backward-subphrase-with-optionals| Keys | Menu | |
| X | Shift+Alt+Left Arrow or Control+F7 | Structure/Backward/Subphrase with Optionals |
| MS | Shift+Alt+Left Arrow or Shift+Alt+F7 | Structure/Backward/Subphrase with Optionals |
This command is also known as backward-with-optionals. Change the structural selection to the previous resting place in a forward preorder traversal of the abstract-syntax tree. Stop at placeholders for optional constituents.
The command is parser-initiating.