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dobj: direct object

dobj marks a noun phrase that is the direct object of a verb. The direct object is in accusative case.

Die Frau gibt dem Kind einen Apfel . \n The woman gives the child an apple .
dobj(gibt, Apfel)

Treebank Statistics (UD_German)

This relation is universal.

8840 nodes (3%) are attached to their parents as dobj.

4717 instances of dobj (53%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 4.00950226244344.

The following 36 pairs of parts of speech are connected with dobj: de-pos/VERB-de-pos/NOUN (5942; 67% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/PRON (2206; 25% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/PROPN (435; 5% instances), de-pos/PROPN-de-pos/PROPN (40; 0% instances), de-pos/ADP-de-pos/NOUN (32; 0% instances), de-pos/ADJ-de-pos/NOUN (29; 0% instances), de-pos/ADJ-de-pos/PRON (25; 0% instances), de-pos/NOUN-de-pos/NOUN (25; 0% instances), de-pos/NOUN-de-pos/PRON (11; 0% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/NUM (11; 0% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/ADJ (9; 0% instances), de-pos/NOUN-de-pos/PROPN (8; 0% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/VERB (7; 0% instances), de-pos/PROPN-de-pos/NOUN (6; 0% instances), de-pos/ADP-de-pos/PROPN (5; 0% instances), de-pos/AUX-de-pos/NOUN (5; 0% instances), de-pos/ADJ-de-pos/PROPN (4; 0% instances), de-pos/NUM-de-pos/PROPN (4; 0% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/DET (4; 0% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/X (4; 0% instances), de-pos/AUX-de-pos/PRON (3; 0% instances), de-pos/NUM-de-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), de-pos/PRON-de-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), de-pos/ADP-de-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), de-pos/ADV-de-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), de-pos/NUM-de-pos/NUM (2; 0% instances), de-pos/PART-de-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), de-pos/PROPN-de-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/SCONJ (2; 0% instances), de-pos/ADV-de-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), de-pos/CONJ-de-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), de-pos/CONJ-de-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), de-pos/PRON-de-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), de-pos/SCONJ-de-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), de-pos/X-de-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances).

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1	Ich	ich	PRON	PPER	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hatte	haben	VERB	VAFIN	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Gelegenheit	Gelegenheit	NOUN	NN	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	2	dobj	_	_
4	eines	ein	DET	ART	Case=Acc|Definite=Ind|Number=Plur|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	seiner	sein	PRON	PPOSAT	Case=Acc|Gender[psor]=Masc,Neut|Number=Plur|Number[psor]=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	det:poss	_	_
6	Seminare	Seminar	NOUN	NN	Case=Acc|Number=Plur	8	dobj	_	_
7	zu	zu	PART	PTKZU	_	8	mark	_	_
8	besuchen	besuchen	VERB	VVINF	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
9	.	.	PUNCT	$.	_	2	punct	_	_

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1	Das	der	PRON	PDS	Case=Acc|PronType=Dem	2	dobj	_	_
2	fand	finden	VERB	VVFIN	Number=Sing|Person=1|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	ich	ich	PRON	PPER	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
4	doch	doch	ADV	ADV	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	sehr	sehr	ADV	ADV	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	häftig	häftig	ADJ	ADJD	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
7	!	!	PUNCT	$.	_	2	punct	_	_

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1	Knapp	knapp	ADV	ADJD	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	20	20	NUM	CARD	NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	Euro	Euro	PROPN	NN	Case=Acc|Number=Sing	8	dobj	_	_
4	hat	haben	AUX	VAFIN	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	je	je	ADV	APPR	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	ein	ein	DET	ART	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Masc,Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Teil	Teil	NOUN	NN	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc,Neut|Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	gekostet	kosten	VERB	VVPP	VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	.	.	PUNCT	$.	_	8	punct	_	_


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