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`acl`: clausal modifier of noun

acl stands for finite and non-finite clauses that modify a nominal. The acl relation contrasts with the advcl relation, which is used for adverbial clauses that modify a predicate. The head of the acl relation is the noun that is modified, and the dependent is the head of the clause that modifies the noun.



  
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muž , o kterém jsem mluvil \n man , about whom I-have talked
acl(muž, mluvil)
acl(man, talked)
{
    "text": "muž , o kterém jsem mluvil \n man , about whom I-have talked ",
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        [ "embedded-1-T2", "token", [ [ 4, 5 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T3", "token", [ [ 6, 7 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T4", "token", [ [ 8, 14 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T5", "token", [ [ 15, 19 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T6", "token", [ [ 20, 26 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T8", "token", [ [ 29, 32 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T9", "token", [ [ 33, 34 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T10", "token", [ [ 35, 40 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T11", "token", [ [ 41, 45 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T12", "token", [ [ 46, 52 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T13", "token", [ [ 53, 59 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-1-R1", "acl", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-T1" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-T6" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-R2", "acl", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-T8" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-T13" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "1" ]
}

This relation is also used for optional depictives. The adjective is taken to modify the nominal of which it provides a secondary predication. See xcomp for further discussion of resultatives and depictives.



  
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Alena vstoupila do místnosti smutná . \n Alena entered to room sad .
acl(Alena-1, smutná)
acl(Alena-8, sad)
{
    "text": "Alena vstoupila do místnosti smutná . \n Alena entered to room sad . ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-2-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 5 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T2", "token", [ [ 6, 15 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T3", "token", [ [ 16, 18 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T4", "token", [ [ 19, 28 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T5", "token", [ [ 29, 35 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T6", "token", [ [ 36, 37 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T8", "token", [ [ 40, 45 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T9", "token", [ [ 46, 53 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T10", "token", [ [ 54, 56 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T11", "token", [ [ 57, 61 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T12", "token", [ [ 62, 65 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T13", "token", [ [ 66, 67 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-2-R1", "acl", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-T1" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-T5" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-R2", "acl", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-T8" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-T12" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "2" ]
}



  
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Namaloval svou ženu nahou . \n He-painted his wife naked .
acl(ženu, nahou)
acl(wife, naked)
{
    "text": "Namaloval svou ženu nahou . \n He-painted his wife naked . ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-3-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 9 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T2", "token", [ [ 10, 14 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T3", "token", [ [ 15, 19 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T4", "token", [ [ 20, 25 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T5", "token", [ [ 26, 27 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T7", "token", [ [ 30, 40 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T8", "token", [ [ 41, 44 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T9", "token", [ [ 45, 49 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T10", "token", [ [ 50, 55 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T11", "token", [ [ 56, 57 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-3-R1", "acl", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-T3" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-T4" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-R2", "acl", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-T9" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-T10" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "3" ]
}

Czech also allows finite clausal complements for nouns with a subset of nouns like fact or report. These look roughly like relative clauses, but do not have any omitted role in the dependent clause. These are also analyzed as acl.

Příčinou není fakt , že by kina navštívilo víc diváků . \n Cause is-not the-fact , that would cinemas visit more filmgoers .
acl(fakt, navštívilo)
acl(the-fact, visit)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Czech)

This relation is universal.

22828 nodes (2%) are attached to their parents as acl.

22682 instances of acl (99%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 5.70093744524268.

The following 41 pairs of parts of speech are connected with acl: NOUN-VERB (16176; 71% instances), PRON-VERB (2941; 13% instances), PROPN-VERB (1541; 7% instances), NOUN-ADJ (740; 3% instances), NOUN-NOUN (531; 2% instances), PRON-ADJ (186; 1% instances), ADJ-VERB (145; 1% instances), NOUN-PRON (103; 0% instances), PRON-NOUN (88; 0% instances), DET-VERB (84; 0% instances), PROPN-NOUN (79; 0% instances), NUM-VERB (42; 0% instances), PROPN-ADJ (26; 0% instances), NOUN-NUM (24; 0% instances), PRON-PRON (24; 0% instances), VERB-VERB (20; 0% instances), ADV-VERB (11; 0% instances), NOUN-ADV (10; 0% instances), NOUN-DET (9; 0% instances), ADJ-ADJ (7; 0% instances), PRON-ADV (5; 0% instances), NOUN-PART (4; 0% instances), PRON-PART (4; 0% instances), DET-ADJ (3; 0% instances), NOUN-PROPN (3; 0% instances), ADP-VERB (2; 0% instances), DET-NOUN (2; 0% instances), NUM-ADJ (2; 0% instances), NUM-NOUN (2; 0% instances), PRON-NUM (2; 0% instances), PROPN-NUM (2; 0% instances), ADJ-NOUN (1; 0% instances), CONJ-ADJ (1; 0% instances), CONJ-VERB (1; 0% instances), DET-ADV (1; 0% instances), PART-NOUN (1; 0% instances), PART-VERB (1; 0% instances), PRON-PROPN (1; 0% instances), PROPN-PROPN (1; 0% instances), VERB-ADJ (1; 0% instances), VERB-NOUN (1; 0% instances).

