Conjunction
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Word-level conjunction
See the PPCEME, PPCME2 guidelines.
Verbs
(VAN (VAN máður) (CONJ og) (VAN ritaður))
(VBN (VBN máð) (CONJ og) (VBN ritað))
(VB (VB má) (CONJ og) (VB rita))
Determiners
(NP-OB1 (D (D-A hitt-hinn) (CONJ og-og) (D-A þetta-þessi)) (ADJ-A smálegt-smálegur) (, ,-,) (CP-REL (WNP-1 0) (C ER-ER) (IP-SUB (NP-OB1 *T*-1) (NP-SBJ (PRO-N hún-hún)) (VBDS ætti-eiga) (ADVP (ADV eftir-eftir)) (PP (P í-í) (NP (N-D hús$-hús) (D-D $inu-hinn) (NP-POS (PRO-D sínu-sinn)))))))
Adverbs
Conjunction on the word-level, with and without overt conjunctions:
( (IP-MAT (CONJ En-en) (PP (P á-á) (NP (D-D þessi-þessi) (D-D inni-inni) (ADJ-D himnesku-himneskur) (N-D borg-borg))) (BEPI eru-vera) (NP-SBJ (NS-N hlið-hlið)) (ADVP-LOC (ADV austan-austan) (CONJ og-og) (ADV vestan-vestan) (, ,-,) (ADV sunnan-sunnan) (CONJ og-og) (ADV norðan-norðan)) (. .-.)))
Phrase-level conjunction
When any of the conjunct consists of more than a single word (see PPCME/PPCEME)
(XP (XP (X first-conjunct)) (CONJP (CONJ conjunction) (YP (Y second-conjunct))) (CONJP (CONJ conjunction) (ZP (Z third-conjunct) (Z more-of-third-conjunct))))
Phrase-level conjunction (CONJP) with and without CONJ:
(IP-MAT-SPE (NP-SBJ (PRO-N Eg-eg)) (BEPI em-vera) (NP-PRD (NP (N-N vegur$-vegur) (D-N $inn-hinn)) (, ,-,) (CONJP (NP (N-N sannleikur$-sannleikur) (D-N $inn-hinn))) (CONJP (CONJ og-og) (NP (N-N líf$-líf) (D-N $ið-hinn))))) (. .-.)))
NPs
( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ-1 *exp*) (ADVP (ADV Þá-þá)) (BEPI eru-vera) (NP-1 (OTHERS-N aðrir-annar) (, ,-,) (CP-REL (WNP-2 0) (C sem-sem) (IP-SUB (NP-SBJ *T*-2) (VBPI kenna-kenna) (NP-OB1 (NP (N-D hafís$-hafís) (D $num-hinn)) (CONJP (CONJ og-og) (NP (N-D timbureklu$-timburekla) (D $nni-hinn)))) (PP (P um-um) (, ,-,) (CP-THT (C að-að) (IP-SUB (NP-SBJ (N-N land$-land) (D $ið-hinn)) (BEPS sé-vera) (ADJP (ADJR strjálbyggðara-strjálbyggður)
Word and phrase level conjunction
(NP-SBJ (NP (NPR-N Pétur-pétur) (CONJ og-og) (NPR-N Jakobus-jakobus)) (, ,-,) (CONJP (NP (NPR-N Jóhannes-jóhannes) (, ,-,) (NPR-N Andreas-andreas) (, ,-,) (NPR-N Filippus-filippus) (, ,-,) (NPR-N Tómas-tómas) (, ,-,) (N-N Bartalameus-bartalameus) (CONJ og-og) (NPR-N Matteus-matteus))) (, ,-,) (CONJP (NP (NP (NPR-N Jakobus-jakobus) (NPR-N Alfei-alfei)) (, ,-,) (CONJP (NP (NPR-N Símon-símon) (NPR-N Selotes-selotes))) (CONJP (CONJ og-og) (NP (NPR-A Júdas-júdas) (NPR-N Jakobus-jakobus) (NPR-N bróðir-bróðir))))))))))
IPs
(CP-THT-1 (C að-að) (IP-SUB (IP-SUB (NP-SBJ (N-N fátækrastjórn$-fátækrastjórn) (D $in-hinn)) (VBPS sundri-sundra) (NP-OB1 (NS-D HREPPSTJÓRU$-HREPPSTJÓRI) (D $num-hinn)) (, ,-,)) (CONJP (CONJ en-en) (IP-SUB (NP-SUB *con*) (VBPS samtengi-samtenga) (NP-OB1 (PRO-A þá-þá)) (NEG ekki-ekki)))))
IP-PPLs
( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ (PRO-N Þeir-hann)) (VBDI sáu-sjá) (ADVP-TMP (ADV þá-þá)) (IP-PPL-OB1 (IP-PPL (NP-SBJ (NPR-A Jesúm-jesús)) (VAG-A ganganda-ganganda) (PP (P á-á) (NP (N-D sjó$-sjór) (D-D $num-hinn)))) (CONJP (CONJ og-og) (IP-PPL (NP-SBJ *con*) (VAN-A kominn-koma) (ADVP (ADVR nær-nærri) (NP (N-D skipi$-skip) (D-D $nu-hinn)))))) (. .-.)))
