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fixed: 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. Any grammatical class can take part in a multiword expression, but usually they are a combination of adverbials and prepositions (usually a or di).

Some of the most common mwe for Italian are listed in the examples below.

Oltre a le tradizionali uniformi . 
mwe(Oltre, a)
Grazie a la moglie .
mwe(Grazie, a)
Fino a Forlì . 
mwe(Fino, a)
Vediamo prima di tutto i fatti . 
mwe(prima, di)
Pur se . 
mwe(Pur, se)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Italian)

This relation is universal.

946 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as fixed.

946 instances of fixed (100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 1.05496828752643.

The following 45 pairs of parts of speech are connected with fixed: it-pos/ADV-it-pos/ADP (485; 51% instances), it-pos/ADP-it-pos/ADP (143; 15% instances), it-pos/ADV-it-pos/SCONJ (78; 8% instances), it-pos/ADP-it-pos/ADV (55; 6% instances), it-pos/NOUN-it-pos/ADP (40; 4% instances), it-pos/ADP-it-pos/SCONJ (30; 3% instances), it-pos/NUM-it-pos/NUM (17; 2% instances), it-pos/ADP-it-pos/NOUN (11; 1% instances), it-pos/NOUN-it-pos/ADJ (6; 1% instances), it-pos/NUM-it-pos/X (6; 1% instances), it-pos/ADV-it-pos/ADV (5; 1% instances), it-pos/PROPN-it-pos/ADP (5; 1% instances), it-pos/VERB-it-pos/NOUN (5; 1% instances), it-pos/ADP-it-pos/PRON (4; 0% instances), it-pos/NOUN-it-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), it-pos/NOUN-it-pos/SCONJ (4; 0% instances), it-pos/PRON-it-pos/ADV (4; 0% instances), it-pos/SCONJ-it-pos/SCONJ (4; 0% instances), it-pos/VERB-it-pos/SCONJ (4; 0% instances), it-pos/ADP-it-pos/DET (3; 0% instances), it-pos/ADV-it-pos/CCONJ (3; 0% instances), it-pos/ADP-it-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), it-pos/ADV-it-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), it-pos/ADV-it-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), it-pos/PROPN-it-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), it-pos/SCONJ-it-pos/ADP (2; 0% instances), it-pos/SCONJ-it-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), it-pos/ADJ-it-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), it-pos/ADJ-it-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), it-pos/ADJ-it-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances), it-pos/ADV-it-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), it-pos/ADV-it-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), it-pos/CCONJ-it-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), it-pos/CCONJ-it-pos/CCONJ (1; 0% instances), it-pos/INTJ-it-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances), it-pos/NOUN-it-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), it-pos/NUM-it-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), it-pos/PRON-it-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), it-pos/PRON-it-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), it-pos/PRON-it-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances), it-pos/PROPN-it-pos/CCONJ (1; 0% instances), it-pos/PUNCT-it-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), it-pos/VERB-it-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), it-pos/VERB-it-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), it-pos/VERB-it-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances).

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1	Vediamo	vedere	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	prima	prima	ADV	B	_	4	case	_	_
3	di	di	ADP	E	_	2	fixed	_	_
4	tutto	tutto	PRON	PI	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	obl	_	_
5	i	il	DET	RD	Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fatti	fatto	NOUN	S	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	Regge	reggere	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	fino	fino	ADP	E	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	ADP	E	_	2	fixed	_	_
4	30.000	30.000	NUM	N	NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	volte	volta	NOUN	S	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	la	il	DET	RD	Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	propria	proprio	DET	AP	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	det:poss	_	_
8	massa	massa	NOUN	S	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	Ovunque	ovunque	ADV	B	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	4	punct	_	_
3	ma	ma	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	meglio	meglio	ADV	B	_	1	conj	_	_
5	se	se	SCONJ	CS	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	E	_	8	case	_	_
7	un	uno	DET	RI	Definite=Ind|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	luogo	luogo	NOUN	S	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	silenzioso	silenzioso	ADJ	A	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	8	amod	_	_
10	e	e	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	ben	bene	ADV	B	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	aerato	aerare	VERB	V	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	1	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_Italian-ParTUT)

This relation is universal.

