ccomp: clausal complement
A clausal complement of a verb or adjective is a dependent clause with an internal subject which functions like an object of the verb or adjective.
He says that you like to swim
ccomp(says, like)
I am certain that he did it
ccomp(certain, did)
mark(did, that)
Treebank Statistics (UD_English)
This relation is universal.
3041 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as ccomp.
2916 instances of ccomp (96%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 5.5619861887537.
The following 29 pairs of parts of speech are connected with ccomp: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (2064; 68% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (316; 10% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (265; 9% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/VERB (205; 7% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADV (31; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PROPN (28; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (25; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (25; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (18; 1% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/VERB (9; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (8; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/AUX (8; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/INTJ (7; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NUM (7; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADV (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADV (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PART (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/DET (2; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/SYM (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/AUX (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PART-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PART (1; 0% instances).
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1 Now now ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No
2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _
3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _
4 wonder wonder VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
5 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _
6 Google Google PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _
7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _
8 even even ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _
9 survive survive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _
10 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _
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1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _
2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _
3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _
4 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _
5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _
6 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _
7 mean mean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No
8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _
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1 i i PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _
2 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _
4 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _
5 all all DET DT _ 6 det _ _
6 bark bark NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _
7 and and CONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _
8 no no DET DT _ 9 neg _ _
9 bite bite NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No
10 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _
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