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How to surround portions of a tree with boxes

I need to group portions of a tree with boxes, and additionally label them, e.g. put "W1" on the side of the box, or in the top right corner of the box. The result I want to achieve is somewhat ...
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Vertical path to node in TikZ trees

How can I set the path between two specific nodes to "vertical" rather than "direct"? Currently my tree looks like this: \begin{tikzpicture}[level distance=1.5cm, every ...
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How to create syntactic trees and align them in LaTeX?

I want to create syntactic trees and align them in LaTeX as in the picture below. Can you help me?
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Using beamer overlays with forest generated trees

I am using the forest package from Sašo Živanović in order to create a wide tree on a beamer slide. Previously, I was using qtree. But due to the easier way of arranging nodes automatically with ...
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Drawing tree like structure

I have to draw the following figure. What I have now is uggly. Somehow the structure should be more balanced. Is there a way to do this with tikz-qtree? The point is that it is multiple dominance and ...
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Square edges in forest package

I can easily do trees with horizontal (square) edges in tikz-qtree (see MWE). The forest package is however a far superior alternative for my purposes. However, every attempt to do either horizontal ...
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[Tikz-]Qtree: force direction of single child to left or right?

I'm trying to draw a tree that has internal nodes with only one child, but which must be oriented. / \ /\ \ /\ Instead of the typical qtree where said children just "hang": ...
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Simple dendrogram [closed]

I am just trying to create a simple dendrogram in beamer to develop an intuition for heirarchical clustering and I have tried several sites and several tree diagrams but cannot get anything to do what ...
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Nodes within leaf text in tikz-qtree?

I'm trying to draw a box around only part of the text in a tikz-qtree tree, but the closest I can do is this: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{tikz-qtree} \begin{document} ...
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Restoring qtree spacing in tikz-qtree

Is it somehow possible to achieve the same node spacing in tikz-qtree as in the original qtree package? Compare the two: qtree: tikz-qtree: The spacing between nodes in one level should be the ...
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Is it possible to emulate qtree with forest?

This question was actually asked by Alan Munn in a comment to How do I create a LCM tree diagram?. I repeat (and self-answer) it here because the answer is too long to fit the margin :-) qtree is a ...
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draw a many edge from a node- Tree - tikz

i want to draw the tree in the following picture : i have write : \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{color} \definecolor{red}{rgb}{1,0,0} \begin{document} ...
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Seeking improvement on a poor solution---for descendant charts

I've a solution to a problem that screams out for improvement. I'm working on a second edition of a family history (mine) that has a great number of descendant charts. I've cobbled together a way of ...
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How to fix the overlapped nodes with long text, in TikZ. Concept maps

I'd like to get helping from you. I want to have paragraphs in the nodes of the concept map with Tikz, I mean, texts with multiple lines. I have a problem with texts, the nodes are overlapped. Here's ...
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Example template for a hierarchy diagram [duplicate]

I wanted to draw a tree diagram so that i can put citations beside the node texts. Is there an example in code?
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drawing a syntax tree in tikz

I would like to draw a syntax tree, which resembles the below syntax tree. I know that I can use tikz to draw syntax trees, but I can't seem to figure out how to draw a straight line down to a node, ...
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How to convert Newick tree format to TikZ?

I need to draw a number of large phylogenetic tree diagrams in a document and it appears that tikz-qtree may be the best package for this task. A manual approach does not seem the best solution to ...
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Tikz tree and position of single leaf in binary tree

I am constructing a binary tree which looks as follows: \begin{tikzpicture} \node {root} child { node {left} } child { node {right} child { node {rightmost} } ...
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Indefinite Subtrees

While doing tree proofs, sometimes we need to consider a root with some subtrees, but we don't know the exact properties of the subtrees, so we just represent them using triangles. Is it possible to ...
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Using tree-dvips with pdflatex? [closed]

It seems like using tree-dvips with pdflatex is not very easy. It has been documented in various places in the web. I wouldn't mind using latex and then convert to PDF, but I am actually interested ...
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Strange line width problem with tikz-qtree [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: TikZ borders showing through when they shouldn’t (overlapping circles) I have a strange problem with using tikz-qtree where the thickness of the lines are a bit odd. ...
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complex nodes with tikz-qtree

I am trying to convert my tree-dvips trees into something that is compatible with xelatex. I had a look at the tikz-qtree package, but it seems to be impossible to set complex nodes. In the old qtree ...
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Using tree-dvips with XeLaTeX

I try to switch to XeLaTeX, but the package tree-dvips causes problems. It seems to require PostScript and pdftricks which causes a lot of other problems (puts a \begin{center} environment around ...
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A simple tree for a website structure?

I would create a simple picture of a small websitestructure and i found these nice example http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/family-tree/. But I would change some things and I don't know if it is ...
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I'm getting the error: ! Paragraph ended before \@@label was complete

I've scoured this forum and it looks to me like I'm setting up the tree correctly, but I'm still getting this error, I have \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{tikz-qtree} in the header. Here is the ...
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place several figure into one -tikz

I draw several trees and now I want to place them in a figure ( side by side or one below the other ) \documentclass{report} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{fit,shapes} \begin{document} ...
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Incomplete arrows and missing arrow heads in TikZ

I have the following plot which looks good, but there are two issues: Not all arrows have arrow-heads. I have no idea why this is. Some edges are not long enough. For example, the left edge of the ...
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How do I draw curve crossing one edge of a tree (using tikz-qtree)?

