amod: adjectival modifier
An adjectival modifier of an NP is any adjectival phrase that serves to modify the meaning of the NP.
Sam eats red meat
amod(meat, red)
Sam took out a 3 million dollar loan
amod(loan, dollar)
Sam took out a $ 3 million loan
amod(loan, $)
Treebank Statistics (UD_English)
This relation is universal.
11493 nodes (5%) are attached to their parents as amod.
11118 instances of amod (97%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 1.39606717132167.
The following 27 pairs of parts of speech are connected with amod: en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (10123; 88% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (761; 7% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADJ (310; 3% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (110; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/VERB (35; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/ADJ (26; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (16; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PROPN (13; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (12; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/VERB (11; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NUM (10; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADJ (10; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (9; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NUM (9; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/ADJ (7; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADJ (6; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PROPN (5; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/X (5; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/ADJ (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/X (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/INTJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances).
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1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _
2 US US PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _
3 troops troops NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _
4 fired fire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
5 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _
6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _
7 hostile hostile ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _
8 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _
10 killing kill VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 advcl _ _
11 4 4 NUM CD NumType=Card 10 dobj _ SpaceAfter=No
12 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _
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1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ _
2 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _
3 one one NUM CD NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _
4 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No
5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
6 provoking provoke VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 amod _ _
7 film film NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No
8 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _
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1 Dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _
2 Nina Nina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No
3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _
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