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nsubj: nominal subject

nsubj marks noun phrases that are the subject of a finite clause. The head of nsubj is typically a verb, but can be another noun phrase or adjective, for example in copula constructions.

Die Frau schläft . \n The woman sleeps .
nsubj(schläft, Frau)
Die Frau ist Ärztin . \n The woman is a doctor .
nsubj(Ärztin, Frau)
Die Frau ist müde . \n The woman is tired .
nsubj(müde, Frau)

Treebank Statistics (UD_German)

This relation is universal.

17703 nodes (6%) are attached to their parents as nsubj.

13325 instances of nsubj (75%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 4.22770151951647.

The following 57 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nsubj: de-pos/VERB-de-pos/NOUN (5636; 32% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/PRON (5433; 31% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/PROPN (2108; 12% instances), de-pos/ADJ-de-pos/NOUN (1302; 7% instances), de-pos/NOUN-de-pos/NOUN (733; 4% instances), de-pos/NOUN-de-pos/PROPN (609; 3% instances), de-pos/NOUN-de-pos/PRON (566; 3% instances), de-pos/ADJ-de-pos/PRON (519; 3% instances), de-pos/ADJ-de-pos/PROPN (175; 1% instances), de-pos/PROPN-de-pos/NOUN (140; 1% instances), de-pos/ADP-de-pos/NOUN (74; 0% instances), de-pos/PROPN-de-pos/PROPN (67; 0% instances), de-pos/ADP-de-pos/PRON (46; 0% instances), de-pos/PROPN-de-pos/PRON (38; 0% instances), de-pos/PRON-de-pos/PRON (28; 0% instances), de-pos/ADP-de-pos/PROPN (25; 0% instances), de-pos/PRON-de-pos/NOUN (22; 0% instances), de-pos/PRON-de-pos/PROPN (20; 0% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/NUM (17; 0% instances), de-pos/NUM-de-pos/NOUN (15; 0% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/DET (15; 0% instances), de-pos/ADV-de-pos/NOUN (13; 0% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/ADJ (13; 0% instances), de-pos/AUX-de-pos/PRON (9; 0% instances), de-pos/NOUN-de-pos/DET (9; 0% instances), de-pos/ADV-de-pos/PRON (8; 0% instances), de-pos/AUX-de-pos/NOUN (6; 0% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/X (5; 0% instances), de-pos/X-de-pos/PRON (5; 0% instances), de-pos/NUM-de-pos/PRON (4; 0% instances), de-pos/ADJ-de-pos/DET (3; 0% instances), de-pos/ADJ-de-pos/VERB (3; 0% instances), de-pos/CONJ-de-pos/PRON (3; 0% instances), de-pos/NOUN-de-pos/NUM (3; 0% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/SCONJ (3; 0% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/VERB (3; 0% instances), de-pos/ADJ-de-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), de-pos/ADJ-de-pos/NUM (2; 0% instances), de-pos/PART-de-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), de-pos/X-de-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), de-pos/ADJ-de-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), de-pos/ADJ-de-pos/X (1; 0% instances), de-pos/ADV-de-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), de-pos/AUX-de-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), de-pos/CONJ-de-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), de-pos/DET-de-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), de-pos/NOUN-de-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), de-pos/NOUN-de-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), de-pos/NOUN-de-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), de-pos/NOUN-de-pos/X (1; 0% instances), de-pos/PART-de-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), de-pos/PUNCT-de-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), de-pos/SCONJ-de-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), de-pos/SCONJ-de-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/PART (1; 0% instances).

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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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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	Bei	bei	ADP	APPR	_	3	case	_	_
2	dem	der	DET	ART	Case=Dat|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc,Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Besuch	Besuch	NOUN	NN	Case=Dat|Gender=Masc,Neut|Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
4	war	sein	VERB	VAFIN	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	dann	dann	ADV	ADV	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	schließlich	schließlich	ADV	ADV	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	keine	kein	PRON	PIAT	PronType=Neg	8	neg	_	_
8	Vespa	Vespa	PROPN	NN	Case=Nom|Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
9	mehr	mehr	ADV	ADV	_	4	advmod	_	_
10	da	da	ADV	PTKVZ	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
11	.	.	PUNCT	$.	_	4	punct	_	_


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