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discourse: discourse element

The discourse relation is used for interjections (words tagged INTJ) and other discourse particles or words which are not clearly linked to the syntactic structure of the sentence except in a discursive sense. However, if an interjected element is clausal (including tag questions and words with a sentence-final particle or single words that are verbs or predicate adjectives), it should be given the relation parataxis.

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1	嗯	_	INTJ	_	_	4	discourse	_	uh-huh
2	,	_	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	_
3	不過	_	ADV	_	_	4	advmod	_	but
4	可能	_	ADJ	_	_	0	root	_	possible
5	是	_	VERB	_	_	7	cop	_	be
6	三	_	NUM	_	_	7	nummod	_	three
7	年	_	NOUN	_	_	4	xcomp	_	CL:years

1	"Yeah,	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
2	but	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
3	it's	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
4	possible	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
5	that	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
6	it'll	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
7	be	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
8	three	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
9	years."	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_Chinese)

This relation is universal.

180 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as discourse.

179 instances of discourse (99%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 3.93888888888889.

The following 6 pairs of parts of speech are connected with discourse: zh-pos/VERB-zh-pos/X (136; 76% instances), zh-pos/ADJ-zh-pos/X (34; 19% instances), zh-pos/NOUN-zh-pos/X (6; 3% instances), zh-pos/PART-zh-pos/X (2; 1% instances), zh-pos/PRON-zh-pos/X (1; 1% instances), zh-pos/VERB-zh-pos/VERB (1; 1% instances).

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1	但是	但是	ADV	RB	_	9	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	迪士尼	迪士尼	PROPN	NNP	_	5	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	的	的	PART	DEC	Case=Gen	2	case:dec	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	公主	公主	NOUN	NN	_	5	case:suff	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	們	們	PART	SFN	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	不會	不會	AUX	MD	_	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	都	都	ADV	RB	_	9	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	太	太	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	侷限	侷限	VERB	VV	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	於	於	VERB	VV	_	9	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	一	一	NUM	CD	NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	個	個	NOUN	NNB	_	13	clf	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	範圍	範圍	NOUN	NN	_	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	之內	之內	ADP	IN	_	13	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	了	了	X	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	嗎	嗎	X	UH	Mood=Inter	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No

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1	當	當	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	《	《	PUNCT	(	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Game	Game	X	FW	_	6	nsubj	_	_
4	Informer	Informer	X	FW	_	3	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	》	》	PUNCT	)	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	提到	提到	VERB	VV	_	15	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	遊戲	遊戲	NOUN	NN	_	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	在	在	VERB	VV	_	12	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	日本	日本	PROPN	NNP	_	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	的	的	PART	DEC	_	8	mark:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	知名	知名	ADJ	JJ	_	12	case:suff	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	度	度	PART	SFN	_	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	時	時	ADP	IN	_	6	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	甚至	甚至	ADV	RB	_	15	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	說	說	VERB	VV	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	「	「	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	四百萬	四百萬	NUM	CD	NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	日本	日本	PROPN	NNP	_	19	case:suff	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	人	人	PART	SFN	_	21	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	可能	可能	AUX	MD	_	21	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	錯	錯	ADJ	JJ	_	15	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	了	了	X	UH	_	21	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	」	」	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No

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1	小風	小風	PROPN	NNP	_	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	陷入	陷入	VERB	VV	_	10	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	了	了	PART	AS	Aspect=Perf	2	case:aspect	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	沒有	沒有	VERB	VV	_	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	信心	信心	NOUN	NN	_	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	的	的	PART	DEC	_	4	mark:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	窘境	窘境	NOUN	NN	_	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	阿一	阿一	PROPN	NNP	_	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	說	說	VERB	VV	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	「	「	PUNCT	``	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	那	那	PRON	PRD	_	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	也是	也是	AUX	VC	_	18	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	你	你	PRON	PRP	Person=2	18	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	的	的	PART	DEC	Case=Gen	15	case:dec	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	一	一	NUM	CD	NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	部份	部份	NOUN	NN	_	25	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	呀	呀	X	UH	_	18	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	所以	所以	ADV	RB	_	25	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	我	我	PRON	PRP	Person=1	25	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	願意	願意	AUX	MD	_	25	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	接受	接受	VERB	VV	_	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	」	」	PUNCT	''	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No


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