QU connects quotation marks, delimiting quoted sentences.
+------------QUc-----------+ +-----------Xc-----------+ | +------>WV----->+ | | +---Wd---+ | | +----CP---+ +-QUd-+ +-Sp*i-+--QI-+ | +Wd+--Ss--+-Xp-+ | | | | | | | | | | LEFT-WALL " I.p wonder.v how , " she said.q-d . +---------QUc---------+ +---------Xc--------+ | +----Wi----+ | | +---->WV---->+--QUd-+ | | | +--Wd--+--Ss-+-Xc-+ | +--I--+ | | | | | | | | | | | LEFT-WALL he said.q-d , " let's go.v ! "The QUd links the opening quote, the QUc links the closing quote. Grammar Documentation Page.