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root: root

The root grammatical relation points to the root of the sentence. A fake node ROOT is used as the governor. The ROOT node is indexed with 0, since the indexing of real words in the sentence starts at 1.

ROOT Miluju indická jídla . \n ROOT I-love Indian food .
root(ROOT-1, Miluju)
root(ROOT-7, I-love)

Since release 1.2 of the Czech UD treebank, there is just one node with the root dependency relation in every tree. If the main predicate is not present (due to ellipsis) and there are multiple orphaned dependents, the leftmost dependent is promoted to the head (root) position and the other orphans are attached to it.

An example sentence-like segment that lacks the main verb: A co na to [říká] MF? “And what [does] MF [say] to it?”

ROOT A co na to MF ? \n ROOT And what to it MF ?
root(ROOT-1, A)
root(ROOT-9, And)
dobj(A, co)
dobj(And, what)
nmod(A, to-5)
nmod(And, it)
case(to-5, na)
case(it, to-12)
nsubj(A, MF-6)
nsubj(And, MF-14)
punct(A, ?-7)
punct(And, ?-15)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Czech)

This relation is universal.

87913 nodes (6%) are attached to their parents as root.

87913 instances of root (100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 5.53820254114864.

The following 14 pairs of parts of speech are connected with root: cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/VERB (63239; 72% instances), cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/NOUN (11507; 13% instances), cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/PROPN (5373; 6% instances), cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/ADJ (4892; 6% instances), cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/NUM (1216; 1% instances), cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/ADV (884; 1% instances), cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/PRON (556; 1% instances), cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/PART (132; 0% instances), cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/PUNCT (34; 0% instances), cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/CONJ (29; 0% instances), cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/SYM (18; 0% instances), cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/INTJ (17; 0% instances), cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/ADP (10; 0% instances), cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/SCONJ (6; 0% instances).

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1	Potřebujete	potřebovat	VERB	VB-P---2P-AA---	Aspect=Imp|Mood=Ind|Negative=Pos|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
2	rychle	rychle	ADV	Dg-------1A----	Degree=Pos|Negative=Pos	3	advmod	_	LDeriv=rychlý
3	poradit	poradit	VERB	Vf--------A----	Negative=Pos|VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	|	|	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	2	punct	_	_
2	Rady	rada	NOUN	NNFP1-----A----	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Negative=Pos|Number=Plur	0	root	_	LId=rada-1|LGloss=(př._dát_někomu_dobrou_radu)
3	na	na	ADP	RR--4----------	AdpType=Prep|Case=Acc	4	case	_	LId=na-1
4	telefon	telefon	NOUN	NNIS4-----A----	Animacy=Inan|Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Negative=Pos|Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	|	|	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	2	punct	_	_

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1	P	P	PROPN	NNMXX-----A---8	Abbr=Yes|Animacy=Anim|Gender=Masc|NameType=Giv|Negative=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No|LId=P-0
2	.	.	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	1	punct	_	_
3	L	L	PROPN	NNMXX-----A---8	Abbr=Yes|Animacy=Anim|Gender=Masc|NameType=Sur|Negative=Pos	1	name	_	SpaceAfter=No|LId=L-9
4	.	.	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	1	punct	_	_
6	Ostrava	Ostrava	PROPN	NNFS1-----A----	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|NameType=Geo|Negative=Pos|Number=Sing	1	dep	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_Czech-CAC)

This relation is universal.

24709 nodes (5%) are attached to their parents as root.

24709 instances of root (100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 5.49297826702821.

The following 13 pairs of parts of speech are connected with root: cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/VERB (18981; 77% instances), cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/NOUN (2675; 11% instances), cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/ADJ (1912; 8% instances), cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/ADV (420; 2% instances), cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/PRON (305; 1% instances), cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/PROPN (187; 1% instances), cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/NUM (114; 0% instances), cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/SYM (55; 0% instances), cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/PART (24; 0% instances), cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/SCONJ (13; 0% instances), cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/CONJ (10; 0% instances), cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/INTJ (7; 0% instances), cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/AUX (6; 0% instances).

