COND YAML source
code: COND
biber_number: H37
xiao_number: G80
mfte_code: COND
bohmann_number: 75
name: Conditional conjunctions
definition: >-
Conjunctions expressing condition: if, unless, whether, provided that, etc.
normalization: finite_verbs
detection:
- requires:
- word
- pos
cql: '[word={words} & pos="IN"]'
words:
- if
- lest
- otherwise
- unless
- whether
refines: IN
description: Default conditional conjunctions rule (based on MFTE). Refines IN.
- source: mfte
requires:
- word
- pos
cql: '[word={words} & pos="IN"]'
words:
- if
- lest
- otherwise
- unless
- whether
- source: pybiber
requires:
- word
- pos
cql: '[word={words} & pos="IN"]'
words:
- if
- unless
examples:
- text: _If_ I were you...
source: le_foll_2024
- text: Even _if_ the treatment works...
source: le_foll_2024
sources:
- biber_1988
- mfte
- pybiber
- xiao_2009
- grieve_2023
- bohmann_2019