Keyboard shortcuts and behaviour

  • Navigation
    • < (Shift + ,): Previous tree (saves current edits)
    • > (Shift + .): Next tree (saves current edits)
    • Shift + S: Export all edited trees as .conllu
  • Selecting tokens
    • Click any word or POS cell to select it.
    • Selected token is highlighted; in Mass Edit mode, the anchor (head word) stays highlighted.
  • Single-word edits (choose a word, press a key)
    • r: Make the selected word w1 the root of the entire sentence. Add a DEPREL where w1 is the head and the old root the dependent.
    • v / n / a / i: Set POS = VERB / NOUN / ADV / INTJ
  • Two-word relations: click on w1/head, press a key, then click on w2/dependent
    • Press b: Set w2 as w1’s subject (nsubj; csubj if w2 is a VERB). Any existing subject of w1 becomes fmrsubj.
    • Press c: Set w2 as w1’s complement:
      • dobj if w2 is a NOUN
      • xcomp if w2 is a non‑finite VERB (VerbForm=Inf or “to”)
      • CCOMP if w2 is a finite VERB
    • Press p: w2 is in a discourse deprel with w1 (e.g. sentence-final particle)
    • Press t: w2 is in a dislocated deprel with w1 (e.g. topics)
    • Press x: w2 is in a parataxis deprel with w1 (e.g. w2 is actually the main verb of a second sentence)
  • Mass Edit mode: Suppose we have a word w1. Mass Edit lets us identify the words that take w1 as their head and the corresponding DEPRELs.
    • Press m: Enter Mass Edit (status shows “active”).
    • Click w1 - this is now the head word. Press one of b/c/p/t/x (the DEPREL), then click w2 to apply. Now w2 is in this DEPREL relation with w1. Repeat with new letters to link w1 to w3, w4, etc.
    • Esc (once): Clear pending actions but stay in Mass Edit. Click a new w1 to continue.
    • Esc (again while idle): Exit Mass Edit.
  • Split / Merge (token boundary edits)
    • - (hyphen): Split selected token. A one-line input appears; type space-separated words (at least two words). Each becomes a new token with POS=VERB.
    • + (plus): Merge with an adjacent token (click it). Forms are concatenated (no space), POS=UNK. Non‑adjacent clicks are rejected.
  • Display
    • Top row shows token positions 1...n; middle row shows words; bottom row shows UPOS.
    • Colors: VERB=red; NOUN/PROPN/PRON=blue; INTJ=orange; ADV/AUX/copulas=black; others=grey.