mwe(let, alone)
cc(hurt-6, alone)
conj(hurt-6, hurt-10)
so as to
John left early so as to miss the meeting
mwe(so, as)
mwe(so, to)
mark(so, miss)
in between
John left in between meetings
mwe(in, between)
case(in, meetings)
all but
John has all but left
mwe(all, but)
advmod(all, left)
that is
The dogs need to be housebroken -- that is , '' potty - trained ''
mwe(that, is)
advmod(trained, that)
how come
How come John left early ?
mwe(How, come)
mark(left, How)
had better (and ‘d better)
You had better apologize
mwe(had, better)
aux(had, apologize)
Not mwes
The following are not annotated as mwes, but are instead labeled according to their apparent internal structure.
out of, off of (All double prepositions denoting spatial relations are annotated with two cases on the nominal)
Get out of there !
nmod(Get, there)
case(there, out)
case(there, of)
Get off of that !
nmod(Get, that)
case(that, off)
case(that, of)
by far
Dogs are the best animal by far
nmod(animal, far)
case(far, by)
what about
What about John ?
nmod(What, John)
case(John, about)
at all
I don't like her at all
nmod(like, all)
case(all, at)
at most, at least (when used for quantities. To determine whether at least should be an mwe or not in borderline cases, substitute it with at most; if the sentence remains grammatical, it should receive its surface analysis)
at most 50 percent
nmod:npmod(percent, most)
case(most, at)
at least 50 percent
nmod:npmod(percent, least)
case(least, at)
at best, at worst
At best , they were guesses
nmod:npmod(guesses, best)
case(best, At)
At worst , they were lies
nmod:npmod(lies, worst)
case(worst, At)
what if
What if John left early ?
advcl(What, left)
mark(left, if)
so long
So long , Ham 's ... you will be missed
advmod(long, So)
vocative(long, Ham)
parataxis(long, missed)
Treebank Statistics (UD_English)
This relation is universal.
610 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as mwe.
610 instances of mwe (100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 1.10819672131148.
The following 26 pairs of parts of speech are connected with mwe: en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADV (157; 26% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/ADP (151; 25% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADP (84; 14% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADP (56; 9% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/SCONJ (32; 5% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/NOUN (26; 4% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADP (24; 4% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/SCONJ (13; 2% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/ADV (9; 1% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/CONJ (9; 1% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/VERB (8; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/SCONJ (7; 1% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/PART (7; 1% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/SCONJ (6; 1% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/NOUN (4; 1% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/VERB (4; 1% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/PART (2; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances).
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1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _
2 pander pander VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _
3 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _
4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _
5 mythical mythical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _
6 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
7 Arab arab ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _
8 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
9 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _
11 of of ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _
12 course course ADV RB _ 11 mwe _ SpaceAfter=No
13 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _
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1 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _
2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _
3 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _
4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _
5 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _
6 cool cool ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _
7 b/c b/c ADP IN _ 12 case _ _
8 of of ADP IN _ 7 mwe _ _
9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _
10 taco taco PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _
11 bell bell PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _
12 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _
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1 Now now ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _
2 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _
3 than than ADP IN _ 2 mwe _ _
4 1100 1100 NUM CD NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _
5 pictures picture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No
6 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _
Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ESL)
This relation is universal.
357 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as mwe.
357 instances of mwe (100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 1.05042016806723.
The following 20 pairs of parts of speech are connected with mwe: en-pos/ADP-en-pos/ADP (95; 27% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADV (68; 19% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADP (55; 15% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADP (34; 10% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/SCONJ (30; 8% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/NOUN (28; 8% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADP (25; 7% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/ADV (4; 1% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/PART (4; 1% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/NOUN (3; 1% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/ADP (2; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PART-en-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PART-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PUNCT-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances).
