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nsubj: nominal subject

nsubj marks noun phrases that are the subject of a finite clause. The head of nsubj is typically a verb, but can be another noun phrase or adjective, for example in copula constructions.

Die Frau schläft . \n The woman sleeps .
nsubj(schläft, Frau)
Die Frau ist Ärztin . \n The woman is a doctor .
nsubj(Ärztin, Frau)
Die Frau ist müde . \n The woman is tired .
nsubj(müde, Frau)

Treebank Statistics (UD_German)

This relation is universal.

17703 nodes (6%) are attached to their parents as nsubj.

13325 instances of nsubj (75%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 4.22770151951647.

The following 56 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nsubj: de-pos/VERB-de-pos/NOUN (5632; 32% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/PRON (5449; 31% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/PROPN (2106; 12% instances), de-pos/ADJ-de-pos/NOUN (1302; 7% instances), de-pos/NOUN-de-pos/NOUN (733; 4% instances), de-pos/NOUN-de-pos/PROPN (609; 3% instances), de-pos/NOUN-de-pos/PRON (566; 3% instances), de-pos/ADJ-de-pos/PRON (519; 3% instances), de-pos/ADJ-de-pos/PROPN (174; 1% instances), de-pos/PROPN-de-pos/NOUN (140; 1% instances), de-pos/ADP-de-pos/NOUN (74; 0% instances), de-pos/PROPN-de-pos/PROPN (67; 0% instances), de-pos/ADP-de-pos/PRON (46; 0% instances), de-pos/PROPN-de-pos/PRON (38; 0% instances), de-pos/PRON-de-pos/PRON (28; 0% instances), de-pos/ADP-de-pos/PROPN (25; 0% instances), de-pos/PRON-de-pos/NOUN (22; 0% instances), de-pos/PRON-de-pos/PROPN (21; 0% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/NUM (17; 0% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/DET (16; 0% instances), de-pos/NUM-de-pos/NOUN (15; 0% instances), de-pos/ADV-de-pos/NOUN (13; 0% instances), de-pos/AUX-de-pos/PRON (9; 0% instances), de-pos/NOUN-de-pos/DET (9; 0% instances), de-pos/ADV-de-pos/PRON (8; 0% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/ADJ (8; 0% instances), de-pos/AUX-de-pos/NOUN (6; 0% instances), de-pos/X-de-pos/PRON (5; 0% instances), de-pos/NUM-de-pos/PRON (4; 0% instances), de-pos/ADJ-de-pos/DET (3; 0% instances), de-pos/ADJ-de-pos/VERB (3; 0% instances), de-pos/CONJ-de-pos/PRON (3; 0% instances), de-pos/NOUN-de-pos/NUM (3; 0% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/VERB (3; 0% instances), de-pos/ADJ-de-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), de-pos/ADJ-de-pos/NUM (2; 0% instances), de-pos/PART-de-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/X (2; 0% instances), de-pos/X-de-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), de-pos/ADJ-de-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), de-pos/ADJ-de-pos/X (1; 0% instances), de-pos/ADV-de-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), de-pos/AUX-de-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), de-pos/CONJ-de-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), de-pos/DET-de-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), de-pos/NOUN-de-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), de-pos/NOUN-de-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), de-pos/NOUN-de-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), de-pos/NOUN-de-pos/X (1; 0% instances), de-pos/PART-de-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), de-pos/PUNCT-de-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), de-pos/SCONJ-de-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), de-pos/SCONJ-de-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/PART (1; 0% instances).

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1	Knapp	_	ADV	_	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	20	_	NUM	_	_	3	nummod	_	_
3	Euro	_	PROPN	_	_	8	dobj	_	_
4	hat	_	AUX	_	_	8	aux	_	_
5	je	_	ADV	_	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	ein	_	DET	_	_	7	det	_	_
7	Teil	_	NOUN	_	_	8	nsubj	_	_
8	gekostet	_	VERB	_	_	0	root	_	_
9	.	_	PUNCT	_	_	8	punct	_	_

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1	Ich	_	PRON	_	_	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hatte	_	VERB	_	_	0	root	_	_
3	Gelegenheit	_	NOUN	_	_	2	dobj	_	_
4	eines	_	DET	_	_	6	det	_	_
5	seiner	_	PRON	_	_	6	det	_	_
6	Seminare	_	NOUN	_	_	8	dobj	_	_
7	zu	_	PART	_	_	8	aux	_	_
8	besuchen	_	VERB	_	_	3	xcomp	_	_
9	.	_	PUNCT	_	_	2	punct	_	_

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1	Bei	_	ADP	_	_	3	case	_	_
2	dem	_	DET	_	_	3	det	_	_
3	Besuch	_	NOUN	_	_	4	nmod	_	_
4	war	_	VERB	_	_	0	root	_	_
5	dann	_	ADV	_	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	schließlich	_	ADV	_	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	keine	_	PRON	_	_	8	neg	_	_
8	Vespa	_	PROPN	_	_	4	nsubj	_	_
9	mehr	_	ADV	_	_	4	advmod	_	_
10	da	_	ADV	_	_	4	mark	_	_
11	.	_	PUNCT	_	_	4	punct	_	_


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