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nsubj: nominal subject

The dependency type nsubj marks nominal subjects of a clause. Subjects are direct dependents of the main predicate of the clause, which may be a verb, noun or adjective.

Le plus jeune participant a gagné la course . \n The youngest participant won the race .
nsubj(gagné, participant)
Papa est malade . \n Dad is sick .
nsubj(malade, Papa)
Maman est une bonne cuisinière . \n Mom is a good cook .
nsubj(cuisinière, Maman)

Treebank Statistics (UD_French)

This relation is universal.

21302 nodes (5%) are attached to their parents as nsubj.

20680 instances of nsubj (97%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 3.66111163271054.

The following 59 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nsubj: fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/PRON (7952; 37% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/NOUN (5770; 27% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/PROPN (2209; 10% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/PROPN (1096; 5% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/NOUN (1022; 5% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/NOUN (1015; 5% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/PRON (920; 4% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/PRON (487; 2% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/NOUN (112; 1% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/NOUN (103; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/PRON (78; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/PRON (75; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/PROPN (72; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/ADV (54; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/PROPN (37; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/PRON (30; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/SYM (26; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/PROPN (25; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/NUM (25; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/X (24; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/PRON (20; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/NOUN (19; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/NOUN (11; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/ADV (11; 0% instances), fr-pos/SYM-fr-pos/NOUN (11; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/X (8; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/ADV (7; 0% instances), fr-pos/AUX-fr-pos/NOUN (7; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/PART (7; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/NUM (6; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/ADJ (6; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/PRON (5; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/SYM (5; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/PROPN (5; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/PROPN (4; 0% instances), fr-pos/AUX-fr-pos/PRON (4; 0% instances), fr-pos/X-fr-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/NUM (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/SYM (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/AUX-fr-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/SCONJ-fr-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/X-fr-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/X-fr-pos/X (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/INTJ-fr-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/INTJ-fr-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/AUX (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/X (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/X (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PUNCT-fr-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/SYM-fr-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/SYM-fr-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/X-fr-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances).

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1	Elle	_	PRON	_	_	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lutte	_	VERB	_	_	0	root	_	_
3	pour	_	ADP	_	_	4	mark	_	_
4	échapper	_	VERB	_	_	2	advcl	_	_
5	à	_	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	_
6	les	_	DET	_	_	7	det	_	_
7	tueurs	_	NOUN	_	_	4	nmod	_	_
8	à	_	ADP	_	_	10	case	_	_
9	ses	_	DET	_	_	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	trousses	_	NOUN	_	_	4	nmod	_	_
11	.	_	PUNCT	_	_	2	punct	_	_

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# visual-style 8	bgColor:blue
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# visual-style 8 2 nsubj	color:blue
1	Les	_	DET	_	_	2	det	_	_
2	compagnies	_	NOUN	_	_	8	nsubj	_	_
3	aériennes	_	ADJ	_	_	2	amod	_	_
4	à	_	ADP	_	_	6	case	_	_
5	bas	_	ADJ	_	_	6	amod	_	_
6	coût	_	NOUN	_	_	2	nmod	_	_
7	ne	_	PART	_	_	8	neg	_	_
8	connaissent	_	VERB	_	_	0	root	_	_
9	pas	_	ADV	_	_	8	neg	_	_
10	la	_	DET	_	_	11	det	_	_
11	crise	_	NOUN	_	_	8	dobj	_	_
12	.	_	PUNCT	_	_	8	punct	_	_

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# visual-style 3	bgColor:blue
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# visual-style 3 1 nsubj	color:blue
1	Dieu	_	PROPN	_	_	3	nsubj	_	_
2	veuille	_	AUX	_	_	3	aux	_	_
3	avoir	_	VERB	_	_	0	root	_	_
4	en	_	ADP	_	_	5	case	_	_
5	paix	_	NOUN	_	_	3	nmod	_	_
6	ton	_	DET	_	_	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	âme	_	NOUN	_	_	3	dobj	_	_
8	.	_	PUNCT	_	_	3	punct	_	_


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