mark: marker
The mark relation applies to a function word that marks a subordinate clause. It can be distributed at its beginning (1,3) or at its end (2,4). We take a broad definition of “subordinate” to include adverbial clauses of any kind (see advcl).
For relative clauses, nominalized clauses, and adjectives formed with 的 de, see mark:rel. For the manner adverbializer 地 de, see mark:adv.
# visual-style 3 1 mark color:blue
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1 如果 _ SCONJ _ _ 3 mark _ if
2 我 _ PRON _ _ 3 nsubj _ 1SG
3 買 _ VERB _ _ 0 root _ buy
4 藥 _ NOUN _ _ 3 obj _ medicine
5 回來 _ VERB _ _ 3 compound:dir _ come-back
1 "If _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
2 I _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
3 buy _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
4 medicine _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
5 back" _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
# visual-style 1 3 mark color:blue
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1 要 _ AUX _ _ 7 advcl _ want
2 玩 _ VERB _ _ 1 xcomp _ play
3 的話 _ SCONJ _ _ 1 mark _ COND
4 就 _ ADV _ _ 7 advmod _ then
5 將 _ ADP _ _ 6 case _ BA
6 事情 _ NOUN _ _ 7 obl _ affair
7 鬧 _ VERB _ _ 0 root _ make-noise
8 大 _ ADJ _ _ 7 compound:vv _ big
1 "If _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
2 somebody _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
3 wants _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
4 to _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
5 play, _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
6 then _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
7 let's _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
8 make _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
9 everyone _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
10 know _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
11 about _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
12 it." _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
# visual-style 8 7 mark color:blue
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# visual-style 8 bgColor:blue
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1 你 _ PRON _ _ 2 nsubj _ 2SG
2 搶 _ VERB _ _ 0 root _ steal
3 走 _ VERB _ _ 2 compound:vv _ go-away
4 他 _ PRON _ _ 6 nmod _ 3SG.M
5 的 _ PART _ _ 4 case _ GEN
6 襪子 _ NOUN _ _ 2 obj _ socks
7 來 _ SCONJ _ _ 8 mark _ to
8 穿 _ VERB _ _ 2 advcl _ wear
1 "You _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
2 stole _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
3 his _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
4 socks _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
5 to _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
6 wear _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
7 them." _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
# visual-style 2 4 mark color:blue
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1 她 _ PRON _ _ 2 nsubj _ 3SG.F
2 走 _ VERB _ _ 6 advcl _ go
3 了 _ AUX _ _ 2 aux _ PERF
4 之後 _ ADP _ _ 2 mark _ after
5 ， _ PUNCT _ _ 2 punct _ _
6 希望 _ VERB _ _ 0 root _ hope
7 你 _ PRON _ _ 8 nsubj _ 2SG
8 開開心心 _ ADJ _ _ 6 ccomp _ happy
1 "After _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
2 she _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
3 leaves, _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
4 she _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
5 hopes _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
6 that _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
7 you _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
8 will _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
9 be _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
10 happy." _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
Treebank Statistics (UD_Chinese)
This relation is universal.
There are 3 language-specific subtypes of mark: mark:advb, mark:comp, mark:relcl.
4122 nodes (4%) are attached to their parents as mark.
2424 instances of mark (59%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 2.83842794759825.
The following 19 pairs of parts of speech are connected with mark: zh-pos/VERB-zh-pos/ADV (2227; 54% instances), zh-pos/VERB-zh-pos/VERB (1238; 30% instances), zh-pos/VERB-zh-pos/ADP (422; 10% instances), zh-pos/ADJ-zh-pos/ADV (101; 2% instances), zh-pos/NOUN-zh-pos/ADV (61; 1% instances), zh-pos/ADJ-zh-pos/VERB (20; 0% instances), zh-pos/ADJ-zh-pos/ADP (10; 0% instances), zh-pos/NOUN-zh-pos/ADP (10; 0% instances), zh-pos/PART-zh-pos/ADV (10; 0% instances), zh-pos/ADV-zh-pos/ADV (5; 0% instances), zh-pos/AUX-zh-pos/ADV (5; 0% instances), zh-pos/VERB-zh-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), zh-pos/NUM-zh-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), zh-pos/PROPN-zh-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), zh-pos/ADP-zh-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), zh-pos/ADP-zh-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), zh-pos/NOUN-zh-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), zh-pos/PART-zh-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), zh-pos/PRON-zh-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances).
