expl: expletive
This relation captures an existential there or it in extraposition constructions. There is further discussion and examples on the universal dependency page (u-dep/expl).
There is a ghost in the room
expl(is, There)
Treebank Statistics (UD_English)
This relation is universal.
731 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as expl.
658 instances of expl (90%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 1.51025991792066.
The following 7 pairs of parts of speech are connected with expl: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (550; 75% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PRON (134; 18% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (34; 5% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADV (6; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PRON (4; 1% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (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 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ _
2 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _
3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _
4 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _
5 Google Google PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _
6 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _
7 been be VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 cop _ _
8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _
9 acquisition acquisition NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _
10 mode mode NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 csubj _ SpaceAfter=No
11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _
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1 There there PRON EX _ 7 expl _ _
2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _
3 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _
4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _
5 better better ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _
6 mexican mexican ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _
7 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _
8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _
9 Rockland Rockland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
10 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _
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