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    Relation Example Words In this Relation
    object (comp:obj) be -- to
    get -- to
    is -- that
    do -- to
    have -- to
    modifer (mod) if -- will
    not -- be
    n't -- know
    if -- would
    if -- is
    punctuation (punct) . -- is
    . -- was
    , -- is
    . -- are
    . -- will
    subject (subj) i -- have
    i -- am
    i -- 'm
    you -- can
    it -- is
    underspecified dependency (udep) of -- number
    of -- one
    in -- is
    in -- was
    in -- are
    determiner (det) the -- time
    the -- world
    a -- lot
    the -- way
    the -- states
    root (root)
    compound (compound) united -- states
    al -- qaeda
    new -- york
    customer -- service
    sri -- lanka
    conjunct (conj) is -- is
    was -- was
    to -- to
    are -- are
    will -- will
    predicative complements (comp:pred) to -- want
    to -- have
    to -- need
    to -- going
    to -- like
    coordinating conjunction (cc) and -- is
    and -- was
    and -- will
    and -- have
    and -- are
    auxiliary (comp:aux) be -- will
    been -- have
    be -- would
    been -- has
    be -- can
    possessive modifer (mod@poss) my -- hair
    my -- car
    your -- life
    my -- family
    my -- wife
    modifer of relative clause (mod@relcl) is -- what
    are -- what
    was -- what
    do -- what
    can -- thing
    appositional modifier (appos) amount -- $
    713-853-3989 -- phone
    713-646-3393 -- fax
    number -- m
    number -- 0
    flat multiword expression (flat) bush -- george
    administration -- bush
    clair -- carol
    bush -- mr.
    st. -- carol
    parataxis (parataxis) is -- is
    was -- was
    would -- is
    are -- is
    are -- are
    auxiliary (comp:aux@pass) attached -- is
    told -- was
    attached -- are
    made -- be
    made -- was
    passive nominal subject (subj@pass) i -- was
    he -- was
    it -- is
    it -- was
    that -- was
    compound (compound@prt) out -- check
    up -- set
    up -- pick
    up -- show
    out -- find
    discourse element (discourse) please -- let
    please -- can
    please -- do
    please -- respond
    please -- see
    expletive (unk@expl) there -- is
    there -- are
    it -- is
    there -- was
    there -- were
    underspecified dependency (udep@tmod) time -- will
    times -- have
    time -- was
    week -- have
    night -- was
    unk@fixed (unk@fixed) well -- as
    to -- due
    of -- because
    as -- such
    that -- so
    list (list) eb -- carol
    phone -- carol
    fax -- carol
    carol.st.clair@enron.com -- carol
    llc -- laurie
    underspecified dependency (udep@npmod) year -- old
    years -- ago
    little -- more
    years -- old
    lot -- more
    oblique (comp:obl) me -- give
    him -- give
    me -- told
    you -- give
    me -- gave
    modifer (mod@tmod) pm -- 03/15/2001
    monday -- game
    pm -- 04/30/2001
    pm -- 11/10/2000
    pm -- 11/29/2000
    goes with (goeswith) alberta -- .doc
    transmission -- .doc
    access -- .doc
    and -- .doc
    pricing -- .doc
    object (comp:obj@x) know -- let
    go -- let
    get -- let
    be -- let
    look -- make
    determiner (det@predet) quite -- bit
    all -- time
    all -- countries
    all -- help
    all -- work
    modifer (mod@npmod) time -- pm
    cst -- am
    time -- am
    themselves -- they
    lot -- thanks
    vocative (vocative) jane -- have
    jared -- ruth
    karim -- 's
    lou -- do
    norma -- thoughts
    coordinating conjunction (cc@preconj) only -- nadu
    both -- india
    both -- us
    both -- iran
    both -- here
    overridden disfluency (reparandum) i -- is
    's -- took
    that -- file
    it -- 's
    's -- watch
    orphan (orphan) as -- others
    wounded -- 500
    by -- activist
    in -- letter
    simultaneously -- both
    oblique (comp:obl@x) on -- get
    out -- getting
    under -- kept
    in -- leaving
    in -- left
    flat multiword expression (flat@foreign) del -- libro
    jure -- de
    forma -- pro
    de -- libro
    la -- libro
    unk (unk) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -----
    technology -- =
    astronomy -- >
    good -- does
    of -- kind
    underspecified dependency (udep@relcl) after -- meeting
    for -- have
    to -- what
    dislocated elements (dislocated) general -- guy
    luna -- it
    underspecified dependency (udep@poss) becuse -- condition