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According to the NHK pitch accent dictionary, そう has Heiban pitch when used as
an adverb (副詞):

> [![enter image description
> here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/18282.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/18282.png)

and Atamadaka pitch when used as an interjection:

> [![enter image description
> here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OLdhQ.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OLdhQ.png)

**Question:** Despite the above, the phrase 「そうですね」parses そう as having
Atamadaka pitch in Yomichan:

> [![enter image description
> here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MrwF2.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MrwF2.png)

Here そう is being used as an Adverb, no? So shouldn't that mean it takes Heiban
pitch? Or is it that the whole phrase 「そうですね」 is being used as an
interjection, so that そう takes on Atamadaka pitch?
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Why is the pitch of そう in 「そうですね」Atamadaka?
"Here そう is being used as an Adverb, no" Nope, that's a noun followed by
copula
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The actual rule is that そう is heiban when it directly modifies the following
predicate, but gets an accent when anything attaches to it (は、だ、です、か、も、さ,
etc).

そう言わない  
そ＼うは言わない  
そ＼うだ  
そ＼うか

You should note that the そ＼うは case in particular really breaks the simple
“adverb=heiban” model presented by NHK.
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