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# visual-style 12 bgColor:blue
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# visual-style 12 9 mark color:blue
1 數百萬 數百萬 NUM CD NumType=Card 4 det _ SpaceAfter=No
2 的 的 PART DEC Case=Gen 1 case:dec _ SpaceAfter=No
3 巧克力 巧克力 NOUN NN _ 4 case:suff _ SpaceAfter=No
4 棒 棒 PART SFN _ 6 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No
5 被 被 VERB BB Voice=Pass 6 aux:pass _ SpaceAfter=No
6 撤下 撤下 VERB VV _ 18 dep _ SpaceAfter=No
7 櫃檯 櫃檯 NOUN NN _ 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No
8 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
9 而 而 ADV RB _ 12 mark _ SpaceAfter=No
10 瑪氏 瑪氏 PROPN NNP _ 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No
11 則 則 ADV RB _ 12 mark _ SpaceAfter=No
12 中斷 中斷 VERB VV _ 18 dep _ SpaceAfter=No
13 了 了 PART AS Aspect=Perf 12 case:aspect _ SpaceAfter=No
14 生產 生產 NOUN NN _ 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No
15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
16 公司 公司 NOUN NN _ 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
17 損失 損失 NOUN NN _ 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No
18 達 達 VERB VV _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No
19 四百五十萬 四百五十萬 NUM CD NumType=Card 21 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No
20 美 美 PROPN NNP _ 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
21 元 元 NOUN NNB _ 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No
22 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
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# visual-style 12 13 mark color:blue
1 1355 1355 NUM CD NumType=Card 2 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No
2 年 年 NOUN NNB _ 12 nmod:tmod _ SpaceAfter=No
3 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
4 勃蘭登堡 勃蘭登堡 PROPN NNP _ 12 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No
5 被 被 VERB BB Voice=Pass 12 aux:pass _ SpaceAfter=No
6 神聖 神聖 ADJ JJ _ 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No
7 羅馬 羅馬 PROPN NNP _ 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
8 帝國 帝國 NOUN NN _ 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
9 皇帝 皇帝 NOUN NN _ 11 appos _ SpaceAfter=No
10 查理 查理 PROPN NNP _ 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
11 四世 四世 PROPN NNP _ 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No
12 升 升 VERB VV _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No
13 為 為 VERB VC _ 12 mark _ SpaceAfter=No
14 選侯 選侯 VERB VV _ 15 case:suff _ SpaceAfter=No
15 國 國 PART SFN _ 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No
16 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
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# visual-style 12 13 mark color:blue
1 在 在 VERB VV _ 12 acl _ SpaceAfter=No
2 平原 平原 NOUN NN _ 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No
3 、 、 PUNCT EC _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
4 塔 塔 NOUN NN _ 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No
5 、 、 PUNCT EC _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
6 洞窟 洞窟 NOUN NN _ 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No
7 、 、 PUNCT EC _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
8 海 海 NOUN NN _ 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No
9 或 或 CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ SpaceAfter=No
10 迷宮 迷宮 NOUN NN _ 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No
11 中 中 NOUN NN _ 2 acl _ SpaceAfter=No
12 移動 移動 VERB VV _ 23 acl _ SpaceAfter=No
13 時 時 ADP IN _ 12 mark _ SpaceAfter=No
14 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
15 玩家 玩家 NOUN NN _ 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No
16 將 將 ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No
17 會 會 AUX MD _ 23 aux _ SpaceAfter=No
18 和 和 ADP IN _ 22 case _ SpaceAfter=No
19 隨機 隨機 ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No
20 遇到 遇到 VERB VV _ 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No
21 的 的 PART DEC _ 20 mark:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No
22 敵人 敵人 NOUN NN _ 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No
23 作戰 作戰 VERB VV _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No
24 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
mark in other languages: [am] [ar] [bg] [bxr] [ca] [ckb] [cop] [cs] [cu] [da] [de] [el] [en] [es] [et] [eu] [fa] [fi] [fo] [fr] [ga] [gl] [got] [grc] [he] [hi] [hr] [hu] [id] [it] [ja] [kk] [kmr] [ko] [la] [lv] [mr] [nl] [no] [pl] [pt] [ro] [ru] [sa] [sk] [sla] [sl] [so] [sr] [sv] [swl] [ta] [tr] [u] [ug] [uk] [ur] [urj] [vi] [yue] [zh]