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syntax overview: ExtPos for fixed (#1037)
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nschneid authored Nov 29, 2024
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### Multiword Function Words

The word forms that make up a fixed multiword expression are connected using the special dependency relation [u-dep/fixed]().
By convention, the first word is always taken as the head, so when the multiword expression is a functional element, the initial word form will then superficially look like a function word with dependents.
By convention, the first word is always taken as the head, so when the multiword expression is a functional element, the initial word form will then superficially look like a function word with dependents. The [ExtPos]() feature on the first word specifies the holistic UPOS category of the expression.

<div id="fixed1" class="sd-parse">
They saw each/DET other/ADJ
They saw each/DET[ExtPos=PRON] other/ADJ
fixed(each, other)
obj(saw, each)
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annotated by attaching all non-first elements to the first and only allowing outgoing dependents from the first element.

<div id="mwe1" class="sd-parse">
I like dogs as/ADV well/ADV as/ADP cats .
I like dogs as/ADV[ExtPos=CCONJ] well/ADV as/ADP cats .
fixed(as-4, well)
fixed(as-4, as-6)
cc(cats, as-4)
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