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appos: appositional modifier

An appositional modifier of a nominal is a nominal immediately following the first that serves to define or modify it. Appositional modifiers include parenthesized examples, as well as defining abbreviations in one of these structures.

Olle , min bror , kom \n Olle , my brother , arrived
appos(Olle, bror)
Sebastian ( Davids kusin ) \n Sebastian ( David 's cousin )
appos(Sebastian, kusin)
Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB , SKB \n Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB)
appos(AB, SKB)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Swedish)

This relation is universal.

508 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as appos.

505 instances of appos (99%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 5.50393700787402.

The following 31 pairs of parts of speech are connected with appos: sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/NOUN (288; 57% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/NOUN (36; 7% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/PROPN (34; 7% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/VERB (25; 5% instances), sv-pos/PROPN-sv-pos/NOUN (18; 4% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/NOUN (17; 3% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/VERB (12; 2% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/NUM (10; 2% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/VERB (8; 2% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/ADJ (8; 2% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/NOUN (8; 2% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/NUM (7; 1% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/PROPN (4; 1% instances), sv-pos/PROPN-sv-pos/PROPN (4; 1% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/PRON (3; 1% instances), sv-pos/NUM-sv-pos/ADV (3; 1% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/ADJ (3; 1% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/NUM-sv-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/NUM-sv-pos/NUM (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADV-sv-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/NUM-sv-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/PROPN-sv-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances).

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1	Den	en	DET	DT|UTR|SIN|DEF	Definite=Def|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	3	det	_	_
2	olika	olik	ADJ	JJ|POS|UTR/NEU|PLU|IND/DEF|NOM	Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Number=Plur	3	amod	_	_
3	könsrollen	könsroll	NOUN	NN|UTR|SIN|DEF|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	som	som	CONJ	KN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	barnavårdare	barnavårdare	NOUN	NN|UTR|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
6	och	och	CONJ	KN	_	5	cc	_	_
7	uppfostrare	uppfostrare	NOUN	NN|UTR|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	.	.	PUNCT	MAD	_	3	punct	_	_

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1	Att	att	SCONJ	SN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	en	en	DET	DT|UTR|SIN|IND	Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	3	det	_	_
3	kvinna	kvinna	NOUN	NN|UTR|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	har	ha	VERB	VB|PRS|AKT	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	12	csubj	_	_
5	flera	flera	ADJ	JJ|POS|UTR/NEU|PLU|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Degree=Pos|Number=Plur	7	det	_	_
6	äkta	äkta	ADJ	JJ|POS|UTR/NEU|SIN/PLU|IND/DEF|NOM	Case=Nom|Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	män	man	NOUN	NN|UTR|PLU|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Plur	4	dobj	_	_
8	(	(	PUNCT	PAD	_	4	punct	_	_
9	polyandri	polyandri	NOUN	NN|UTR|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
10	)	)	PUNCT	PAD	_	4	punct	_	_
11	är	vara	AUX	VB|PRS|AKT	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	12	cop	_	_
12	ovanligt	ovanlig	ADJ	JJ|POS|NEU|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
13	.	.	PUNCT	MAD	_	12	punct	_	_

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1	I	i	ADP	PP	_	2	case	_	_
2	oljeländer	oljeland	NOUN	NN|NEU|PLU|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
3	som	som	CONJ	KN	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	Saudi-Arabien	Saudi-Arabien	PROPN	PM|NOM	Case=Nom	2	appos	_	_
5	lever	leva	VERB	VB|PRS|AKT	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
6	en	en	DET	DT|UTR|SIN|IND	Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	7	det	_	_
7	del	del	NOUN	NN|UTR|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
8	i	i	ADP	PP	_	10	case	_	_
9	ofattbart	ofattbar	ADJ	JJ|POS|NEU|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	10	amod	_	_
10	överflöd	överflöd	NOUN	NN|NEU|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
11	.	.	PUNCT	MAD	_	5	punct	_	_


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