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+// Before the meal ended, we left.
+// Before the meal, we left.
+// After the news that she resigned, we called.
+const noun = '(#Noun && !#Possessive && !@hasComma)'
+const modifiers = '(#Determiner|#Possessive)? #Adverb+? #Adjective+?'
+const subject = `${modifiers} ${noun}+`
+const predicate = '#Adverb+? not? (#Verb && !#Gerund && !#Particle)'
+
+const clauses = ['before', 'after', 'since', 'until', 'till', 'as', 'than', 'when', 'whereas']
+const rules = clauses.flatMap(word => [
+  // [before] she left
+  // [after] she left
+  // [since] she left...
+  { match: `[${word}] ${subject} ${predicate}`, group: 0, tag: 'Conjunction', reason: `${word}-clause` },
+  // [Before] the guests from the village arrived, we ate.
+  // [After] the guests from the village arrived, we ate.
+  // [Since] the guests from the village arrived, we ate. ...
+  { match: `[${word}] ${subject} (from|of|with|in|on|at|beside|near) ${subject} ${predicate}`, group: 0, tag: 'Conjunction', reason: `${word}-mod-subj` },
+])
+
+export default [
+  ...rules,
+  // [Before] the dog and the cat woke, she left.
+  // [before] the dog and the cat woke
+  // [after] the dog and the cat woke...
+  ...['before', 'after', 'until', 'when', 'while'].map(word => ({
+    match: `^[${word}] ${subject} and ${subject} ${predicate}`,
+    group: 0, tag: 'Conjunction', reason: `${word}-joint-subj`,
+  })),
+  // She bought flowers, [for] I was ill.
+  { match: `@hasComma [for] ${subject} ${predicate}`, group: 0, tag: 'Conjunction', reason: 'causal-for' },
+  // Everyone [but] me agreed.
+  ...['everyone', 'everybody', 'everything', 'anyone', 'anybody', 'anything', 'nobody', 'nothing', 'all'].map(word => ({
+    match: `${word} [but] (me|him|her|us|them|#Determiner|#Possessive|#ProperNoun)`,
+    group: 0, tag: 'Preposition', reason: 'exceptive-but',
+  })),
+
+  // The cat slept [under] the table. He sat [beside] me.
+  // the plane flew well [above] the clouds
+  // she stood directly [below] the window...
+  ...['above', 'below', 'under', 'over', 'beside', 'behind', 'against', 'outside', 'inside', 'near'].map(word => ({
+    match: `[(${word} && !#Verb)] (#Determiner|#Possessive|#Pronoun|#ProperNoun)`,
+    group: 0, tag: 'Preposition', reason: `${word}-space-obj`,
+  })),
+  // We looked [under] the bed.
+  { match: '#Verb [under] (#Determiner|#Possessive|#Pronoun)', group: 0, tag: 'Preposition', reason: 'under-obj' },
+  // She sings [like] her mother
+  { match: '(#Verb && !#Auxiliary && !#Modal && !do && !does && !did && !have && !has && !had) [like] (#Noun|#Determiner|#Possessive)', group: 0, tag: 'Preposition', reason: 'like-like' },
+  // images on a screen [like] humans do
+  { match: '#Noun [like] #Noun+ (do|does|did)$', group: 0, tag: 'Preposition', reason: 'noun-like-cmp' },
+  // cities [like] New York, Boston
+  ...['', '#Place ', '#Place #Place '].map(prefix => ({
+    match: `#Plural [like] ${prefix}(#Place && @hasComma) #Place`,
+    group: 0, tag: 'Preposition', reason: 'like-place',
+  })),
+  // [Like] his brother, he enjoys chess
+  { match: '^[like] (#Determiner|#Possessive)? #Adjective+? (#Noun && @hasComma)', group: 0, tag: 'Preposition', reason: 'init-like' },
+  // She sings [like] her mother does
+  { match: `(#Verb && !#Auxiliary && !#Modal && !do && !does && !did && !have && !has && !had) [like] ${subject} ${predicate}`, group: 0, tag: 'Conjunction', reason: 'manner-like' },
+  // I like tea, [like] my sister does.
+  { match: `@hasComma [like] ${subject} ${predicate}`, group: 0, tag: 'Conjunction', reason: 'comma-like-cl' },
+  // We talked about the fact [that] she resigned.
+  { match: `#Noun [that] ${subject} ${predicate}`, group: 0, tag: 'Conjunction', reason: 'noun-that' },
+  // I have heard that story [before]
+  { match: '#Verb (#Determiner|#Possessive)? #Noun+? [(before|since)]$', group: 0, tag: 'Adverb', notIf: '@hasQuestionMark', reason: 'time-adv' },
+  // We met shortly [after].
+  { match: '(shortly|soon|long) [after]$', group: 0, tag: 'Adverb', reason: 'after-adv' },
+  // She has [since] moved.
+  { match: '(has|have|had) [since] #PastTense', group: 0, tag: 'Adverb', reason: 'perf-since-adv' },
+  // She has not arrived [yet].
