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parataxis: parataxis

The parataxis relation (from Greek for “place side by side”) is a relation between the main verb of a clause and other sentential elements, such as a sentential parenthetical, a clause after a “:” or a “;”, or two sentences placed side by side without any explicit coordination or subordination. More information can be found on the universal dependency page (u-dep/parataxis)

Barn leker nästan jämt , leken är deras arbete \n Children play all the time , play is their work  
parataxis(leker, arbete)
Barn har rätt till fritid ( se nedan ) \n Children have a right to free time ( see below )
parataxis(har, se)
Det är tanken : barn är framtiden \n That is the thought : children are the future
parataxis(tanken, framtiden)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Swedish)

This relation is universal.

411 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as parataxis.

405 instances of parataxis (99%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 17.0510948905109.

The following 28 pairs of parts of speech are connected with parataxis: sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/VERB (229; 56% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/NOUN (40; 10% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/VERB (39; 9% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/ADJ (23; 6% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/VERB (18; 4% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/NOUN (17; 4% instances), sv-pos/ADV-sv-pos/VERB (5; 1% instances), sv-pos/PROPN-sv-pos/NOUN (4; 1% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/NOUN (3; 1% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/PRON (3; 1% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/ADJ (3; 1% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/VERB (3; 1% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/PRON (3; 1% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/PROPN (3; 1% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADV-sv-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADV-sv-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/INTJ-sv-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/INTJ (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/PROPN-sv-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/PROPN-sv-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/INTJ (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances).

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1	Jag	jag	PRON	PN|UTR|SIN|DEF|SUB	Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Com|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	får	få	VERB	VB|PRS|AKT	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
3	pension	pension	NOUN	NN|UTR|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	2	dobj	_	_
4	efter	efter	ADP	PP	_	6	case	_	_
5	min	jag	DET	PS|UTR|SIN|DEF	Definite=Def|Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	make	make	NOUN	NN|UTR|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	,	,	PUNCT	MID	_	8	punct	_	_
8	säger	säga	VERB	VB|PRS|AKT	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	2	parataxis	_	_
9	Du	du	PRON	PN|UTR|SIN|DEF|SUB	Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Com|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
10	.	.	PUNCT	MAD	_	2	punct	_	_

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1	Man	man	PRON	PN|UTR|SIN|IND|SUB	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	nsubj	_	_
2	vill	vilja	AUX	VB|PRS|AKT	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	5	aux	_	_
3	inte	inte	ADV	AB	_	5	neg	_	_
4	'	'	PUNCT	PAD	_	5	punct	_	_
5	binda	binda	VERB	VB|INF|AKT	VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
6	sig	sig	PRON	PN|UTR/NEU|SIN/PLU|DEF|OBJ	Case=Acc|Definite=Def|PronType=Prs	5	dobj	_	_
7	'	'	PUNCT	PAD	_	5	punct	_	_
8	,	,	PUNCT	MID	_	5	punct	_	_
9	(	(	PUNCT	PAD	_	5	punct	_	_
10	ofta	ofta	ADV	AB|POS	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
11	bara	bara	ADV	AB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	en	en	NUM	RG|UTR|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	part	part	NOUN	NN|UTR|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
14	)	)	PUNCT	PAD	_	5	punct	_	_
15	.	.	PUNCT	MAD	_	5	punct	_	_

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1	Det	den	PRON	PN|NEU|SIN|DEF|SUB/OBJ	Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs	2	expl	_	_
2	finns	finnas	VERB	VB|PRS|SFO	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	medel	medel	NOUN	NN|NEU|PLU|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
4	(	(	PUNCT	PAD	_	3	punct	_	_
5	kostar	kosta	VERB	VB|PRS|AKT	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	3	parataxis	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	PP	_	7	case	_	_
7	tian	tia	NOUN	NN|UTR|SIN|DEF|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	)	)	PUNCT	PAD	_	3	punct	_	_
9	att	att	PART	IE	_	10	mark	_	_
10	stryka	stryka	VERB	VB|INF|AKT	VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act	3	acl	_	_
11	på	på	ADP	PP	_	12	case	_	_
12	listerna	list	NOUN	NN|UTR|PLU|DEF|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Com|Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	.	.	PUNCT	MAD	_	2	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_Swedish-LinES)

This relation is universal.

111 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as parataxis.

111 instances of parataxis (100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 6.17117117117117.

The following 26 pairs of parts of speech are connected with parataxis: sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/VERB (49; 44% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/VERB (10; 9% instances), sv-pos/INTJ-sv-pos/VERB (7; 6% instances), sv-pos/ADV-sv-pos/VERB (5; 5% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/INTJ (5; 5% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/ADV (4; 4% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/ADJ (3; 3% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/ADJ (2; 2% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/VERB (2; 2% instances), sv-pos/AUX-sv-pos/VERB (2; 2% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/ADV (2; 2% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/VERB (2; 2% instances), sv-pos/PROPN-sv-pos/INTJ (2; 2% instances), sv-pos/PROPN-sv-pos/VERB (2; 2% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/CONJ (2; 2% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/PRON (2; 2% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/ADV (1; 1% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/INTJ (1; 1% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/PART (1; 1% instances), sv-pos/AUX-sv-pos/PRON (1; 1% instances), sv-pos/DET-sv-pos/VERB (1; 1% instances), sv-pos/INTJ-sv-pos/ADV (1; 1% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/INTJ (1; 1% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/PROPN (1; 1% instances), sv-pos/PART-sv-pos/ADV (1; 1% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/INTJ (1; 1% instances).

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1	Ni	_	PRON	PERS-P2PL-NOM	_	4	nsubj	_	_
2	kanske	_	ADV	_	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	skulle	_	AUX	PAST-AUX	_	4	aux	_	_
4	bli	_	VERB	INF-ACT	_	0	root	_	_
5	tränare	_	NOUN	IND-NOM	_	4	xcomp	_	_
6	,	_	PUNCT	Comma	_	4	punct	_	_
7	sa	_	VERB	PAST-ACT	_	4	parataxis	_	_
8	mannen	_	NOUN	SG-DEF-NOM	_	7	nsubj	_	_
9	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	4	punct	_	_

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1	En	_	DET	SG-IND	_	3	det	_	_
2	fantasifull	_	ADJ	POS-SG-IND	_	3	amod	_	_
3	tolkning	_	NOUN	SG-IND-NOM	_	0	root	_	_
4	,	_	PUNCT	Comma	_	3	punct	_	_
5	kan	_	AUX	PRES-AUX	_	8	aux	_	_
6	man	_	PRON	PERS-P3-NOM	_	8	nsubj	_	_
7	kanske	_	ADV	_	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	säga	_	VERB	INF-ACT	_	3	parataxis	_	_
9	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	3	punct	_	_

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1	Ja	_	INTJ	_	_	0	root	_	_
2	,	_	PUNCT	Comma	_	1	punct	_	_
3	svarade	_	VERB	PAST-ACT	_	1	parataxis	_	_
4	jag	_	PRON	PERS-P1SG-NOM	_	3	nsubj	_	_
5	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	1	punct	_	_


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