| Subclasses of authorization danshu | Syntactic patterns | Specific expressions | No. of instances | Percent (%) |
| Positive freedom | 1. danshi/dan, keyi… (but, may…) | 1) danshi … de, keyi… | 13 | 19.12% |
| 2) dan … de, keyi… | 10 | 14.71% | ||
| 3) danshi…, keyi… | 19 | 27.94% | ||
| 2. danshi/dan, youquan… (but, have the right to…) | 1) danshi…, youquan… | 2 | 2.94% | |
| 2) danshi … de, youquan… | 3 | 4.41% | ||
| 3) danshi … you … quanli… | 1 | 1.47% | ||
| 4) dan…, you xuanzequan… | 1 | 1.47% | ||
| 3. Other syntactic patterns | 1) dan … zhineng… | 1 | 1.47% | |
| 2) danshi … de, … huifu… | 1 | 1.47% | ||
| 3) dan … de, cong… | 1 | 1.47% | ||
| 4) dan … de, you… | 1 | 1.47% | ||
| Negative freedom | 1. danshi, bu chengdan… (but, does not bear…) | 1) danshi … de, bu chengdan… | 11 | 16.18% |
| 2) danshi…, bu chengdan… | 1 | 1.47% | ||
| 2. Other danshi, bu V… (but, does not…) | 1) danshi…, bu fang’ai… | 1 | 1.47% | |
| 2) danshi…, bu zai… | 1 | 1.47% | ||
| 3) danshi…, bu xuyao… | 1 | 1.47% |