I am using tikz-qtree, and I'd like to draw a curve separating a set of nodes from the rest of the tree. For example, \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{tikz-qtree} ...
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Draw a tree with variable node number

I would like to draw a tree in tex that is more like a sketch of a tree: It should contain variable node numbers. Important is, that the dots are contained in the tree drawn. Is that possible with ...
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Problem using macros to define tree substructures

Relatively simple problem: I want to use macros to define substructures of a tree. In the following example for illustration, I want to define some children (left and right) to be used several times ...
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Draw Tree using tikz [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Drawing a tree where many nodes have the same child in TikZ I'm trying the draw a tree using the TikZ package, \begin{center} \begin{tikzpicture} ...
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Tree using Latex

I want to to reduce the size of the node to which they perceived better in my presentation; the problem is that the nodes are overlap. I have the code from Drawing a tree where many nodes have the ...
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draw an ellipse into a Tree picture -tikz package

I have draw a tree using tikz package like this \begin{tikzpicture} \tikzstyle{level 1}=[sibling distance=40mm] \tikzstyle{level 2}=[sibling distance=20mm] \tikzstyle{level 3}=[sibling ...
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How to draw a joining line between two picture tikz-pgf

I'am having draw two tree using the tikz-pgf package \begin{frame} \begin{columns}[c] \begin{column}{2cm} \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.5] \tikzstyle{level 1}=[sibling distance=10mm] ...
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Demonstrating syntax of a sentence [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to draw syntactical trees with parallel leafs for a natural language? Consider page 4 in following paper: Pantcheva 2007 Which package can be used to draw a ...
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TikZ: Draw a B+ Tree

Having consulted this and this thread, I think the multipart feature of TikZ might just do what I need (see picture below). Is there any way to hide the vertical lines between node parts and still be ...
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AVL Trees in TikZ: draw outside of node

I'm trying to draw an AVL tree with TikZ. I got the basic tree structure covered, but I'm not sure how to draw the balance factor outside of the node (see picture below). Any suggestions?
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TikZ - game tree representation with continuum of moves

I have been using TikZ to draw game-trees for my game-theory lectures (mostly using the automata package) but I could not figure out how to draw an arc across the edges the leave a given node. When we ...
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What is a suitable package for drawing term algebra style trees

I want to be able to draw something like nested triangles that are arranged in a tree-like fashion. Or explicitly, a node of a tree is represented as an isosceles triangle pointed upward. Each ...
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Aligning trees built with tikzpicture

I want to align some trees I am creating. I want the root node of all the trees to be on the same line. Currently for each tree I create, the root node of each subsequent tree is on a line after the ...
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Tools for tree diagram

I would like to make a simple scheme looking like tree diagram (structure like this or that). The problem is that all the packages I did try, could make nice binary trees with little information in ...
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Writing a line from two sibling nodes in a TikZ tree

Recently I am struggling on TikZ and it is really difficult to find options and solutions considering it is such a huge and comprehensive library. What I actually would like to do is drawing, in a ...
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Problems with tikz tree growth on secondary levels in trees

I have the following code: \begin{tikzpicture}[grow=right, sloped] \tikzstyle{level 1}=[level distance=1.3cm, sibling distance=1cm] \tikzstyle{level 2}=[level distance=1.2cm, sibling distance=1cm] ...
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How to draw a horizontal tree with branches on the right and left?

I need to draw trees but they should extend (from the root) on both sides. TikZ seems a good solution but do not how to manage it.
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Diagrams for data structures and their dependencies [closed]

I need to create a flowchart-like diagram (actually a tree) for documenting the internals of an operating system and a particular subsystem in it. I've been looking at tikz but haven't found yet any ...
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TikZ-tree: edge-alignment in horizontal org-chart

I'm working on some sort of org-chart/hierarchy-tree and ran into issues with the edge-alignment. As a guideline I used the family-tree-TeXample. See the TeX.sx-dicussion here. However, the text in ...
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Alignment of node labels in tikz-qtree

I am trying to draw a refutation tree: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{tikz-qtree} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \Tree [.\node[label= {$\langle ...
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How to specify left and right node of a tikz-qtree

I'm drawing a binary tree using tikz-qtree. In my binary tree the order of children is important, so I need distinguish which edge is the left one and the right one. In my sample code I can't ...
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How to generate labels next to junctions and avoid self-collision with tikz?

I have an ASCII-art phylogenetic tree that looks (in part) like /------ PLN /-----+ 0.9 | \------ IL1 /--------+ 1.8 | | /----- PVD | ...
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How to align a vertical tree to the upper-left corner?

How do I align vertical trees to to the top? This is my current tree:       I want to get this tree:                  ^ That's a part of ...

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