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advcl: adverbial clause modifier

An adverbial clause modifier is a clause which modifies a verb or other predicate (adjective, etc.), as a modifier not as a core complement. This includes things such as a temporal clause, consequence, conditional clause, purpose clause, etc. The dependent must be clausal (or else it is an advmod) and the dependent is the main predicate of the clause.

The accident happened as the night was falling
advcl(happened, falling)
If you know who did it , you should tell the teacher
advcl(tell, know)
He talked to him in order to secure the account
advcl(talked, secure)
He was upset when I talked to him
advcl(upset, talked)
They heard about you missing classes.
advcl(heard, missing)

Treebank Statistics (UD_English)

This relation is universal.

4207 nodes (2%) are attached to their parents as advcl.

3160 instances of advcl (75%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 6.97147611124317.

The following 57 pairs of parts of speech are connected with advcl: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (2806; 67% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/VERB (450; 11% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (197; 5% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (154; 4% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (142; 3% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/VERB (103; 2% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (42; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADV (40; 1% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/VERB (28; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (25; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PROPN (21; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADJ (20; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (18; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/AUX (16; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (13; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/AUX (12; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (9; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/VERB (9; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PART (8; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/VERB (7; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADV (6; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (6; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/VERB (6; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/VERB (6; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADV (5; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/VERB (5; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NUM (5; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/AUX (4; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PROPN (4; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/NUM (2; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PART-en-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/INTJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/INTJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/CCONJ-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/AUX (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PART-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/INTJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PUNCT-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/DET (1; 0% instances).

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1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	US	US	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	troops	troops	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fired	fire	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	hostile	hostile	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
10	killing	kill	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	advcl	_	_
11	4	4	NUM	CD	NumType=Card	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_

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1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	complicated	complicated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	right	right	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	trying	try	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_

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1	i	i	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	tonight	tonight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:tmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux	_	_
8	wasted	wasted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
9	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	interested	interested	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ESL)

This relation is universal.

2293 nodes (3%) are attached to their parents as advcl.

1724 instances of advcl (75%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 7.06236371565635.

The following 35 pairs of parts of speech are connected with advcl: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (1310; 57% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/VERB (375; 16% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (165; 7% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (113; 5% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (101; 4% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (45; 2% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/VERB (36; 2% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (26; 1% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADJ (18; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (15; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/VERB (14; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADV (14; 1% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (11; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADV (9; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADV (4; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/VERB (4; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/VERB (4; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/AUX (3; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/VERB (3; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (3; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PROPN (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/AUX (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NUM (2; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NUM (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/AUX (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/AUX (1; 0% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances).

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1	_	_	PRON	EX	_	2	expl	_	_
2	_	_	VERB	VBZ	_	0	root	_	_
3	_	_	DET	DT	_	5	det	_	_
4	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	5	amod	_	_
5	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	2	nsubj	_	_
6	_	_	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	_	_	VERB	VB	_	5	acl	_	_
8	_	_	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	_	_	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	_	_	DET	DT	_	11	det	_	_
11	_	_	NOUN	NNS	_	12	nsubj	_	_
12	_	_	VERB	VBP	_	2	advcl	_	_
13	_	_	PART	RB	_	12	neg	_	_
14	_	_	VERB	VB	_	12	xcomp	_	_
15	_	_	PRON	NN	_	14	dobj	_	_
16	_	_	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_

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1	_	_	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	3	nsubj	_	_
3	_	_	VERB	VBP	_	0	root	_	_
4	_	_	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	_	_	VERB	VB	_	3	xcomp	_	_
6	_	_	DET	DT	_	7	det	_	_
7	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	5	dobj	_	_
8	_	_	PRON	DT	_	11	nsubj	_	_
9	_	_	VERB	VBZ	_	11	cop	_	_
10	_	_	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	3	parataxis	_	_
12	_	_	ADV	WRB	_	14	mark	_	_
13	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	14	nsubj	_	_
14	_	_	VERB	VBP	_	11	advcl	_	_
15	_	_	PART	RB	_	14	neg	_	_
16	_	_	DET	DT	_	18	det	_	_
17	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	18	amod	_	_
18	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	14	dobj	_	_
19	_	_	CONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
20	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	18	conj	_	_
21	_	_	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
22	_	_	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_

