compound #

Universal #

SUD shares with with UD its compound relation, though the exact usage of this relationship is determined on a language-by-language basis. SUD annotations for some languages, such as French, do not use the compound relation at all.

English

More examples in SUD_English-EWT:

pattern { X -[compound]-> Y }

Naija in particular makes heavy use of this relation, which is used to link nouns to virtually any other nouns which play a modifying role. However, it is also used to annotate phrasal verbs as well as a more limited subset of relations between nouns and adjectives, such as dry cleaner, which are considered fixed expressions whose meaning cannot be directly understood from its constituent parts. For more information, see Naija’s page.

See examples in SUD_Naija-NSC:

pattern { X -[compound]-> Y }

In many cases, the existence of a compound relation can be determined with a series of linguistic tests. For example, it might be impossible to insert an adjective between two elements of a compound. In English, compounds are phonologically distinct, pronounced with an intonation similar to that of a single word. Consider the difference in pronunciation between real estate, a bona fide compound, and real property, an adjective and a noun connected with a simple mod relation.