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iobj: indirect object

iobj marks a noun phrase that is the indirect object of a verb. The indirect object is in dative case.

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

Treebank Statistics (UD_German)

This relation is universal.

1305 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as iobj.

764 instances of iobj (59%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 3.99693486590038.

The following 17 pairs of parts of speech are connected with iobj: de-pos/VERB-de-pos/NOUN (598; 46% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/PRON (499; 38% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/PROPN (140; 11% instances), de-pos/ADJ-de-pos/NOUN (34; 3% instances), de-pos/ADJ-de-pos/PRON (14; 1% instances), de-pos/ADJ-de-pos/PROPN (4; 0% instances), de-pos/NOUN-de-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), de-pos/NOUN-de-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), de-pos/PRON-de-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), de-pos/PROPN-de-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), de-pos/ADV-de-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), de-pos/AUX-de-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), de-pos/NOUN-de-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), de-pos/PART-de-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), de-pos/PART-de-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), de-pos/PROPN-de-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/DET (1; 0% instances).

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1	Kann	können	AUX	VMFIN	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
2	mich	ich	PRON	PPER	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	dobj	_	_
3	der	der	DET	ART	Case=Dat|Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	ersten	erst	ADJ	ADJA	Case=Dat|Degree=Pos|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	Bewertung	Bewertung	NOUN	NN	Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	8	iobj	_	_
6	überhaupt	überhaupt	ADV	ADV	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	nicht	nicht	PART	PTKNEG	_	8	neg	_	_
8	anschließen	anschließen	VERB	VVINF	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	.	.	PUNCT	$.	_	8	punct	_	_

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1	Also	also	ADV	ADV	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	ich	ich	PRON	PPER	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	bin	sein	VERB	VAFIN	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	öfter	öfter	ADV	ADV	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	hier	hier	ADV	ADV	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	,	,	PUNCT	$,	_	3	punct	_	_
7	da	da	SCONJ	KOUS	_	13	mark	_	_
8	es	es	PRON	PPER	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
9	mir	ich	PRON	PRF	Case=Dat|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	13	iobj	_	_
10	hier	hier	ADV	ADV	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	sehr	sehr	ADV	ADV	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	gut	gut	ADV	ADJD	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	gefällt	fällen	VERB	VVPP	VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
14	!	!	PUNCT	$.	_	3	punct	_	_

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1	Die	der	DET	ART	Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	SPD	SPD	PROPN	NE	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	begegnet	begegnen	VERB	VVFIN	Number=Sing|Person=3|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Lafontaine	Lafontaine	PROPN	NE	Case=Dat|Number=Sing	3	iobj	_	_
5	skeptisch	skeptisch	ADV	ADJD	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	.	.	PUNCT	$.	_	3	punct	_	_


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