Degree: degree of comparison
Degree of comparison is typically an inflectional feature of some adjectives and adverbs.
Pos: positive, first degree
This is the base form that merely states a quality of something, without comparing it to qualities of others.
Examples
- [sv] vanlig karakteristik “normal characteristic”
- [sv] naturliga resurser “natural resources”
Cmp: comparative, second degree
The quality of one thing is compared to the same quality of another.
Examples
- [sv] färre barn “fewer children”
- [sv] att röka mindre “to smoke less”
Sup: superlative, third degree
The quality of one thing is compared to the same quality of all other things within a set.
Examples
- [sv] längst till höger “furthest to the right”
- [sv] största valdistriktet “largest constituency”
Treebank Statistics (UD_Swedish)
This feature is universal.
It occurs with 3 different values: Cmp, Pos, Sup.
6679 tokens (9%) have a non-empty value of Degree.
1804 types (14%) occur at least once with a non-empty value of Degree.
1063 lemmas (12%) occur at least once with a non-empty value of Degree.
The feature is used with 2 part-of-speech tags: sv-pos/ADJ (5356; 7% instances), sv-pos/ADV (1323; 2% instances).
ADJ
5356 sv-pos/ADJ tokens (80% of all ADJ tokens) have a non-empty value of Degree.
The most frequent other feature values with which ADJ and Degree co-occurred: Tense=EMPTY (5356; 100%), VerbForm=EMPTY (5356; 100%), Case=Nom (5342; 100%), Gender=EMPTY (3289; 61%), Number=Sing (2854; 53%).
ADJ tokens may have the following values of Degree:
Cmp(414; 8% of non-emptyDegree): större, högre, bättre, mindre, äldre, lägre, längre, lättare, tidigare, svårarePos(4712; 88% of non-emptyDegree): olika, andra, nya, många, stora, stor, hela, vissa, flera, annanSup(230; 4% of non-emptyDegree): flesta, bästa, största, närmaste, högsta, viktigaste, senaste, vanligaste, främsta, sistaEMPTY(1319): första, följande, beroende, särskilda, särskild, liknande, ökad, andra, motsvarande, avgörande
| Paradigm stor | Pos | Cmp | Sup |
|---|---|---|---|
| större | |||
| Definite=Def | största | ||
| Definite=Def|Number=Sing | stora | ||
| Definite=Ind | störst | ||
| Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing | stor | ||
| Definite=Ind|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | stort | ||
| Number=Plur | stora |
Degree seems to be lexical feature of ADJ. 93% lemmas (908) occur only with one value of Degree.
ADV
1323 sv-pos/ADV tokens (21% of all ADV tokens) have a non-empty value of Degree.
ADV tokens may have the following values of Degree:
Cmp(292; 22% of non-emptyDegree): mer, tidigare, mindre, längre, vidare, mera, senare, ytterligare, bättre, närmarePos(836; 63% of non-emptyDegree): mycket, helt, ofta, långt, relativt, länge, snabbt, direkt, drygt, tidigtSup(195; 15% of non-emptyDegree): främst, minst, mest, högst, helst, bäst, längst, oftast, knappast, senastEMPTY(4932): inte, också, så, när, hur, då, där, nu, här, ut
| Paradigm mycket | Pos | Cmp | Sup |
|---|---|---|---|
| mycket | mer, mera | mest |
Degree seems to be lexical feature of ADV. 91% lemmas (208) occur only with one value of Degree.
Relations with Agreement in Degree
The 10 most frequent relations where parent and child node agree in Degree:
ADJ –[conj]–> ADJ (190; 71%),
ADV –[conj]–> ADV (12; 92%),
ADJ –[amod]–> ADV (6; 55%),
ADJ –[appos]–> ADJ (1; 100%),
ADJ –[obj]–> ADJ (1; 100%).
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