Represents the head of this token in the dependency tree.
This is the index of the token which has an arc going to this token.
The index is the position of the token in the array of tokens returned
by the API method. If this token is a root token, then the
head_token_index is its own index.
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(For more\ninformation on dependency labels, see\n\u003chttp://www.aclweb.org/anthology/P13-2017\u003e \n\nInheritance\n-----------\n\n[object](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object) \\\u003e DependencyEdge \n\nImplements\n----------\n\n[IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage-1.html)[DependencyEdge](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Language.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Language.V1.DependencyEdge), [IEquatable](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.iequatable-1)[DependencyEdge](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Language.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Language.V1.DependencyEdge), [IDeepCloneable](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IDeepCloneable-1.html)[DependencyEdge](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Language.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Language.V1.DependencyEdge), [IBufferMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IBufferMessage.html), [IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage.html) \n\nInherited Members\n-----------------\n\n[object.GetHashCode()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gethashcode) \n[object.GetType()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gettype) \n[object.ToString()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.tostring)\n\nNamespace\n---------\n\n[Google.Cloud.Language.V1](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Language.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Language.V1)\n\nAssembly\n--------\n\nGoogle.Cloud.Language.V1.dll\n\nConstructors\n------------\n\n### DependencyEdge()\n\n public DependencyEdge()\n\n### DependencyEdge(DependencyEdge)\n\n public DependencyEdge(DependencyEdge other)\n\nProperties\n----------\n\n### HeadTokenIndex\n\n public int HeadTokenIndex { get; set; }\n\nRepresents the head of this token in the dependency tree.\nThis is the index of the token which has an arc going to this token.\nThe index is the position of the token in the array of tokens returned\nby the API method. If this token is a root token, then the\n`head_token_index` is its own index.\n\n### Label\n\n public DependencyEdge.Types.Label Label { get; set; }\n\nThe parse label for the token."]]
