diff --git a/en/data/morpho-lexicon/add_to_fplm.txt b/en/data/morpho-lexicon/add_to_fplm.txt
index b25eb3a2ab5680fcd5c1d7fb81b52d255cd823e4..323817769461b03457aefa8b2b3e0a44f058e3f6 100644
--- a/en/data/morpho-lexicon/add_to_fplm.txt
+++ b/en/data/morpho-lexicon/add_to_fplm.txt
@@ -1,305 +1,310 @@
 n't	RB	not	#####
-according to	IN	$lemma	#####
+in the middle of	IN	in the middle of	#####
+in the middle of	JJ	in the middle of	#####
+in the middle of	NN	in the middle of	#####
+in the middle of	RB	in the middle of	#####
+in the middle of	RP	in the middle of	#####
+according to	IN	according to	#####
 according to	JJ	according to	#####
 according to	NN	according to	#####
 according to	RB	according to	#####
 according to	RP	according to	#####
-ahead of	IN	$lemma	#####
+ahead of	IN	ahead of	#####
 ahead of	JJ	ahead of	#####
 ahead of	NN	ahead of	#####
 ahead of	RB	ahead of	#####
 ahead of	RP	ahead of	#####
-along with	IN	$lemma	#####
+along with	IN	along with	#####
 along with	JJ	along with	#####
 along with	NN	along with	#####
 along with	RB	along with	#####
 along with	RP	along with	#####
-apart from	IN	$lemma	#####
+apart from	IN	apart from	#####
 apart from	JJ	apart from	#####
 apart from	NN	apart from	#####
 apart from	RB	apart from	#####
 apart from	RP	apart from	#####
-as for	IN	$lemma	#####
+as for	IN	as for	#####
 as for	JJ	as for	#####
 as for	NN	as for	#####
 as for	RB	as for	#####
 as for	RP	as for	#####
-as well as	IN	$lemma	#####
+as well as	IN	as well as	#####
 as well as	JJ	as well as	#####
 as well as	NN	as well as	#####
 as well as	RB	as well as	#####
 as well as	RP	as well as	#####
-aside from	IN	$lemma	#####
+aside from	IN	aside from	#####
 aside from	JJ	aside from	#####
 aside from	NN	aside from	#####
 aside from	RB	aside from	#####
 aside from	RP	aside from	#####
-at the bottom of	IN	$lemma	#####
+at the bottom of	IN	at the bottom of	#####
 at the bottom of	JJ	at the bottom of	#####
 at the bottom of	NN	at the bottom of	#####
 at the bottom of	RB	at the bottom of	#####
 at the bottom of	RP	at the bottom of	#####
-at the top of	IN	$lemma	#####
+at the top of	IN	at the top of	#####
 at the top of	JJ	at the top of	#####
 at the top of	NN	at the top of	#####
 at the top of	RB	at the top of	#####
 at the top of	RP	at the top of	#####
-away from	IN	$lemma	#####
+away from	IN	away from	#####
 away from	JJ	away from	#####
 away from	NN	away from	#####
 away from	RB	away from	#####
 away from	RP	away from	#####
-because of	IN	$lemma	#####
+because of	IN	because of	#####
 because of	JJ	because of	#####
 because of	NN	because of	#####
 because of	RB	because of	#####
 because of	RP	because of	#####
-but for	IN	$lemma	#####
+but for	IN	but for	#####
 but for	JJ	but for	#####
 but for	NN	but for	#####
 but for	RB	but for	#####
 but for	RP	but for	#####
-by means of	IN	$lemma	#####
+by means of	IN	by means of	#####
 by means of	JJ	by means of	#####
 by means of	NN	by means of	#####
 by means of	RB	by means of	#####
 by means of	RP	by means of	#####
-by virtue of	IN	$lemma	#####
+by virtue of	IN	by virtue of	#####
 by virtue of	JJ	by virtue of	#####
 by virtue of	NN	by virtue of	#####
 by virtue of	RB	by virtue of	#####
 by virtue of	RP	by virtue of	#####
-by way of	IN	$lemma	#####
+by way of	IN	by way of	#####
 by way of	JJ	by way of	#####
 by way of	NN	by way of	#####
 by way of	RB	by way of	#####
 by way of	RP	by way of	#####
-close to	IN	$lemma	#####
+close to	IN	close to	#####
 close to	JJ	close to	#####
 close to	NN	close to	#####
 close to	RB	close to	#####
 close to	RP	close to	#####
-contrary to	IN	$lemma	#####
+contrary to	IN	contrary to	#####
 contrary to	JJ	contrary to	#####
 contrary to	NN	contrary to	#####
 contrary to	RB	contrary to	#####
 contrary to	RP	contrary to	#####
-due to	IN	$lemma	#####
+due to	IN	due to	#####
 due to	JJ	due to	#####
 due to	NN	due to	#####
 due to	RB	due to	#####
 due to	RP	due to	#####
-except for	IN	$lemma	#####
+except for	IN	except for	#####
 except for	JJ	except for	#####
 except for	NN	except for	#####
 except for	RB	except for	#####
 except for	RP	except for	#####
-far from	IN	$lemma	#####
+far from	IN	far from	#####
 far from	JJ	far from	#####
 far from	NN	far from	#####
 far from	RB	far from	#####
