acl: clausal modifier of noun
acl is used for finite and non-finite clauses that modify a
noun. Note that in English relative clauses get assigned a specific
relation acl:relcl, a subtype of acl.
the issues as he sees them
acl(issues, sees)
Points to establish are ...
acl(Points, establish)
I don't have anything to say to you
acl(anything, say)
Non-relative clause finite clausal complements for nouns are limited to complement clauses with a subset of nouns like fact or report. We analyze them as acl (parallel to the analysis of this class as “content clauses” in Huddleston and Pullum 2002). Such clausal complements are usually finite (though there are occasional remnant English subjunctives).
I admire the fact that you are honest
acl(fact, honest)
mark(honest, that)
cop(honest, are)
nsubj(honest, you)
Treebank Statistics (UD_English)
This relation is universal.
There are 1 language-specific subtypes of acl: acl:relcl.
1740 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as acl.
1723 instances of acl (99%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 2.82873563218391.
The following 20 pairs of parts of speech are connected with acl: en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (1534; 88% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/VERB (59; 3% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/VERB (47; 3% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (27; 2% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (23; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/VERB (16; 1% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (8; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/VERB (4; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (4; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PROPN (3; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADP (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances).
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1 Any any DET DT _ 2 det _ _
2 opinions opinion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _
3 expressed express VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 acl _ _
4 herein herein ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _
5 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _
6 solely solely ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _
7 those those PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 0 root _ _
8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _
9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _
10 author author NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
11 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _
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1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _
2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _
3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _
4 my my PRON PRP$ Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _
5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _
6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _
7 my my PRON PRP$ Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _
8 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _
9 fearing fear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _
10 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 dobj _ SpaceAfter=No
11 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _
12 basically basically ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No
13 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
14 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _
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1 Umar Umar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _
2 Islam Islam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No
3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _
4 28 28 NUM CD NumType=Card 2 list _ SpaceAfter=No
5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _
6 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
7 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 acl _ _
8 Brian Brian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 name _ _
9 Young Young PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No
10 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 7 punct _ _
11 High High PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _
12 Wycombe Wycombe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 list _ _
Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ESL)
This relation is universal.
There are 1 language-specific subtypes of acl: acl:relcl.
506 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as acl.
502 instances of acl (99%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 2.56324110671937.
The following 13 pairs of parts of speech are connected with acl: en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (439; 87% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/VERB (28; 6% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (10; 2% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (10; 2% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/VERB (5; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/VERB (4; 1% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances).
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1 _ _ PRON EX _ 2 expl _ _
