Bringing Information Structure to Universal Dependencies

Nikolett Mus; Andrew Dyer; Claudia Corbetta; Sylvain Kahane

doi:10.63317/54jdn62ovjhk

Bringing Information Structure to Universal Dependencies

Nikolett Mus, Andrew Dyer, Claudia Corbetta, Sylvain Kahane

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The aim of the paper is to present a first attempt at annotating Information Structure roles in syntactic treebanks of the Universal Dependencies collection, discussing theoretical considerations and practical methodological questions while presenting our core annotation principles. We focus on constructions in which Topic or Focus is overtly marked through (morpho)syntactic means. The proposed annotation is illustrated using examples from five languages: Wolof, Japanese, Tundra Nenets, Hungarian, and Italian.

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Volume:: Proceedings of the Ninth Workshop on Universal Dependencies (UDW 2026)
Month:: May
Year:: 2026
Address:: Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Editors:: Çağrı Çöltekin, Kaja Dobrovoljc
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Publisher:: ELRA Language Resources Association (ELRA)
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Pages:: 229–241
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External URL:: https://lrec.elra.info/lrec2026-ws-udw-20
DOI:: 10.63317/54jdn62ovjhk
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Cite (ACL):: Nikolett Mus, Andrew Dyer, Claudia Corbetta, and Sylvain Kahane. 2026. Bringing Information Structure to Universal Dependencies. In Proceedings of the Ninth Workshop on Universal Dependencies (UDW 2026), pages 229–241, Palma de Mallorca, Spain. ELRA Language Resources Association (ELRA).
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[Bringing Information Structure to Universal Dependencies](https://aclanthology.org/2026.udw-1.20/) (Mus et al., UDW 2026)

Bringing Information Structure to Universal Dependencies (Mus et al., UDW 2026)

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Nikolett Mus, Andrew Dyer, Claudia Corbetta, and Sylvain Kahane. 2026. Bringing Information Structure to Universal Dependencies. In Proceedings of the Ninth Workshop on Universal Dependencies (UDW 2026), pages 229–241, Palma de Mallorca, Spain. ELRA Language Resources Association (ELRA).