 far from	RP	far from	#####
-for lack of	IN	$lemma	#####
+for lack of	IN	for lack of	#####
 for lack of	JJ	for lack of	#####
 for lack of	NN	for lack of	#####
 for lack of	RB	for lack of	#####
 for lack of	RP	for lack of	#####
-in accordance with	IN	$lemma	#####
+in accordance with	IN	in accordance with	#####
 in accordance with	JJ	in accordance with	#####
 in accordance with	NN	in accordance with	#####
 in accordance with	RB	in accordance with	#####
 in accordance with	RP	in accordance with	#####
-in addition to	IN	$lemma	#####
+in addition to	IN	in addition to	#####
 in addition to	JJ	in addition to	#####
 in addition to	NN	in addition to	#####
 in addition to	RB	in addition to	#####
 in addition to	RP	in addition to	#####
-in back of	IN	$lemma	#####
+in back of	IN	in back of	#####
 in back of	JJ	in back of	#####
 in back of	NN	in back of	#####
 in back of	RB	in back of	#####
 in back of	RP	in back of	#####
-in between	IN	$lemma	#####
+in between	IN	in between	#####
 in between	JJ	in between	#####
 in between	NN	in between	#####
 in between	RB	in between	#####
 in between	RP	in between	#####
-in the case of	IN	$lemma	#####
+in the case of	IN	in the case of	#####
 in the case of	JJ	in the case of	#####
 in the case of	NN	in the case of	#####
 in the case of	RB	in the case of	#####
 in the case of	RP	in the case of	#####
-in case of	IN	$lemma	#####
+in case of	IN	in case of	#####
 in case of	JJ	in case of	#####
 in case of	NN	in case of	#####
 in case of	RB	in case of	#####
 in case of	RP	in case of	#####
-in charge of	IN	$lemma	#####
+in charge of	IN	in charge of	#####
 in charge of	JJ	in charge of	#####
 in charge of	NN	in charge of	#####
 in charge of	RB	in charge of	#####
 in charge of	RP	in charge of	#####
-in exchange for	IN	$lemma	#####
+in exchange for	IN	in exchange for	#####
 in exchange for	JJ	in exchange for	#####
 in exchange for	NN	in exchange for	#####
 in exchange for	RB	in exchange for	#####
 in exchange for	RP	in exchange for	#####
-in front of	IN	$lemma	#####
+in front of	IN	in front of	#####
 in front of	JJ	in front of	#####
 in front of	NN	in front of	#####
 in front of	RB	in front of	#####
 in front of	RP	in front of	#####
-in light of	IN	$lemma	#####
+in light of	IN	in light of	#####
 in light of	JJ	in light of	#####
 in light of	NN	in light of	#####
 in light of	RB	in light of	#####
 in light of	RP	in light of	#####
-in line with	IN	$lemma	#####
+in line with	IN	in line with	#####
 in line with	JJ	in line with	#####
 in line with	NN	in line with	#####
 in line with	RB	in line with	#####
 in line with	RP	in line with	#####
-in place of	IN	$lemma	#####
+in place of	IN	in place of	#####
 in place of	JJ	in place of	#####
 in place of	NN	in place of	#####
 in place of	RB	in place of	#####
 in place of	RP	in place of	#####
-in process of	IN	$lemma	#####
+in process of	IN	in process of	#####
 in process of	JJ	in process of	#####
 in process of	NN	in process of	#####
 in process of	RB	in process of	#####
 in process of	RP	in process of	#####
-in the process of	IN	$lemma	#####
+in the process of	IN	in the process of	#####
 in the process of	JJ	in the process of	#####
 in the process of	NN	in the process of	#####
 in the process of	RB	in the process of	#####
 in the process of	RP	in the process of	#####
-in regard to	IN	$lemma	#####
+in regard to	IN	in regard to	#####
 in regard to	JJ	in regard to	#####
 in regard to	NN	in regard to	#####
 in regard to	RB	in regard to	#####
 in regard to	RP	in regard to	#####
-inside of	IN	$lemma	#####
+inside of	IN	inside of	#####
 inside of	JJ	inside of	#####
 inside of	NN	inside of	#####
 inside of	RB	inside of	#####
 inside of	RP	inside of	#####
-in spite of	IN	$lemma	#####
+in spite of	IN	in spite of	#####
 in spite of	JJ	in spite of	#####
 in spite of	NN	in spite of	#####
 in spite of	RB	in spite of	#####
 in spite of	RP	in spite of	#####
-instead of	IN	$lemma	#####
+instead of	IN	instead of	#####
 instead of	JJ	instead of	#####
 instead of	NN	instead of	#####
 instead of	RB	instead of	#####
 instead of	RP	instead of	#####
-in view of	IN	$lemma	#####
+in view of	IN	in view of	#####
 in view of	JJ	in view of	#####
 in view of	NN	in view of	#####
 in view of	RB	in view of	#####
 in view of	RP	in view of	#####