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1 _ _ ADP IN _ 3 case _ _
2 _ _ DET DT _ 3 det _ _
3 _ _ NOUN NN _ 5 nmod _ _
4 _ _ PRON PRP _ 5 nsubj _ _
5 _ _ VERB VBD _ 0 root _ _
6 _ _ PART TO _ 7 mark _ _
7 _ _ VERB VB _ 5 xcomp _ _
8 _ _ DET DT _ 9 det _ _
9 _ _ NOUN NN _ 7 dobj _ _
10 _ _ PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _
11 _ _ CONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _
12 _ _ PRON PRP _ 14 nsubj _ _
13 _ _ VERB VBD _ 14 cop _ _
14 _ _ ADJ JJ _ 5 conj _ _
15 _ _ ADP IN _ 17 case _ _
16 _ _ ADP IN _ 15 mwe _ _
17 _ _ NOUN NNS _ 14 nmod _ _
18 _ _ ADP IN _ 20 case _ _
19 _ _ DET DT _ 20 det _ _
20 _ _ NOUN NN _ 17 nmod _ _
21 _ _ PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _
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1 _ _ ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _
2 _ _ ADV RB _ 1 mwe _ _
3 _ _ PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _
4 _ _ SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _
5 _ _ NOUN NN _ 6 nsubj _ _
6 _ _ VERB VBZ _ 16 advcl _ _
7 _ _ ADJ JJ _ 8 amod _ _
8 _ _ NOUN NN _ 6 dobj _ _
9 _ _ CONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _
10 _ _ NOUN NN _ 8 conj _ _
11 _ _ PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _
12 _ _ DET DT _ 13 det _ _
13 _ _ NOUN NNS _ 16 nsubj _ _
14 _ _ AUX MD _ 16 aux _ _
15 _ _ VERB VB _ 16 cop _ _
16 _ _ ADJ JJR _ 0 root _ _
17 _ _ PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _
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1 _ _ ADP IN _ 3 case _ _
2 _ _ DET DT _ 3 det _ _
3 _ _ NOUN NN _ 7 nmod _ _
4 _ _ PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _
5 _ _ PRON PRP _ 7 nsubj _ _
6 _ _ AUX MD _ 7 aux _ _
7 _ _ VERB VB _ 0 root _ _
8 _ _ NOUN NNS _ 7 dobj _ _
9 _ _ SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _
10 _ _ PRON PRP _ 11 nsubj _ _
11 _ _ VERB VBP _ 7 advcl _ _
12 _ _ DET DT _ 13 det _ _
13 _ _ NOUN NN _ 11 dobj _ _
14 _ _ ADP IN _ 15 case _ _
15 _ _ NOUN NN _ 13 nmod _ _
16 _ _ ADV RB _ 13 cc _ _
17 _ _ ADV RB _ 16 mwe _ _
18 _ _ ADP IN _ 16 mwe _ _
19 _ _ NOUN NN _ 20 compound _ _
20 _ _ NOUN NNS _ 13 conj _ _
21 _ _ PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _
Treebank Statistics (UD_English-LinES)
This relation is universal.
469 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as mwe.
468 instances of mwe (100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 1.12366737739872.
The following 32 pairs of parts of speech are connected with mwe: en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADV (124; 26% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/ADP (66; 14% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADP (43; 9% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PRON (40; 9% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/NOUN (38; 8% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/SCONJ (31; 7% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/SCONJ (21; 4% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADP (14; 3% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/NOUN (14; 3% instances), en-pos/CONJ-en-pos/ADP (10; 2% instances), en-pos/CONJ-en-pos/ADV (10; 2% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/ADJ (9; 2% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/ADV (6; 1% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/CONJ (6; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PROPN (6; 1% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADJ (5; 1% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/CONJ (4; 1% instances), en-pos/PART-en-pos/ADP (3; 1% instances), en-pos/PART-en-pos/NOUN (3; 1% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/ADP (2; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances).
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1 All _ ADV _ _ 0 root _ _
2 right _ ADJ _ _ 1 mwe _ _
3 , _ PUNCT Comma _ 1 punct _ _
4 said _ VERB PAST _ 1 parataxis _ _
5 Quinn _ PROPN SG _ 4 nsubj _ _
6 at _ ADV _ _ 4 advmod _ _
7 last _ ADV _ _ 6 mwe _ _
8 . _ PUNCT Period _ 1 punct _ _
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1 Or _ CONJ _ _ 5 cc _ _
2 you _ PRON PERS-P2 _ 5 nsubj _ _
3 might _ AUX PAST-AUX _ 5 aux _ _
4 well _ ADV _ _ 5 advmod _ _
5 fall _ VERB INF _ 0 root _ _
6 out _ ADP _ _ 10 case _ _
7 of _ ADP _ _ 6 mwe _ _
8 the _ DET DEF _ 10 det _ _
9 wrong _ ADJ POS _ 10 amod _ _
10 fireplace _ NOUN SG _ 5 nmod _ _
11 – _ PUNCT Dash _ 5 punct _ _
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1 Surely _ ADV _ _ 6 advmod _ _
2 no _ ADV NEG _ 6 advmod _ _
3 more _ ADV CMP-SG _ 2 mwe _ _
4 than _ ADP _ _ 2 mwe _ _
5 a _ DET IND-SG _ 6 det _ _
6 minute _ NOUN SG _ 0 root _ _
7 or _ CONJ _ _ 6 cc _ _
8 two _ NUM CARD-PL _ 6 conj _ _
9 . _ PUNCT Period _ 6 punct _ _
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