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mwe: multi-word expression

The multi-word expression (modifier) relation is one of the three relations (compound, mwe, name) for compounding. It is used for certain fixed grammaticized expressions that behave like function words or short adverbials.

de toutes façons \n in any case
mwe(façons, de)
mwe(toutes, façons)
ainsi que \n 
mwe(que, ainsi)
avant de \n 
mwe(de, avant)

Treebank Statistics (UD_French)

This relation is universal.

3549 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as mwe.

2357 instances of mwe (66%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 1.13806706114398.

The following 79 pairs of parts of speech are connected with mwe: fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/ADV (842; 24% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/ADP (564; 16% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/ADP (520; 15% instances), fr-pos/SCONJ-fr-pos/ADV (436; 12% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/SCONJ (199; 6% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/ADP (142; 4% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/DET (88; 2% instances), fr-pos/SCONJ-fr-pos/ADP (66; 2% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/NOUN (62; 2% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/ADV (62; 2% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/SCONJ (50; 1% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/ADP (47; 1% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/DET (41; 1% instances), fr-pos/SCONJ-fr-pos/ADJ (40; 1% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/NOUN (39; 1% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/ADP (30; 1% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/ADJ (18; 1% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/NOUN (17; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/CONJ (13; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/ADP (13; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/PRON (13; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/PRON (13; 0% instances), fr-pos/DET-fr-pos/ADV (12; 0% instances), fr-pos/SCONJ-fr-pos/PRON (12; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/ADJ (11; 0% instances), fr-pos/SCONJ-fr-pos/SCONJ (11; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/ADV (10; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/SCONJ (10; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/X (9; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/PRON (8; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/NOUN (8; 0% instances), fr-pos/AUX-fr-pos/ADP (8; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/ADV (8; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/PART (8; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/ADV (8; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/SCONJ (7; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/PRON (7; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/PRON (7; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/SCONJ (7; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/DET (6; 0% instances), fr-pos/CONJ-fr-pos/ADV (6; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/PART (6; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/VERB (5; 0% instances), fr-pos/DET-fr-pos/ADP (5; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/VERB (5; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/SCONJ (4; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/PART (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/ADJ (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/X-fr-pos/X (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/AUX-fr-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/AUX (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/DET (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/X (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/CONJ-fr-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/DET-fr-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/DET-fr-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/INTJ-fr-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/X (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/SCONJ-fr-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/SCONJ-fr-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances).

# visual-style 5	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 5	fgColor:white
# visual-style 6	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 6	fgColor:white
# visual-style 6 5 mwe	color:blue
1	Bent	_	PROPN	_	_	2	nsubj	_	_
2	présente	_	VERB	_	_	0	root	_	_
3	ses	_	DET	_	_	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	excuses	_	NOUN	_	_	2	dobj	_	_
5	peu	_	ADV	_	_	6	mwe	_	_
6	de	_	ADP	_	_	7	det	_	_
7	temps	_	NOUN	_	_	2	nmod	_	_
8	après	_	ADP	_	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	.	_	PUNCT	_	_	2	punct	_	_

# visual-style 10	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 10	fgColor:white
# visual-style 9	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 9	fgColor:white
# visual-style 9 10 mwe	color:blue
1	Mardi	_	NOUN	_	_	9	nmod	_	_
2	midi	_	NOUN	_	_	1	nmod	_	_
3	,	_	PUNCT	_	_	9	punct	_	_
4	l'	_	DET	_	_	5	det	_	_
5	automobiliste	_	NOUN	_	_	9	nsubj	_	_
6	était	_	VERB	_	_	9	cop	_	_
7	toujours	_	ADV	_	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	en	_	ADP	_	_	9	case	_	_
9	garde	_	NOUN	_	_	0	root	_	_
10	à	_	ADP	_	_	9	mwe	_	_
11	vue	_	NOUN	_	_	9	mwe	_	_
12	.	_	PUNCT	_	_	9	punct	_	_

# visual-style 1	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 1	fgColor:white
# visual-style 2	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 2	fgColor:white
# visual-style 2 1 mwe	color:blue
1	En	_	ADP	_	_	2	mwe	_	_
2	outre	_	ADV	_	_	7	advmod	_	_
3	les	_	DET	_	_	4	det	_	_
4	salles	_	NOUN	_	_	7	nsubj	_	_
5	sont	_	VERB	_	_	7	cop	_	_
6	très	_	ADV	_	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	belles	_	ADJ	_	_	0	root	_	_
8	ce	_	PRON	_	_	11	nsubj	_	_
9	qui	_	PRON	_	_	8	mwe	_	_
10	ne	_	PART	_	_	11	neg	_	_
11	gâte	_	VERB	_	_	7	parataxis	_	_
12	rien	_	PRON	_	_	11	dobj	_	_
13	.	_	PUNCT	_	_	7	punct	_	_


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