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flat: remove constraint on nesting of flat expressions (#914)
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nschneid committed Dec 18, 2022
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first one using the `flat` label. The assumption is that in these expressions, the `flat` relations
are not syntactic head-modifier relations, and that the structural annotation is in principle arbitrary.
For consistency, UD specifies that the first word of the expression shall be the head of all `flat`
dependents. These dependents may have other modifiers so long as they are not `flat`.
dependents. These dependents may have other modifiers, including nested `flat` structures.

Below we describe some of the most common uses of [flat]() across languages. Note that semantically
equivalent expressions in different languages (or even in the same language) may require a different analysis if sometimes
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case(Silva, da)
~~~

But a flat structure cannot be nested immediately under another flat structure. For example,
the words of an embedded nickname would be treated as top-level parts of the flat expression:
A flat structure can even be nested under another flat structure. For example, the words of an embedded nickname would be treated as a nested flat expression:

~~~ sdparse
Denise " Dee Dee " Bridgewater
flat(Denise, Dee-3)
flat(Denise, Dee-4)
flat(Dee-3, Dee-4)
flat(Denise, Bridgewater)
punct(Dee-3, "-2)
punct(Dee-4, "-5)
punct(Dee-3, "-5)
~~~

### Some further notes on relations for names
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