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1	Zvýšené	zvýšený	ADJ	AANS4----1A----	Case=Acc|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Negative=Pos|Number=Sing	2	amod	_	LDeriv=zvýšit
2	úsilí	úsilí	NOUN	NNNS4-----A----	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Negative=Pos|Number=Sing	4	dobj	_	_
3	budeme	být	AUX	VB-P---1F-AA---	Mood=Ind|Negative=Pos|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	4	aux	_	_
4	věnovat	věnovat	VERB	Vf--------A----	Aspect=Imp|Negative=Pos|VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	zavádění	zavádění	NOUN	NNNS3-----A----	Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Negative=Pos|Number=Sing	4	iobj	_	LDeriv=zavádět
6	nových	nový	ADJ	AAIP2----1A----	Animacy=Inan|Case=Gen|Degree=Pos|Gender=Masc|Negative=Pos|Number=Plur	7	amod	_	_
7	poznatků	poznatek	NOUN	NNIP2-----A----	Animacy=Inan|Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Negative=Pos|Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	do	do	ADP	RR--2----------	AdpType=Prep|Case=Gen	9	case	_	LId=do-1
9	praxe	praxe	NOUN	NNFS2-----A----	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Negative=Pos|Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	4	punct	_	_

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1	Vypracování	vypracování	NOUN	NNNS4-----A----	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Negative=Pos|Number=Sing	0	root	_	LDeriv=vypracovat
2	nových	nový	ADJ	AAIP2----1A----	Animacy=Inan|Case=Gen|Degree=Pos|Gender=Masc|Negative=Pos|Number=Plur	3	amod	_	_
3	principů	princip	NOUN	NNIP2-----A----	Animacy=Inan|Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Negative=Pos|Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	regulace	regulace	NOUN	NNFS2-----A----	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Negative=Pos|Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
5	vodního	vodní	ADJ	AAIS2----1A----	Animacy=Inan|Case=Gen|Degree=Pos|Gender=Masc|Negative=Pos|Number=Sing	6	amod	_	_
6	režimu	režim	NOUN	NNIS2-----A----	Animacy=Inan|Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Negative=Pos|Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	v	v	ADP	RR--6----------	AdpType=Prep|Case=Loc	8	case	_	LId=v-1
8	půdě	půda	NOUN	NNFS6-----A----	Case=Loc|Gender=Fem|Negative=Pos|Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	Stav	stav	NOUN	NNIS1-----A----	Animacy=Inan|Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Negative=Pos|Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
2	a	a	CONJ	J^-------------	_	1	cc	_	LId=a-1
3	využívání	využívání	NOUN	NNNS1-----A----	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Negative=Pos|Number=Sing	1	conj	_	LDeriv=využít
4	půdního	půdní	ADJ	AAIS2----1A----	Animacy=Inan|Case=Gen|Degree=Pos|Gender=Masc|Negative=Pos|Number=Sing	5	amod	_	_
5	fondu	fond	NOUN	NNIS2-----A----	Animacy=Inan|Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Negative=Pos|Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	jsou	být	VERB	VB-P---3P-AA---	Mood=Ind|Negative=Pos|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	9	cop	_	_
7	u	u	ADP	RR--2----------	AdpType=Prep|Case=Gen	8	case	_	LId=u-1
8	nás	já	PRON	PP-P2--1-------	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	_
9	neuspokojivé	uspokojivý	ADJ	AAIP1----1N----	Animacy=Inan|Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Gender=Masc|Negative=Neg|Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	9	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_Czech-CLTT)

This relation is universal.

1125 nodes (3%) are attached to their parents as root.

1125 instances of root (100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 8.33333333333333.

The following 4 pairs of parts of speech are connected with root: cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/VERB (744; 66% instances), cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/NOUN (169; 15% instances), cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/X (130; 12% instances), cs-pos/ROOT-cs-pos/ADJ (82; 7% instances).

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1	Výroční	výroční	ADJ	AAFS1----1A----	Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Gender=Fem|Negative=Pos|Number=Sing	2	amod	_	_
2	zpráva	zpráva	NOUN	NNFS1-----A----	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Negative=Pos|Number=Sing	4	nsubjpass	_	_
3	se	se	PRON	P7-X4----------	Case=Acc|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Variant=Short	4	auxpass:reflex	_	_
4	nevyhotovuje	vyhotovovat	VERB	VB-S---3P-NA---	Mood=Ind|Negative=Neg|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
5	v	v	ADP	RR--6----------	AdpType=Prep|Case=Loc	6	case	_	LId=v-1
6	případech	případ	NOUN	NNIP6-----A----	Animacy=Inan|Case=Loc|Gender=Masc|Negative=Pos|Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	uvedených	uvedený	ADJ	AAIP6----1A----	Animacy=Inan|Case=Loc|Degree=Pos|Gender=Masc|Negative=Pos|Number=Plur	6	amod	_	_
8	v	v	ADP	RR--6----------	AdpType=Prep|Case=Loc	9	case	_	LId=v-1
9	§_20_odst._2	§_20_odst._2	X	X@-------------	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	4	punct	_	_

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1	Výroční	výroční	ADJ	AAFS1----1A----	Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Gender=Fem|Negative=Pos|Number=Sing	2	amod	_	_
2	zpráva	zpráva	NOUN	NNFS1-----A----	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Negative=Pos|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_

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1	§_21	§_21	X	X@-------------	_	0	root	_	_


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