+  { match: '#PastTense [yet]$', group: 0, tag: 'Adverb', reason: 'yet-adv' },
+  // Who did she arrive [before]?
+  {
+    match: '^(who|whom) #Verb #Pronoun #Verb [before]$',
+    group: 0,
+    tag: 'Preposition',
+    reason: 'before-end',
+  },
+  // We will leave [when] the rain stops.
+  {
+    match: '#Modal #Infinitive [when] #Determiner',
+    group: 0,
+    tag: 'Conjunction',
+    reason: 'leave-when',
+  },
+]
diff --git a/tests/two/tagger/grammar/connectors.test.js b/tests/two/tagger/grammar/connectors.test.js
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+import test from 'tape'
+import nlp from '../../_lib.js'
+
+test('connectors distinguish nominal objects from finite clauses', t => {
+  const cases = [
+    ['She left before me.', 'before', 'Preposition'],
+    ['She left before I finished.', 'before', 'Conjunction'],
+    ['Before dinner, we rested.', 'before', 'Preposition'],
+    ['Before the dinner ended, we rested.', 'before', 'Conjunction'],
+    ['He rested after swimming.', 'after', 'Preposition'],
+    ['He rested after she finished.', 'after', 'Conjunction'],
+    ['Since the wedding, she has called.', 'since', 'Preposition'],
+    ['Since the new bridge opened, traffic flows smoothly.', 'since', 'Conjunction'],
+    ['We waited until noon.', 'until', 'Preposition'],
+    ['We waited until the very tired driver returned.', 'until', 'Conjunction'],
+    ['After the guests from the village arrived, we ate.', 'after', 'Conjunction'],
+    ['She works as a nurse.', 'as', 'Preposition'],
+    ['As the child slept, we whispered.', 'as', 'Conjunction'],
+    ['She is taller than me.', 'than', 'Preposition'],
+    ['She is taller than I am.', 'than', 'Conjunction'],
+    ['She bought flowers for me.', 'for', 'Preposition'],
+    ['She bought flowers, for I was ill.', 'for', 'Conjunction'],
+    ['Everyone but me agreed.', 'but', 'Preposition'],
+    ['She sings like her mother.', 'like', 'Preposition'],
+    ['She sings like her mother does.', 'like', 'Conjunction'],
+    ['Like his brother, he enjoys chess.', 'like', 'Preposition'],
+    ['We talked about the fact that she resigned.', 'that', 'Conjunction'],
+    ['The cat slept under the table.', 'under', 'Preposition'],
+    ['He sat beside me.', 'beside', 'Preposition'],
+    ['The bird flew over the fence.', 'over', 'Preposition'],
+    ['They stood behind us.', 'behind', 'Preposition'],
+    ['He leaned against the wall.', 'against', 'Preposition'],
+    ['He sat near the door.', 'near', 'Preposition'],
+  ]
+  for (const [str, word, tag] of cases) {
+    const term = nlp(str).match(word)
+    t.equal(term.has('#' + tag), true, str)
+    const other = tag === 'Preposition' ? 'Conjunction' : 'Preposition'
+    t.equal(term.has('#' + other), false, str + ' excludes ' + other)
+  }
+  t.end()
+})
+
+test('connector rules preserve boundaries and other word senses', t => {
+  for (const [str, word, tag] of [
+    ['Before you, I was the youngest.', 'before', 'Preposition'],
+    ['After dinner I left.', 'after', 'Preposition'],
+    ['Before lunch she called.', 'before', 'Preposition'],
+    ['Since the wedding she has called.', 'since', 'Preposition'],
+    ['Before dinner, we rested before we cooked.', 'before', 'Preposition'],
+    ['We left before dinner, and the guests arrived.', 'before', 'Preposition'],
+    ['After the news that she resigned, we called.', 'after', 'Preposition'],
+    ['She spoke before the announcement that the shop was closing.', 'before', 'Preposition'],
+    ['The nurses are sweet as pie and the doctor is wonderful.', 'as', 'Preposition'],
+    ['I thanked everyone but she left.', 'but', 'Conjunction'],
+    ['I like her mother.', 'like', 'Verb'],
+    ['I would like tea.', 'like', 'Verb'],
+    ['We do like tea.', 'like', 'Verb'],
+    ['Like my page.', 'like', 'Verb'],
+    ['The game is over.', 'over', 'Adjective'],
+    ['The ship will near the coast.', 'near', 'Verb'],
+    ['She has since moved.', 'since', 'Adverb'],
+    ['I have heard that story before.', 'before', 'Adverb'],
+    ['We met shortly after.', 'after', 'Adverb'],
+    ['She has not arrived yet.', 'yet', 'Adverb'],
+    ['Who did she arrive before?', 'before', 'Preposition'],
+  ]) {
+    t.equal(nlp(str).match(word).first().has('#' + tag), true, str)
+  }
+  const doc = nlp('Before dinner, we rested before we cooked.')
+  t.equal(doc.match('before').last().has('#Conjunction'), true, 'same word, different complements')
+  t.end()
+})