CC YAML source
code: CC
biber_number: O65
xiao_number: H83
mfte_code: CC
name: Coordinating conjunctions
definition: 'Coordinating conjunctions: and, but, or, nor, so, yet.'
normalization: finite_verbs
detection:
- requires:
- pos
cql: '[pos="CC"]'
- source: mfte
requires:
- word
- pos
parts:
p1:
cql: '[pos="CC"]'
p2:
cql: '[pos="\\.|,"] [word="[Ee]lse|[Aa]ltogether|[Rr]ather|[Oo]therwise"]'
combine: "p1 | p2"
description: >-
MFTE retags else/altogether/rather/otherwise as CC when preceded
by punctuation (line 514). Count all CC-tagged tokens plus these
contextual retags.
- source: pybiber
requires:
- pos
- dep
cql: '[pos="CC" & dep!="ROOT"] []{0,2} [dep="nsubj"]'
description: >-
Clausal coordination: CC token (not ROOT) followed within 3 tokens
by an nsubj dependent, indicating clause-level coordination.
sources:
- biber_1988
- mfte
- pybiber
- xiao_2009
notes: >-
Biber distinguished phrasal from non-phrasal coordination. MFTE counts all coordinating
conjunctions together.