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det: determiner

A determiner is the relation between the head of a nominal phrase and its determiner.

Les fleurs sont magnifiques \n The flowers are beautiful
det(fleurs, Les)
Quel livre préfères-tu ? \n Which book do you prefer ?
det(livre, Quel)

The det relation is also used by FrenchSpoken:

donc la vigilance sera accrue à ce moment -là \n so there will be increased vigilance at that time
det(vigilance,la)
det(moment,ce)

In some corpora of the French treebank, possessive determiners are marked with the nmod:poss relation:

Mon ami  \n My friend
nmod:poss(ami, Mon)

However FrenchSpoken annotates possessive determiners with a det relation and does not use the nmod:poss relation.

nous allons vous prouver l' efficacité de notre boule magique \n we will show you the efficiency of our magic ball
det(boule,notre)
det(efficacité,l')

N.B.: The det:complex relation is used to analyze complex determiners.


Treebank Statistics (UD_French)

This relation is universal.

55976 nodes (14%) are attached to their parents as det.

55976 instances of det (100%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 1.13630841789338.

The following 20 pairs of parts of speech are connected with det: fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/DET (49145; 88% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/DET (5697; 10% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/DET (324; 1% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/DET (181; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/ADV (148; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/PROPN (134; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/DET (117; 0% instances), fr-pos/X-fr-pos/DET (70; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/DET (69; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/DET (38; 0% instances), fr-pos/SYM-fr-pos/DET (19; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/PROPN (15; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/ADP (7; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/DET (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/ADV (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/PART (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PART-fr-pos/DET (1; 0% instances).

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1	Aviator	Aviator	PROPN	_	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	_
3	un	un	DET	_	Definite=Ind|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	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|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	vie	vie	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	de	de	ADP	_	_	9	case	_	_
9	Hughes	Hughes	PROPN	_	_	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	Mais	mais	CCONJ	_	_	9	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	_	9	punct	_	_
3	le	le	DET	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	SMIC	SMIC	PROPN	_	_	9	nsubj	_	_
5	n'	ne	ADV	_	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	est	être	AUX	_	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	pas	pas	ADV	_	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	un	un	DET	_	Definite=Ind|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	outil	outil	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	de	de	ADP	_	_	11	case	_	_
11	référence	référence	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	9	punct	_	_

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1	Il	il	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	verra	voir	VERB	_	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	le	le	DET	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	puits	puits	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	le	le	DET	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	plus	plus	ADV	_	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	profond	profond	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	4	amod	_	_
8	de	de	ADP	_	_	9	case	_	_
9	France	France	PROPN	_	_	4	nmod	_	_
10	porter	porter	VERB	_	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
11	son	son	DET	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	nom	nom	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	:	:	PUNCT	_	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	2	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_French-ParTUT)

This relation is universal.

2781 nodes (16%) are attached to their parents as det.

2778 instances of det (100%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 1.10715569938871.

The following 8 pairs of parts of speech are connected with det: fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/DET (2641; 95% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/DET (69; 2% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/DET (22; 1% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/DET (21; 1% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/DET (12; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/DET (11; 0% instances), fr-pos/DET-fr-pos/DET (4; 0% instances), fr-pos/X-fr-pos/DET (1; 0% instances).

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1	2	2	NUM	N	NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	)	)	PUNCT	FF	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Exceptions	Exceptions	PROPN	SP	_	0	root	_	_
4	à	à	ADP	E	_	6	case	_	_
5	les	le	DET	RD	Definite=Def|Number=Plur|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	droits	droit	NOUN	S	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	exclusifs	exclusifs	ADJ	A	Number=Plur	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	3	punct	_	_

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1	Ils	il	PRON	PE	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	génèrent	génèrent	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	l'	le	DET	RD	Definite=Def|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	4	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	humus	humus	NOUN	S	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	sur	sur	ADP	E	_	8	case	_	_
6	tous	tout	DET	T	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	les	le	DET	RD	Definite=Def|Number=Plur|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	continents	continents	NOUN	S	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	de	de	ADP	E	_	11	case	_	_
10	la	le	DET	RD	Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Terre	Terre	PROPN	SP	_	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	2	punct	_	_

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1	Ils	il	PRON	PE	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	s'	se	PRON	_	Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	accumulent	accumuler	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	dans	dans	ADP	E	_	6	case	_	_
5	le	le	DET	RD	Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	haut	haut	ADJ	A	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	de	de	ADP	E	_	9	case	_	_
8	la	le	DET	RD	Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pyramide	pyramide	NOUN	S	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	3	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_French-Sequoia)

This relation is universal.

8342 nodes (14%) are attached to their parents as det.

8341 instances of det (100%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 1.10309278350515.

The following 11 pairs of parts of speech are connected with det: fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/DET (7589; 91% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/DET (611; 7% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/DET (45; 1% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/ADP (34; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/DET (32; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/ADV (23; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/DET (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/X-fr-pos/DET (1; 0% instances).

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1	Ouverture	ouverture	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	tous	tout	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	4	amod	_	_
3	les	le	DET	_	Definite=Def|Number=Plur|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	jours	jour	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	sauf	sauf	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	_
6	le	le	DET	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lundi	lundi	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	de	de	ADP	_	_	10	case	_	_
9	14	14	NUM	_	NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	h	h	NOUN	_	_	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	30	30	NUM	_	NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
12	à	à	ADP	_	_	14	case	_	_
13	18	18	NUM	_	NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	h	h	NOUN	_	_	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	L'	le	DET	_	Definite=Def|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	2	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	EBM	EBM	PROPN	_	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	s'	le/lui	PRON	_	Person=3|Reflex=Yes	4	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	inclina	incliner	VERB	_	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	devant	devant	ADP	_	_	6	case	_	_
6	Joeuf	Joeuf	PROPN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	par	par	ADP	_	_	8	case	_	_
8	70-61	70-61	NOUN	_	NumType=Card	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	4	punct	_	_

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1	Nous	il	PRON	_	Number=Plur|Person=1	3	nsubj	_	_
2	devrions	devoir	AUX	_	Mood=Cnd|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	prendre	prendre	VERB	_	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	cela	cela	PRON	_	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	obj	_	_
5	à	à	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	_
6	le	le	DET	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sérieux	sérieux	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	3	punct	_	_


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