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punct: punctuation

This is used for any piece of punctuation in a clause, regardless of its function. The punctuation mark is attached to the head of the phrase or clause to which it belongs unless this introduces a non-projective dependency. More discussion on punctuation can be found on the universal dependency page (u-dep/punct).

Tous les bénéfices sont hors-taxe ! \n All profits are tax-free !
punct(hors-taxe, !)
S' il pleut , on sera mouillé . \n If it rains , we will get wet .
punct(pleut, ,)
punct(mouillé, .)

Treebank Statistics (UD_French)

This relation is universal.

44347 nodes (11%) are attached to their parents as punct.

35714 instances of punct (81%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 9.61449477980472.

The following 18 pairs of parts of speech are connected with punct: fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/PUNCT (21365; 48% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/PUNCT (13006; 29% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/PUNCT (5022; 11% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/PUNCT (2422; 5% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/PUNCT (1114; 3% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/PUNCT (437; 1% instances), fr-pos/X-fr-pos/PUNCT (302; 1% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/PUNCT (279; 1% instances), fr-pos/SYM-fr-pos/PUNCT (156; 0% instances), fr-pos/CONJ-fr-pos/PUNCT (74; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/PUNCT (52; 0% instances), fr-pos/INTJ-fr-pos/PUNCT (42; 0% instances), fr-pos/PUNCT-fr-pos/PUNCT (30; 0% instances), fr-pos/DET-fr-pos/PUNCT (16; 0% instances), fr-pos/AUX-fr-pos/PUNCT (15; 0% instances), fr-pos/PART-fr-pos/PUNCT (7; 0% instances), fr-pos/X-fr-pos/SYM (5; 0% instances), fr-pos/SCONJ-fr-pos/PUNCT (3; 0% instances).

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1	Mais	mais	CONJ	_	_	3	cc	_	_
2	comment	comment	ADV	_	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	faire	faire	VERB	_	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	dans	dans	ADP	_	_	6	case	_	_
5	un	un	DET	_	Definite=Ind|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	contexte	contexte	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	structurellement	structurellement	ADV	_	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	raciste	raciste	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	6	amod	_	_
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	_	3	punct	_	_

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1	C'	ce	PRON	_	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	_
2	est	être	VERB	_	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
3	véritablement	véritablement	ADV	_	_	9	advmod	_	_
4	pour	pour	ADP	_	_	6	case	_	_
5	le	le	DET	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	6	det	_	_
6	futur	futur	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
7	baptisé	baptiser	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	acl	_	_
8	un	un	DET	_	Definite=Ind|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	changement	changement	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	de	de	ADP	_	_	11	case	_	_
11	cap	cap	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	9	punct	_	_

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1	Aviator	Aviator	PROPN	_	_	0	root	_	_
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	_
3	un	un	DET	_	Definite=Ind|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	film	film	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	sur	sur	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	_
6	la	le	DET	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	7	det	_	_
7	vie	vie	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	de	de	ADP	_	_	9	case	_	_
9	Hughes	Hughes	PROPN	_	_	7	nmod	_	_
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	_


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