2 _ _ VERB VBZ _ 0 root _ _
3 _ _ DET DT _ 5 det _ _
4 _ _ ADJ JJ _ 5 amod _ _
5 _ _ NOUN NN _ 2 nsubj _ _
6 _ _ PART TO _ 7 mark _ _
7 _ _ VERB VB _ 5 acl _ _
8 _ _ ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _
9 _ _ SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _
10 _ _ DET DT _ 11 det _ _
11 _ _ NOUN NNS _ 12 nsubj _ _
12 _ _ VERB VBP _ 2 advcl _ _
13 _ _ PART RB _ 12 neg _ _
14 _ _ VERB VB _ 12 xcomp _ _
15 _ _ PRON NN _ 14 dobj _ _
16 _ _ PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _
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1 _ _ ADP IN _ 2 case _ _
2 _ _ NOUN NN _ 5 nmod _ _
3 _ _ NOUN NN _ 4 compound _ _
4 _ _ NOUN NN _ 5 nsubj _ _
5 _ _ VERB VB _ 0 root _ _
6 _ _ PRON NN _ 5 dobj _ _
7 _ _ PART TO _ 8 mark _ _
8 _ _ VERB VB _ 6 acl _ _
9 _ _ PROPN NNP _ 8 dobj _ _
10 _ _ ADJ JJ _ 12 case _ _
11 _ _ ADP IN _ 10 mwe _ _
12 _ _ NOUN NN _ 6 nmod _ _
13 _ _ PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _
14 _ _ NOUN NN _ 12 list _ _
15 _ _ PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _
16 _ _ NOUN NN _ 12 list _ _
17 _ _ ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _
18 _ _ ADV RB _ 17 mwe _ _
19 _ _ PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _
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1 _ _ ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _
2 _ _ PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _
3 _ _ PRON PRP _ 4 nsubj _ _
4 _ _ VERB VBP _ 0 root _ _
5 _ _ PRON PRP _ 9 expl _ _
6 _ _ VERB VBZ _ 9 cop _ _
7 _ _ DET DT _ 9 det _ _
8 _ _ ADJ JJ _ 9 amod _ _
9 _ _ NOUN NN _ 4 ccomp _ _
10 _ _ DET DT _ 11 det _ _
11 _ _ NOUN NN _ 9 appos _ _
12 _ _ PART TO _ 13 mark _ _
13 _ _ NOUN NN _ 11 acl _ _
14 _ _ ADJ JJ _ 16 amod _ _
15 _ _ NUM CD _ 16 nummod _ _
16 _ _ NOUN NN _ 13 dobj _ _
17 _ _ ADP IN _ 20 case _ _
18 _ _ DET PDT _ 20 det:predet _ _
19 _ _ DET DT _ 20 det _ _
20 _ _ NOUN NNS _ 13 nmod _ _
21 _ _ SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _
22 _ _ PRON PRP _ 24 nsubj _ _
23 _ _ ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _
24 _ _ VERB VBD _ 4 advcl _ _
25 _ _ DET DT _ 26 det _ _
26 _ _ NOUN NN _ 24 dobj _ _
27 _ _ VERB VBG _ 24 advcl _ _
28 _ _ CONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _
29 _ _ VERB VBG _ 27 conj _ _
30 _ _ DET DT _ 27 dobj _ _
31 _ _ ADP IN _ 32 case _ _
32 _ _ PRON PRP _ 30 nmod _ _
33 _ _ PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _
Treebank Statistics (UD_English-LinES)
This relation is universal.
There are 1 language-specific subtypes of acl: acl:relcl.
501 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as acl.
501 instances of acl (100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 3.18163672654691.
The following 28 pairs of parts of speech are connected with acl: en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (236; 47% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/VERB (109; 22% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/VERB (43; 9% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/VERB (40; 8% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADP (21; 4% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (9; 2% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (5; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (5; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (4; 1% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/AUX (4; 1% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/VERB (3; 1% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADP (3; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADP (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/AUX (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/AUX (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PUNCT-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances).
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1 I _ PRON PERS-P1SG-NOM _ 3 nsubj _ _
2 'm _ AUX PRES-AUX _ 3 aux _ _
3 looking _ VERB ING _ 0 root _ _
4 after _ ADV _ _ 3 nmod _ _
5 Colonel _ NOUN SG _ 6 compound _ _
6 Bray _ PROPN SG _ 3 nmod _ _
7 , _ PUNCT Comma _ 3 punct _ _
8 no _ DET NEG _ 9 neg _ _
9 need _ NOUN SG _ 3 nmod _ _
10 to _ PART _ _ 11 mark _ _
11 bother _ VERB INF _ 9 acl _ _
12 him _ PRON PERS-P3SG-ACC _ 11 dobj _ _
13 . _ PUNCT Period _ 3 punct _ _
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1 He _ PRON PERS-P3SG-NOM _ 2 nsubj _ _
2 slammed _ VERB PAST _ 0 root _ _
3 the _ DET DEF _ 4 det _ _
4 receiver _ NOUN SG _ 2 dobj _ _
5 down _ ADV _ _ 2 advmod _ _
6 so _ ADV _ _ 7 advmod _ _
7 hard _ ADJ POS _ 2 advmod _ _
8 that _ SCONJ _ _ 11 mark _ _
9 the _ DET DEF _ 10 det _ _
10 plastic _ NOUN SG _ 11 nsubj _ _
11 cracked _ VERB PAST _ 7 acl _ _
12 . _ PUNCT Period _ 2 punct _ _
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1 As _ ADV _ _ 2 advmod _ _
2 soon _ ADV _ _ 8 advmod _ _
3 as _ SCONJ _ _ 5 mark _ _
4 they _ PRON PERS-PL-NOM _ 5 nsubj _ _
5 leave _ VERB PRES _ 2 acl _ _
6 they _ PRON PERS-PL-NOM _ 8 nsubjpass _ _
7 are _ AUX PRES-AUX _ 8 auxpass _ _
8 forgotten _ VERB PASS _ 0 root _ _
9 . _ PUNCT Period _ 8 punct _ _
acl in other languages: [bg] [cs] [de] [el] [en] [es] [eu] [fa] [fi] [fr] [ga] [he] [hu] [it] [ja] [ko] [sv] [u]