-near to	IN	$lemma	#####
+near to	IN	near to	#####
 near to	JJ	near to	#####
 near to	NN	near to	#####
 near to	RB	near to	#####
 near to	RP	near to	#####
-next to	IN	$lemma	#####
+next to	IN	next to	#####
 next to	JJ	next to	#####
 next to	NN	next to	#####
 next to	RB	next to	#####
 next to	RP	next to	#####
-on account of	IN	$lemma	#####
+on account of	IN	on account of	#####
 on account of	JJ	on account of	#####
 on account of	NN	on account of	#####
 on account of	RB	on account of	#####
 on account of	RP	on account of	#####
-on behalf of	IN	$lemma	#####
+on behalf of	IN	on behalf of	#####
 on behalf of	JJ	on behalf of	#####
 on behalf of	NN	on behalf of	#####
 on behalf of	RB	on behalf of	#####
 on behalf of	RP	on behalf of	#####
-on top of	IN	$lemma	#####
+on top of	IN	on top of	#####
 on top of	JJ	on top of	#####
 on top of	NN	on top of	#####
 on top of	RB	on top of	#####
 on top of	RP	on top of	#####
-on the top of	IN	$lemma	#####
+on the top of	IN	on the top of	#####
 on the top of	JJ	on the top of	#####
 on the top of	NN	on the top of	#####
 on the top of	RB	on the top of	#####
 on the top of	RP	on the top of	#####
-on the bottom of	IN	$lemma	#####
+on the bottom of	IN	on the bottom of	#####
 on the bottom of	JJ	on the bottom of	#####
 on the bottom of	NN	on the bottom of	#####
 on the bottom of	RB	on the bottom of	#####
 on the bottom of	RP	on the bottom of	#####
-out of	IN	$lemma	#####
+out of	IN	out of	#####
 out of	JJ	out of	#####
 out of	NN	out of	#####
 out of	RB	out of	#####
 out of	RP	out of	#####
-outside of	IN	$lemma	#####
+outside of	IN	outside of	#####
 outside of	JJ	outside of	#####
 outside of	NN	outside of	#####
 outside of	RB	outside of	#####
 outside of	RP	outside of	#####
-owing to	IN	$lemma	#####
+owing to	IN	owing to	#####
 owing to	JJ	owing to	#####
 owing to	NN	owing to	#####
 owing to	RB	owing to	#####
 owing to	RP	owing to	#####
-prior to	IN	$lemma	#####
+prior to	IN	prior to	#####
 prior to	JJ	prior to	#####
 prior to	NN	prior to	#####
 prior to	RB	prior to	#####
 prior to	RP	prior to	#####
-subsequent to	IN	$lemma	#####
+subsequent to	IN	subsequent to	#####
 subsequent to	JJ	subsequent to	#####
 subsequent to	NN	subsequent to	#####
 subsequent to	RB	subsequent to	#####
 subsequent to	RP	subsequent to	#####
-such as	IN	$lemma	#####
+such as	IN	such as	#####
 such as	JJ	such as	#####
 such as	NN	such as	#####
 such as	RB	such as	#####
 such as	RP	such as	#####
-thanks to	IN	$lemma	#####
+thanks to	IN	thanks to	#####
 thanks to	JJ	thanks to	#####
 thanks to	NN	thanks to	#####
 thanks to	RB	thanks to	#####
 thanks to	RP	thanks to	#####
-to the right of	IN	$lemma	#####
+to the right of	IN	to the right of	#####
 to the right of	JJ	to the right of	#####
 to the right of	NN	to the right of	#####
 to the right of	RB	to the right of	#####
 to the right of	RP	to the right of	#####
-to the left of	IN	$lemma	#####
+to the left of	IN	to the left of	#####
 to the left of	JJ	to the right of	#####
 to the left of	NN	to the right of	#####
 to the left of	RB	to the right of	#####
 to the left of	RP	to the right of	#####
-together with	IN	$lemma	#####
+together with	IN	together with	#####
 together with	JJ	together with	#####
 together with	NN	together with	#####
 together with	RB	together with	#####
 together with	RP	together with	#####
-up against	IN	$lemma	#####
+up against	IN	up against	#####
 up against	JJ	up against	#####
 up against	NN	up against	#####
 up against	RB	up against	#####
 up against	RP	up against	#####
-up to	IN	$lemma	#####
+up to	IN	up to	#####
 up to	JJ	up to	#####
 up to	NN	up to	#####
 up to	RB	up to	#####
 up to	RP	up to	#####
-up until	IN	$lemma	#####
+up until	IN	up until	#####
 up until	JJ	up until	#####
 up until	NN	up until	#####
 up until	RB	up until	#####
 up until	RP	up until	#####
-with respect to	IN	$lemma	#####
+with respect to	IN	with respect to	#####
 with respect to	JJ	with respect to	#####
 with respect to	NN	with respect to	#####
 with respect to	RB	with respect to	#####
diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index b917c29d9dd7e068ea307a15dcb90c08250e92ff..76cb3e8f5e1db5619c809f00dc135ee7330d163e 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ LIBS =  -lm
 
