nsubj: nominal subject
A nominal subject is a noun phrase which is the syntactic subject of a clause. The governor of this relation might not always be a verb: when the verb is a copular verb, the root of the clause is the complement of the copular verb, which can be an adjective or noun.
Clinton defeated Dole
nsubj(defeated, Clinton)
Treebank Statistics (UD_English)
This relation is universal.
20391 nodes (8%) are attached to their parents as nsubj.
19624 instances of nsubj (96%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 2.50517385120887.
The following 63 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nsubj: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (9651; 47% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (3392; 17% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PROPN (1546; 8% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PRON (1113; 5% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (1035; 5% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (964; 5% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/DET (548; 3% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (489; 2% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PROPN (215; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PROPN (188; 1% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/PRON (139; 1% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/NOUN (122; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/DET (114; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PRON (88; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/DET (83; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (78; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/NOUN (71; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/PRON (65; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NUM (62; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NOUN (57; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/PRON (43; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PRON (42; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/NOUN (29; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NUM (22; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PROPN (20; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/PROPN (15; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/PRON (15; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (14; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/PROPN (13; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NUM (12; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PROPN (12; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/PRON (11; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (11; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/NOUN (11; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/PRON (9; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/NOUN (8; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (8; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/DET (7; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/DET (7; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/NOUN (6; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/NOUN (5; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NUM (5; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADV (5; 0% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/NOUN (5; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/PROPN (4; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADJ (4; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/DET (3; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (3; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/DET (3; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/DET (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/DET (2; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/X (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances).
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1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No
2 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _
3 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _
4 on on ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No
5 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _
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1 From from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _
2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _
3 AP AP PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _
4 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _
6 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _
7 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _
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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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