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nmod: nominal modifier

The nmod relation is used for nominal modifiers of nouns or clausal predicates. nmod is a noun functioning as a non-core (oblique) argument or adjunct. In Swedish, nmod is used for prepositional complements:

Ekonomiska bidrag till staten \n Financial contributions to the state
nmod(bidrag, staten)
case(staten, till)
Mamma har hand om barnen \n Mother takes care of the children
nmod(har, barnen)
case(barnen, om)
Han växte upp i en kollektiv miljö \n He grew up in a collective environment
nmod(växte, miljö)
case(miljö, i)

Two subtypes of nmod are introduced in Swedish: nmod:poss for for possessive/genitive modifiers and nmod:agent for agents of passive verbs.


Treebank Statistics (UD_Swedish)

This relation is universal. There are 2 language-specific subtypes of nmod: nmod:agent, nmod:poss.

10114 nodes (10%) are attached to their parents as nmod.

8026 instances of nmod (79%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 3.54508601937908.

The following 52 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nmod: sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/NOUN (4387; 43% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/NOUN (3192; 32% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/NOUN (513; 5% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/PRON (269; 3% instances), sv-pos/NUM-sv-pos/NOUN (217; 2% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/PROPN (183; 2% instances), sv-pos/PROPN-sv-pos/NOUN (176; 2% instances), sv-pos/ADV-sv-pos/NOUN (171; 2% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/PROPN (151; 1% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/NUM (116; 1% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/NOUN (97; 1% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/NUM (85; 1% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/ADV (73; 1% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/PRON (72; 1% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/ADJ (62; 1% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/PRON (38; 0% instances), sv-pos/PROPN-sv-pos/PROPN (32; 0% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/ADP (29; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADP-sv-pos/NOUN (27; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/ADJ (26; 0% instances), sv-pos/PROPN-sv-pos/NUM (21; 0% instances), sv-pos/NUM-sv-pos/NUM (20; 0% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/PRON (20; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/PROPN (19; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/NUM (17; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADV-sv-pos/PROPN (10; 0% instances), sv-pos/DET-sv-pos/NOUN (10; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/ADP (10; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADV-sv-pos/NUM (9; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADV-sv-pos/PRON (8; 0% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/VERB (7; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/ADV (7; 0% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/DET (6; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/DET (4; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/ADJ (3; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADP-sv-pos/PROPN (3; 0% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/ADJ (3; 0% instances), sv-pos/NUM-sv-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/NUM-sv-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/NUM-sv-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/PROPN-sv-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/SCONJ-sv-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADP-sv-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADP-sv-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/AUX-sv-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/DET-sv-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/PROPN-sv-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances).

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1	Men	men	CONJ	KN	_	5	cc	_	_
2	för	för	ADP	PP	_	4	case	_	_
3	barnens	barn	NOUN	NN|NEU|PLU|DEF|GEN	Case=Gen|Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	del	del	NOUN	NN|UTR|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
5	är	vara	VERB	VB|PRS|AKT	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
6	det	den	PRON	PN|NEU|SIN|DEF|SUB/OBJ	Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
7	annorlunda	annorlunda	ADV	AB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	.	.	PUNCT	MAD	_	5	punct	_	_

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1	Kvarstår	kvarstå	VERB	VB|PRS|AKT	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
2	denna	denna	DET	DT|UTR|SIN|DEF	Definite=Def|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	3	det	_	_
3	försening	försening	NOUN	NN|UTR|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
4	i	i	ADP	PP	_	5	case	_	_
5	utveckling	utveckling	NOUN	NN|UTR|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	hos	hos	ADP	PP	_	8	case	_	_
7	äldre	gammal	ADJ	JJ|KOM|UTR/NEU|SIN/PLU|IND/DEF|NOM	Case=Nom|Degree=Cmp	8	det	_	_
8	kibbutzbarn	kibbutzbarn	NOUN	NN|NEU|PLU|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
9	?	?	PUNCT	MAD	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	En	en	DET	DT|UTR|SIN|IND	Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	3	det	_	_
2	biologisk	biologisk	ADJ	JJ|POS|UTR|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Degree=Pos|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	3	amod	_	_
3	funktion	funktion	NOUN	NN|UTR|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	grundad	grundad	ADJ	PC|PRF|UTR|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	acl	_	_
5	på	på	ADP	PP	_	7	case	_	_
6	biologiska	biologisk	ADJ	JJ|POS|UTR/NEU|PLU|IND/DEF|NOM	Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Number=Plur	7	amod	_	_
7	olikheter	olikhet	NOUN	NN|UTR|PLU|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	.	.	PUNCT	MAD	_	3	punct	_	_


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