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1	Firma	firma	NOUN	NNFS1-----A----	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Negative=Pos|Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	6	punct	_	_
3	která	který	PRON	P4FS1----------	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Int,Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
4	si	se	PRON	P7-X3----------	Case=Dat|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Variant=Short	6	nmod	_	LGloss=(zvr._zájmeno/částice)
5	je	on	PRON	PPXP4--3-------	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	dobj	_	LId=on-1|LGloss=(oni/ono)
6	vyžádá	vyžádat	VERB	VB-S---3P-AA---	Aspect=Perf|Mood=Ind|Negative=Pos|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	1	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	6	punct	_	_
8	platí	platit	VERB	VB-S---3P-AA---	Mood=Ind|Negative=Pos|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
9	pouze	pouze	ADV	Db-------------	_	10	advmod:emph	_	_
10	náklady	náklad	NOUN	NNIP4-----A----	Animacy=Inan|Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Negative=Pos|Number=Plur	8	dobj	_	_
11	na	na	ADP	RR--4----------	AdpType=Prep|Case=Acc	13	case	_	LId=na-1
12	jejich	jeho	DET	PSXXXXP3-------	Number[psor]=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	det	_	LGloss=(přivlast.)
13	pobyt	pobyt	NOUN	NNIS4-----A----	Animacy=Inan|Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Negative=Pos|Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No|LGloss=(př._místo_pobytu)
14	.	.	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	8	punct	_	_

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1	Je	být	VERB	VB-S---3P-AA---	Mood=Ind|Negative=Pos|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	3	cop	_	_
2	to	ten	PRON	PDNS1----------	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	něco	něco	PRON	PZ--1----------	Case=Nom|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	7	punct	_	_
5	co	co	PRON	PQ--4----------	Animacy=Inan|Case=Acc|PronType=Int,Rel	7	dobj	_	LId=co-1
6	si	se	PRON	P7-X3----------	Case=Dat|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Variant=Short	7	expl	_	LGloss=(zvr._zájmeno/částice)
7	neseme	nést	VERB	VB-P---1P-AA---	Mood=Ind|Negative=Pos|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	3	acl	_	_
8	v	v	ADP	RR--6----------	AdpType=Prep|Case=Loc	9	case	_	LId=v-1
9	podvědomí	podvědomí	NOUN	NNNS6-----A----	Case=Loc|Gender=Neut|Negative=Pos|Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	3	punct	_	_

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1	K	k	ADP	RR--3----------	AdpType=Prep|Case=Dat	2	case	_	LId=k-1
2	tomu	ten	PRON	PDZS3----------	Case=Dat|Gender=Masc,Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
3	by	být	AUX	Vc-------------	Mood=Cnd|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	měl	mít	VERB	VpYS---XR-AA---	Gender=Masc|Negative=Pos|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
5	pomoci	pomoci	VERB	Vf--------A---1	Negative=Pos|VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
6	Mucha	Mucha	PROPN	NNMS1-----A----	Animacy=Anim|Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|NameType=Sur|Negative=Pos|Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	12	punct	_	_
8	který	který	PRON	P4YS1----------	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Int,Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
9	se	se	PRON	P7-X4----------	Case=Acc|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Variant=Short	12	expl	_	LGloss=(zvr._zájmeno/částice)
10	po	po	ADP	RR--6----------	AdpType=Prep|Case=Loc	11	case	_	LId=po-1
11	letech	rok	NOUN	NNNP6-----A----	Case=Loc|Gender=Neut|Negative=Pos|Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
12	vrátil	vrátit	VERB	VpYS---XR-AA---	Aspect=Perf|Gender=Masc|Negative=Pos|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act	6	acl	_	_
13	ze	z	ADP	RV--2----------	AdpType=Voc|Case=Gen	14	case	_	LId=z-1
14	Zlína	Zlín	PROPN	NNIS2-----A----	Animacy=Inan|Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|NameType=Geo|Negative=Pos|Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	4	punct	_	_

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acl: clausal modifier of noun

Treebank Statistics (UD_Czech)

`acl`: clausal modifier of noun