dobj: direct object
The dobj label is used to mark the relationship between a verb and its direct object.
Examples
Bhailigh siad eolas ‘They collected information’
Bhailigh siad eolas \n Collected they information
dobj(Bhailigh, eolas)
Note that the object of an infinitival phrase occurs before the infinitive form (Verbal Noun), despite Irish being a VSO language.
eolas a chur ar fáil ‘to make information available’
eolas a chur ar fáil \n information to put at available
dobj(chur, eolas)
Impersonal/autonomous verbs are used to create phrases similar to the English passive. However, unlike English, the object does not become the subject of this verb form, and remains labelled as dobj.
An lá a cuireadh é ‘The day he was buried’
An lá a cuireadh é \n The day [] was_buried he
dobj(cuireadh, é)
Treebank Statistics (UD_Irish)
This relation is universal.
863 nodes (4%) are attached to their parents as dobj.
503 instances of dobj (58%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 2.6234067207416.
The following 26 pairs of parts of speech are connected with dobj: ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/NOUN (348; 40% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/NOUN (257; 30% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/PART (106; 12% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/PRON (73; 8% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/PRON (27; 3% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/PROPN (11; 1% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/X (6; 1% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/PROPN (5; 1% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/PART (4; 0% instances), ga-pos/X-ga-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/ADP (3; 0% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/SCONJ (3; 0% instances), ga-pos/PROPN-ga-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), ga-pos/SCONJ-ga-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), ga-pos/ADJ-ga-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/ADP-ga-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/ADP-ga-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/PART-ga-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/PROPN-ga-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/X-ga-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/X-ga-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/X-ga-pos/X (1; 0% instances).
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1 Seasadh seas VERB VTI Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|Voice=Auto 0 root _ _
2 leis le ADP Simp _ 4 case _ _
3 an an DET Art Definite=Def|Number=Sing|PronType=Art 4 det _ _
4 diúltú diúltú NOUN Noun Case=Com|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _
5 nuair nuair SCONJ Subord _ 7 mark _ _
6 a a PART Vb PartType=Vb|PronType=Rel 7 mark:prt _ _
7 rinne déan VERB VTI Mood=Ind|Tense=Past 1 advcl _ _
8 sé sé PRON Pers Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3 7 nsubj _ _
9 achomharc achomharc NOUN Noun Case=Com|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 dobj _ _
10 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _
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1 Tabharfadsa tabharfads NOUN Noun Case=Com|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 0 root _ _
2 náire náire NOUN Noun Case=Com|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 1 dobj _ _
3 fén faoi ADP Art Number=Sing|PronType=Art 4 case _ _
4 bpoll poll NOUN Noun Case=Com|Form=Ecl|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _
5 dóibh do ADP Prep Number=Plur|Person=3 1 nmod:prep _ _
6 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _
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1 Seo seo VERB Cop PronType=Dem|VerbForm=Cop 0 root _ _
2 an an DET Art Definite=Def|Number=Sing|PronType=Art 3 det _ _
3 fear fear NOUN Noun Case=Com|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 1 xcomp:pred _ _
4 a a PART Vb PartType=Vb|PronType=Rel 5 dobj _ _
5 chonaic feic VERB VTI Form=Len|Mood=Ind|Tense=Past 1 csubj:cleft _ _
6 an an DET Art Definite=Def|Number=Sing|PronType=Art 7 det _ _
7 bhean bean NOUN Noun Case=Com|Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _
8 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _
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