Universal Dependencies

Universal Dependencies (UD) is a framework that provides a standardized way to analyze and annotate the grammatical structure of sentences across different languages. It identifies relationships between words, such as which word is the subject, object, or modifier, creating a consistent "map" of sentence components. This helps computers understand and process language more accurately, enabling better translation, search, and language analysis tools. Essentially, UD acts as a universal blueprint that makes it easier for language technologies to work with many languages in a consistent and comparable manner.