134 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as fixed.

134 instances of fixed (100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 1.09701492537313.

The following 15 pairs of parts of speech are connected with fixed: it-pos/ADP-it-pos/ADP (81; 60% instances), it-pos/ADV-it-pos/ADP (12; 9% instances), it-pos/ADP-it-pos/ADV (7; 5% instances), it-pos/ADV-it-pos/SCONJ (7; 5% instances), it-pos/NOUN-it-pos/ADP (7; 5% instances), it-pos/NUM-it-pos/X (5; 4% instances), it-pos/ADP-it-pos/PRON (3; 2% instances), it-pos/ADP-it-pos/DET (2; 1% instances), it-pos/ADP-it-pos/NOUN (2; 1% instances), it-pos/ADP-it-pos/SCONJ (2; 1% instances), it-pos/PROPN-it-pos/ADP (2; 1% instances), it-pos/ADV-it-pos/CCONJ (1; 1% instances), it-pos/NOUN-it-pos/NOUN (1; 1% instances), it-pos/NOUN-it-pos/SCONJ (1; 1% instances), it-pos/VERB-it-pos/ADV (1; 1% instances).

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1	Laddove	laddove	SCONJ	CS	_	7	mark	_	_
2	diverse	diverso	DET	DI	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
3	versioni	versione	NOUN	S	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	di	di	ADP	E	_	6	case	_	_
5	un'	uno	DET	RI	Definite=Ind|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	6	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	opera	opera	NOUN	S	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	sopravvivono	sopravvivere	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	7	punct	_	_
9	esse	esso	PRON	PE	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	differiscono	differire	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	tra	tra	ADP	E	_	13	case	_	_
12	di	di	ADP	E	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	loro	loro	PRON	PE	Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	10	punct	_	_

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1	L'	il	DET	RD	Definite=Def|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	2	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	attacco	attacco	NOUN	S	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	di	di	ADP	E	_	4	case	_	_
4	Greene	Greene	PROPN	SP	_	2	nmod	_	_
5	è	essere	AUX	VA	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	il	il	DET	RD	Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	primo	primo	ADJ	NO	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	riferimento	riferimento	NOUN	S	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	giunto	giungere	VERB	V	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	acl	_	_
10	fino	fino	ADV	B	_	12	case	_	_
11	ad	a	ADP	E	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	oggi	oggi	ADV	B	_	9	advmod	_	_
13	riguardo	riguardo	ADP	E	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	ADP	E	_	13	fixed	_	_
15	la	il	DET	RD	Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	carriera	carriera	NOUN	S	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
17	teatrale	teatrale	ADJ	A	Number=Sing	16	amod	_	_
18	di	di	ADP	E	_	19	case	_	_
19	Shakespeare	Shakespeare	PROPN	SP	_	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	8	punct	_	_

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1	A	a	ADP	E	_	3	case	_	_
2	la	il	DET	RD	Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fine	fine	NOUN	S	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	3	punct	_	_
5	però	però	ADV	B	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	5	punct	_	_
7	questa	questo	DET	DD	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	codipendenza	codipendenza	NOUN	S	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	si	si	PRON	PC	Clitic=Yes|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	expl	_	_
10	è	essere	AUX	VA	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	rivelata	rivelare	VERB	V	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
12	un	uno	DET	RI	Definite=Ind|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	matrimonio	matrimonio	NOUN	S	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	11	xcomp	_	_
14	di	di	ADP	E	_	15	case	_	_
15	convenienza	convenienza	NOUN	S	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	più	più	ADV	B	_	19	advmod	_	_
17	che	che	SCONJ	CS	_	16	fixed	_	_
18	d'	di	ADP	E	_	19	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	amore	amore	NOUN	S	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	11	punct	_	_


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