Sauf, soit, dont as CCONJ #

sauf, soit, dont can be used as markers in lists. They can link NP, as well as PP:

• tous les couches, sauf la première ‘all layers, except the first one’
• partout, sauf en France ’everywhere, except in France' This property brings these markers closer to coordinating conjunctions than to adpositions. We decided to analyze them as CCONJs.

We distinguish here between:

• Coordination (conj:coord)
• Apposition (conj:appos)

“sauf” #

Function: Subtractive connector, introduces an exception to a preceding phrase.
POS: CCONJ
Deprel: Prefer conj:appos over conj:coord when the second conjunct is a proper subset or exception.

“soit” #

Function: introduces alternatives. POS: always CCONJ, even in non-standard or elliptical uses. Deprel: conj:coord for disjunctions, conj:appos for appositional clarification.

Coordinative use

“soit” is a CCONJ, and the deprel conj:coord is used to connect the two prepositional phrases.

Appositive use

“soit” is a CCONJ, and the deprel conj:appos is used to link together the appositive element with the first element.

“dont” #

Function: two distinct uses:
Relative pronoun ⇒ PRON introducing a relative clause.
Appositive connector ⇒ CCONJ introducing an appositive subpart.

Relative use

“dont” is a PRON, part of mod@relcl.

Appositive use

dont” is a CCONJ, and the deprelconj:appos is used to link together the appositive element with the first element.