dobj: direct object
The direct object of a VP is the noun phrase which is the (accusative) object of the verb.
She gave me a raise
dobj(gave, raise)
Treebank Statistics (UD_English)
This relation is universal.
12450 nodes (5%) are attached to their parents as dobj.
11976 instances of dobj (96%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 2.21654618473896.
The following 31 pairs of parts of speech are connected with dobj: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (8716; 70% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (2317; 19% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PROPN (671; 5% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/DET (300; 2% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (170; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NUM (103; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/SYM (65; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (20; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (20; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/DET (11; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADV (11; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PRON (10; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/X (9; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/INTJ (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances).
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1 Read read VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _
3 entire entire ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _
4 article article NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 dobj _ SpaceAfter=No
5 ; ; PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _
6 there there PRON EX _ 7 expl _ SpaceAfter=No
7 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _
8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _
9 punchline punchline NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No
10 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _
11 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No
12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _
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1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No
2 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _
3 overstating overstate VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 ccomp _ _
4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 dobj _ SpaceAfter=No
5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _
6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _
7 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No
8 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _
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1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _
2 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _
4 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _
5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _
6 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 dobj _ _
7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _
8 welcome welcome VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _
9 Brian Brian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 name _ _
10 Ryner Ryner PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 dobj _ _
11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _
12 Google Google PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
13 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _
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