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expl: expletive

This relation captures an existential det in extraposition constructions. Note that in some dialects of Swedish där can be used in the same way. Only det is currently attested in the treebank. There is further discussion and examples on the universal dependency page (u-dep/expl).

Det finns inga vetenskapliga belägg \n There is no scientific evidence
expl(finns, Det)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Swedish)

This relation is universal.

493 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as expl.

388 instances of expl (79%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 1.71602434077079.

The following 4 pairs of parts of speech are connected with expl: sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/PRON (350; 71% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/PRON (121; 25% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/PRON (21; 4% instances), sv-pos/ADP-sv-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances).

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1	Men	men	CONJ	KN	_	3	cc	_	_
2	det	den	PRON	PN|NEU|SIN|DEF|SUB/OBJ	Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	_
3	finns	finnas	VERB	VB|PRS|SFO	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	ingen	ingen	DET	DT|UTR|SIN|IND	Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
5	annan	annan	ADJ	JJ|POS|UTR|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Degree=Pos|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	6	det	_	_
6	väg	väg	NOUN	NN|UTR|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
7	att	att	PART	IE	_	8	mark	_	_
8	gå	gå	VERB	VB|INF|AKT	VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act	6	acl	_	_
9	.	.	PUNCT	MAD	_	3	punct	_	_

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1	Det	den	PRON	PN|NEU|SIN|DEF|SUB/OBJ	Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs	4	expl	_	_
2	är	vara	VERB	VB|PRS|AKT	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	4	cop	_	_
3	ju	ju	ADV	AB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	klart	klar	ADJ	JJ|POS|NEU|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	att	att	SCONJ	SN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	man	man	PRON	PN|UTR|SIN|IND|SUB	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	nsubj	_	_
7	får	få	AUX	VB|PRS|AKT	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	8	aux	_	_
8	gno	gno	VERB	VB|INF|AKT	VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act	4	csubj	_	_
9	hela	hel	ADJ	JJ|POS|UTR/NEU|SIN|DEF|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Degree=Pos|Number=Sing	10	det	_	_
10	tiden	tid	NOUN	NN|UTR|SIN|DEF|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	.	.	PUNCT	MAD	_	4	punct	_	_

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1	För	för	ADP	PP	_	2	case	_	_
2	barnen	barn	NOUN	NN|NEU|PLU|DEF|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
3	är	vara	VERB	VB|PRS|AKT	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	8	cop	_	_
4	det	den	PRON	PN|NEU|SIN|DEF|SUB/OBJ	Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs	8	expl	_	_
5	en	en	DET	DT|UTR|SIN|IND	Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	mycket	mycket	ADV	AB|POS	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
7	stor	stor	ADJ	JJ|POS|UTR|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Degree=Pos|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	8	amod	_	_
8	fördel	fördel	NOUN	NN|UTR|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	om	om	SCONJ	SN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	de	de	PRON	PN|UTR/NEU|PLU|DEF|SUB	Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Number=Plur|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	får	få	VERB	VB|PRS|AKT	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	8	csubj	_	_
12	kontakt	kontakt	NOUN	NN|UTR|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	11	dobj	_	_
13	med	med	ADP	PP	_	16	case	_	_
14	bägge	bägge	DET	DT|UTR/NEU|PLU|DEF	Definite=Def|Number=Plur|PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
15	sina	sig	DET	PS|UTR/NEU|PLU|DEF	Definite=Def|Number=Plur|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	föräldrar	förälder	NOUN	NN|UTR|PLU|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
17	.	.	PUNCT	MAD	_	8	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_Swedish-LinES)

This relation is universal.

462 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as expl.

390 instances of expl (84%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 1.90909090909091.

The following 10 pairs of parts of speech are connected with expl: sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/PRON (289; 63% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/PRON (67; 15% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/PRON (50; 11% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/PRON (34; 7% instances), sv-pos/PROPN-sv-pos/PRON (10; 2% instances), sv-pos/ADV-sv-pos/PRON (5; 1% instances), sv-pos/ADP-sv-pos/PRON (3; 1% instances), sv-pos/AUX-sv-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances).

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1	Men	_	CONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	_
2	nej	_	INTJ	_	_	5	discourse	_	_
3	,	_	PUNCT	Comma	_	2	punct	_	_
4	det	_	PRON	EX-P3SG	_	5	expl	_	_
5	verkade	_	VERB	PAST-ACT	_	0	root	_	_
6	ändå	_	ADV	_	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	inte	_	PART	NEG	_	5	neg	_	_
8	så	_	ADV	_	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	5	punct	_	_

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1	För	_	ADP	_	_	2	case	_	_
2	Quinn	_	PROPN	SG-NOM	_	3	dislocated	_	_
3	var	_	VERB	PAST-ACT	_	6	cop	_	_
4	det	_	PRON	EX-P3SG	_	6	expl	_	_
5	mycket	_	ADV	_	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	svårt	_	ADJ	POS-SG-IND	_	0	root	_	_
7	att	_	PART	_	_	8	mark	_	_
8	röra	_	VERB	INF-ACT	_	6	csubj	_	_
9	sig	_	PRON	RFL-ACC	_	8	dobj	_	_
10	på	_	ADP	_	_	12	case	_	_
11	det	_	DET	SG-DEF	_	12	det	_	_
12	sättet	_	NOUN	SG-DEF-NOM	_	8	nmod	_	_
13	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	6	punct	_	_

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1	Det	_	PRON	EX-P3SG	_	4	expl	_	_
2	var	_	VERB	PAST-ACT	_	4	cop	_	_
3	en	_	DET	SG-IND	_	4	det	_	_
4	kvinna	_	NOUN	SG-IND-NOM	_	0	root	_	_
5	som	_	SCONJ	REL	_	6	mark	_	_
6	öppnade	_	VERB	PAST-ACT	_	4	dislocated	_	_
7	dörren	_	NOUN	SG-DEF-NOM	_	6	dobj	_	_
8	till	_	ADP	_	_	9	case	_	_
9	lägenheten	_	NOUN	SG-DEF-NOM	_	7	nmod	_	_
10	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	4	punct	_	_


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