Different head tags
Conjoining ADJ and VAN:
(NP-PRD (N-N kerlingarskepna-kerlingarskepna) (ADJP (ADJ gömul-gamall) (CONJP (CONJ og-og) (VAN slitin-slíta))))
Example for ADV heads with a shared pre-modifier ADV, notice the ADVX.
( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ (N-FSNDC á$-á) (D $in-hinn)) (VBD-IA3SD skar-skera) (ADVP (ADV svo-svo) (ADV skýrt-skýra) (CONJP (CONJ og-og) (ADVX (ADV greinilega-greinilega)))) (PP (P-D úr-úr) (NP (NS-NPDIC landamerkjum-landamerki) (NP-POS (Q hvorratveggja-hvorratveggur) (NS-FPGDC jarðan$-jarða) (D $na-hinn))))
Always attached as high as possible.
Sometimes the first conjunct has a post-modifier which is also potentially shared with the second conjunct.
If the conjunction is definitely between two word-level constituents, then there can be ambiguity in the size of the constituents that are conjoined, just as in the "shared pre-modifier" case as above. This situation is handled as in the examples below:
(NP-SBJ (N-N Ótti) (D-N sá) (CONJP (CONJ og) (NX (N-N skelfing))))
(NP-SBJ (N-N upprekstrarland-upprekstrarland) (NP-POS (NS-G bænda-bóndi)) (CONJP (CONJ og-og) (NX (N-N afrétti-afréttur))))
Correlative conjunction
Annaðhvort eða 'either or' is treated differently than correlative conjunctions, such as BÆÐI OG:
(IP-MAT (NP-SBJ (PRO-N hún-hún)) (BEDI var-vera) (ADVP-TMP (ADV ávallt-ávallt)) (PP (P í-í) (NP (NP-POS (NPR-G Guðs-guð)) (N-D þjónustu-þjónusta))) (, ,-,) (NP-ADV (OTHER-N annað-annar) (WPRO-N hvort-hvort) (PP-PRN (PP (P á-á) (NP (N-D bæ$-bær) (D-D $num-hinn))) (CONJP (CONJ eða-eða) (PP (P í-í) (NP (N-D skóla$-skóli) (D-D $num-hinn)))))) (. .-.)))
(IP-MAT (NP-SBJ (PRO-N hún-hún)) (BEDI var-vera) (NP-PRD (OTHER-N annað-annar) (WPRO-N hvort-hvort) (PP-PRN (PP (P á-á) (NP (N-D bæ$-bær) (D-D $num-hinn))) (CONJP (CONJ eða-eða) (PP (P í-í) (NP (N-D skóla$-skóli) (D-D $num-hinn)))))) (. .-.)))
Word-level correlative conjunction
HVORKI NÉ
( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ (PRO-N það-það)) (BEDI var-vera) (ADJP (CONJ hvorki-hvorki) (ADJ-N hægt-hægur) (CONJ né-né) (ADJ-N skrautlegt-skrautlegur)) (. .-.)) (ID HOMILIUBOK,.211))
Phrase-level correlative conjunction
See the PPCME2, PPCEME documentation
(PP (CONJ hvorki-hvorki) (PP (P á-á) (NP (D-D þessu-þessi) (N-D fjalli-fjall))) (CONJP (CONJ né-né) (PP (P til-til) (NP (NPR-G Jerúsalem-jerúsalem)))))
Floated conjunctions
See the PPCME2, PPCEME documentation
Extraposed CONJPs
( (IP-MAT (CONJ og-og) (NEG eigi-ekki) (VBDI (VBDI át-éta) (CONJP *ICH*-1)) (NP-SBJ (PRO-N hann-hann)) (CONJP-1 (CONJ né-né) (VBDI drakk-drekka)) (. .-.)))