SPLIT_ALL Split constructions (all)

Biber N62 Biber N63 composite

Definition

Split infinitives (f_62) and split auxiliaries (f_63).

Children (composite)

Detection Rules

Sum of SPINF + SPLIT

combine: SPINF | SPLIT

Requires: pos

mfte

MFTE merges split auxiliaries and split infinitives. Matches auxiliary (modal, have, be, do) + adverb(s) + verb/particle. Also matches split infinitives (to + adverb + verb). 3-token: AUX + RB + V. 4-token: AUX + RB + RB + V. Negation (not/n’t) excluded from 3-token intervener because MFTE retags negation as XX0 before SPLIT matching.

p1 
cql[pos="MD"] [pos="RB" & word!="not|n't"] [pos="VB|VBG|VBD|VBN|VBP|VBZ|RP"]
p2 
cql[lemma="have|be|do" & pos="VBP|VBZ|VBD"] [pos="RB" & word!="not|n't"] [pos="VB|VBG|VBD|VBN|VBP|VBZ|RP"]
p3 
cql[pos="MD"] [pos="RB"] [pos="RB"] [pos="VB|VBG|VBD|VBN|VBP|VBZ"]
p4 
cql[lemma="have|be|do" & pos="VBP|VBZ|VBD"] [pos="RB"] [pos="RB"] [pos="VB|VBG|VBD|VBN|VBP|VBZ"]
p5 
cql[word="to" & pos="TO"] [pos="RB"] [pos="VB"]
combine: p1 | p2 | p3 | p4 | p5

Requires: word, lemma, pos

Normalization

Per words

Sources

  • biber_1988 — Biber, Douglas (1988) : Variation across Speech and Writing
  • mfte — Le Foll, Elen & Shakir, Muhammad (2023/2025) : Multi-Feature Tagger of English (MFTE) — Python version

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