 OBJ = conll_lib.o orfeo.o util.o hash_str.o ftb_lib.o
 
-ALL= ftb_tokenize_point ftb_remove_punct ftb2datcha decoda2orfeo ftb2orfeo process_decoda_tsv conll07_renumber_tokens ftb2fr_stream conll2mcf
+ALL= ftb_tokenize_point ftb_remove_punct ftb2datcha decoda2orfeo ftb2orfeo process_decoda_tsv conll07_renumber_tokens ftb2fr_stream conll2mcf conllu2mcf
 
 all: $(ALL)
 
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ all: $(ALL)
 conll2mcf : conll2mcf.c  $(OBJ)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(OBJ) $(LIBS) 
 
+conllu2mcf : conllu2mcf.c  $(OBJ)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(OBJ) $(LIBS) 
+
 ftb2fr_stream : ftb2fr_stream.c  $(OBJ)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(OBJ) $(LIBS) 
 
@@ -61,3 +64,4 @@ clean:
 	- rm -f process_decoda_tsv
 	- rm -f conll07_renumber_tokens
 	- rm -f conll2mcf
+	- rm -f conllu2mcf
diff --git a/tools/conll2fplm.pl b/tools/conll2fplm.pl
index ff6f76be03efa82aecc91934fbf0ff8617d2e714..545886a2e5060e57284631ad9fe4a3dd33290391 100755
--- a/tools/conll2fplm.pl
+++ b/tools/conll2fplm.pl
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ while($arg){
 
 #print "use_coarse_pos = $use_coarse_pos conll = $conll\n";
 
-#open(my $CONLL, "<", $conll)
-#	or die "Can't open < $conll: $!";
+open(my $CONLL, "<", $conll)
+	or die "Can't open < $conll: $!";
 
-while(<>){
+while(<$CONLL>){
+    if(!/^#/){
     ($index, $form, $lemma, $cpos, $pos, $morpho, $gov, $label) = split;
     if($use_coarse_pos){
 	$fplm = $form . "\t" . $cpos . "\t" . $lemma . "\t" . $morpho;
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ while(<>){
 	$fplm = $form . "\t" . $pos . "\t" . $lemma . "\t" . $morpho;
     }
     $hash{$fplm} = 1;
+    }
 }
 
 close($CONLL);
diff --git a/tools/conll_lib.c b/tools/conll_lib.c
index fd05b6cb91b093b60877635a9f42e1d245a71b3e..141b5ed73e3db61185d3910e19e2fa5438f5ecb8 100644
--- a/tools/conll_lib.c
+++ b/tools/conll_lib.c
@@ -151,6 +151,26 @@ int parse_line(FILE *f, sentence *s)
     return 0;
   }
 
+  /* specific to conll_u */
+  
+  /* ignore comments  */
+  if(buff[0] == '#'){
+    return 0;
+  }
+  
+  {
+  /* ignore amalgams  */
+    int i;
+    for(i=0; (buff[i] != '\t') && (i < MAX_LINE_LENGTH); i++)
+      if(buff[i] == '-') return 0;
+
+  }
+
+  
+
+  /* end of specific to conll_u */
+
+  
   s->words[s->l] = w = malloc(sizeof(word));
   w->daughters_nb = 0;
   s->l++;