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1	_	_	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	_	_	DET	PRP$	_	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	_	_	NOUN	NNS	_	9	nmod	_	_
4	_	_	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	_	_	DET	DT	_	6	det	_	_
6	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	3	nmod	_	_
7	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	9	nsubj	_	_
8	_	_	AUX	MD	_	9	aux	_	_
9	_	_	VERB	VB	_	0	root	_	_
10	_	_	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	_	_	VERB	VB	_	9	xcomp	_	_
12	_	_	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	_	_	DET	DT	_	15	det	_	_
14	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	15	compound	_	_
15	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	11	nmod	_	_
16	_	_	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
17	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	19	nsubj	_	_
18	_	_	VERB	VBZ	_	19	cop	_	_
19	_	_	ADJ	JJR	_	9	advcl	_	_
20	_	_	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
21	_	_	VERB	VBG	_	24	cop	_	_
22	_	_	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	_	_	DET	DT	_	24	det	_	_
24	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	19	nmod	_	_
25	_	_	CONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
26	_	_	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
27	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	28	nsubj	_	_
28	_	_	VERB	VBP	_	19	conj	_	_
29	_	_	ADV	RBR	_	30	advmod	_	_
30	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	28	advmod	_	_
31	_	_	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_English-LinES)

This relation is universal.

1171 nodes (2%) are attached to their parents as advcl.

876 instances of advcl (75%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 7.40222032450897.

The following 19 pairs of parts of speech are connected with advcl: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (1040; 89% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/VERB (48; 4% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (23; 2% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/AUX (20; 2% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/VERB (11; 1% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/VERB (9; 1% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/VERB (5; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/AUX (1; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PART-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances).

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1	I	_	PRON	PERS-P1SG-NOM	_	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	_	AUX	PAST	_	4	aux	_	_
3	just	_	ADV	_	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	wondering	_	VERB	ING	_	0	root	_	_
5	if	_	SCONJ	_	_	7	mark	_	_
6	you	_	PRON	PERS-P2	_	7	nsubj	_	_
7	liked	_	VERB	PAST	_	4	advcl	_	_
8	the	_	DET	DEF	_	9	det	_	_
9	book	_	NOUN	SG-NOM	_	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	4	punct	_	_

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1	It	_	PRON	PERS-SG	_	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	_	AUX	PAST	_	3	cop	_	_
3	difficult	_	ADJ	POS	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	2	punct	_	_
5	She	_	PRON	PERS-SG-NOM	_	6	nsubj	_	_
6	had	_	VERB	PAST	_	3	advcl	_	_
7	a	_	DET	IND-SG	_	8	det	_	_
8	distaste	_	NOUN	SG-NOM	_	6	obj	_	_
9	for	_	ADP	_	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	_	DET	DEF	_	11	det	_	_
11	work	_	NOUN	SG-NOM	_	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	6	punct	_	_

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1	As	_	SCONJ	_	_	4	mark	_	_
2	its	_	PRON	SG-GEN	_	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	name	_	NOUN	SG-NOM	_	4	nsubj	_	_
4	indicates	_	VERB	PRES	_	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	_	PUNCT	Comma	_	4	punct	_	_
6	it	_	PRON	PERS-SG	_	10	nsubj	_	_
7	was	_	AUX	PAST	_	10	cop	_	_
8	an	_	DET	IND-SG	_	10	det	_	_
9	olive	_	NOUN	SG-NOM	_	10	compound	_	_
10	grove	_	NOUN	SG-NOM	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	10	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ParTUT)

This relation is universal.

582 nodes (2%) are attached to their parents as advcl.

429 instances of advcl (74%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 8.51718213058419.

The following 24 pairs of parts of speech are connected with advcl: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (413; 71% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/VERB (82; 14% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (19; 3% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (16; 3% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (10; 2% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/VERB (9; 2% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (5; 1% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/VERB (3; 1% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/VERB (3; 1% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/NOUN (3; 1% instances), en-pos/CCONJ-en-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/INTJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances).

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1	I	I	PRON	PE	Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	am	be	AUX	VA	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	raising	raise	VERB	V	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	RD	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	issue	issue	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	B	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	PART	_	8	mark	_	_
8	reiterate	reiterate	VERB	V	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	Parliament	parliament	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	PART	_	9	case	_	_
11	position	position	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	3	punct	_	_

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1	I	I	PRON	PE	Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	think	think	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	we	we	PRON	PE	Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	should	shall	AUX	VM	Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VA	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	capable	capable	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	E	_	8	mark	_	_
8	saying	say	VERB	V	VerbForm=Ger	6	advcl	_	_
9	this	this	PRON	PD	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	obj	_	_
10	loud	loud	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	clear	clear	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	2	punct	_	_

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# visual-style 14	fgColor:white
# visual-style 14 18 advcl	color:blue
1	If	if	SCONJ	CS	_	6	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PE	Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VM	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	PART	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	properly	properly	ADV	B	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	reflect	reflect	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	RD	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	positions	position	NOUN	S	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	adopted	adopt	VERB	V	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	9	punct	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	B	_	9	advmod	_	_
12	we	we	PRON	PE	Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	may	may	AUX	VM	Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	correct	correct	VERB	V	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PE	Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	14	punct	_	_
17	if	if	SCONJ	CS	_	18	mark	_	_
18	necessary	necessary	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	14	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	14	punct	_	_


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