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noun
The relationship between a node in a parse tree and its sibling nodes (usually meaning the children of the first branching node that dominates the node) and all the sibling nodes' children.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, syntax
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verb
To dominate in a c-command relationship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, syntax
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History
A shortened form of "constituent command." The term may also have been chosen so as to eliminate confusion in speech with the similar notion kommand.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
