For a given phrase pair (f , e), we estimate the probabilities that it will be in an M, S, or D orientation o with respect to the previous phrase pair and the following phrase pair (two separate distributions).
since in Cantonese, "verb adverb" is a more common word order, speakers and writers of Mandarin in Hong Kong may adopt the 012 34 135 013517 2 38 9 34 2 8 2 7 013517 2 38 9 "verb adverb" order in that language as well.