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advmod: adverbial modifier

An adverbial modifier of a word is a (non-clausal) adverb or adverbial phrase (ADVP) that serves to modify the meaning of the word.


Treebank Statistics (UD_English)

This relation is universal.

11098 nodes (4%) are attached to their parents as advmod.

7889 instances of advmod (71%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 2.20066678680843.

The following 65 pairs of parts of speech are connected with advmod: VERB-ADV (6461; 58% instances), ADJ-ADV (2137; 19% instances), NOUN-ADV (1126; 10% instances), ADV-ADV (648; 6% instances), NUM-ADV (147; 1% instances), PROPN-ADV (114; 1% instances), PRON-ADV (78; 1% instances), VERB-ADJ (49; 0% instances), SYM-ADV (27; 0% instances), DET-ADV (24; 0% instances), NUM-ADJ (24; 0% instances), NOUN-X (22; 0% instances), NUM-ADP (19; 0% instances), AUX-ADV (18; 0% instances), NOUN-ADJ (17; 0% instances), VERB-NOUN (17; 0% instances), VERB-X (15; 0% instances), ADJ-ADJ (13; 0% instances), NUM-SYM (12; 0% instances), PART-ADV (12; 0% instances), ADJ-X (9; 0% instances), NOUN-NOUN (9; 0% instances), PROPN-X (8; 0% instances), ADP-ADV (7; 0% instances), INTJ-ADV (5; 0% instances), VERB-ADP (5; 0% instances), VERB-SCONJ (5; 0% instances), VERB-VERB (5; 0% instances), ADV-ADJ (4; 0% instances), NOUN-ADP (4; 0% instances), SYM-ADJ (4; 0% instances), VERB-DET (4; 0% instances), ADJ-VERB (3; 0% instances), NOUN-DET (3; 0% instances), NUM-DET (3; 0% instances), SYM-SYM (3; 0% instances), ADJ-NOUN (2; 0% instances), ADV-NOUN (2; 0% instances), CONJ-ADV (2; 0% instances), DET-ADJ (2; 0% instances), NOUN-NUM (2; 0% instances), NOUN-VERB (2; 0% instances), PROPN-NUM (2; 0% instances), SYM-ADP (2; 0% instances), ADP-ADP (1; 0% instances), ADP-NOUN (1; 0% instances), ADV-NUM (1; 0% instances), ADV-X (1; 0% instances), AUX-ADJ (1; 0% instances), DET-ADP (1; 0% instances), NOUN-PROPN (1; 0% instances), NOUN-SCONJ (1; 0% instances), NOUN-SYM (1; 0% instances), NUM-NUM (1; 0% instances), NUM-VERB (1; 0% instances), PRON-ADJ (1; 0% instances), PRON-CONJ (1; 0% instances), PRON-DET (1; 0% instances), PROPN-DET (1; 0% instances), PUNCT-ADV (1; 0% instances), SCONJ-ADV (1; 0% instances), SYM-DET (1; 0% instances), SYM-X (1; 0% instances), VERB-PART (1; 0% instances), VERB-PRON (1; 0% instances).


Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ESL)

This relation is universal.

5040 nodes (5%) are attached to their parents as advmod.

3966 instances of advmod (79%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 2.49265873015873.

The following 34 pairs of parts of speech are connected with advmod: VERB-ADV (2805; 56% instances), ADJ-ADV (1366; 27% instances), NOUN-ADV (432; 9% instances), ADV-ADV (238; 5% instances), PROPN-ADV (48; 1% instances), NUM-ADV (43; 1% instances), PRON-ADV (25; 0% instances), VERB-ADJ (17; 0% instances), AUX-ADV (7; 0% instances), DET-ADV (7; 0% instances), VERB-VERB (7; 0% instances), ADP-ADV (6; 0% instances), ADJ-ADJ (5; 0% instances), NOUN-ADJ (4; 0% instances), NUM-ADJ (4; 0% instances), SYM-ADV (4; 0% instances), ADJ-DET (2; 0% instances), DET-ADJ (2; 0% instances), NOUN-X (2; 0% instances), SCONJ-ADV (2; 0% instances), ADJ-PART (1; 0% instances), ADJ-VERB (1; 0% instances), ADP-VERB (1; 0% instances), NOUN-CONJ (1; 0% instances), NOUN-DET (1; 0% instances), NOUN-INTJ (1; 0% instances), PART-ADV (1; 0% instances), VERB-CONJ (1; 0% instances), VERB-DET (1; 0% instances), VERB-NOUN (1; 0% instances), VERB-PART (1; 0% instances), VERB-SCONJ (1; 0% instances), VERB-X (1; 0% instances), X-ADV (1; 0% instances).


Treebank Statistics (UD_English-LinES)

This relation is universal.

4143 nodes (5%) are attached to their parents as advmod.

2466 instances of advmod (60%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 2.33454018826937.

The following 60 pairs of parts of speech are connected with advmod: VERB-ADV (2455; 59% instances), ADJ-ADV (530; 13% instances), NOUN-ADV (370; 9% instances), ADV-ADV (227; 5% instances), VERB-ADJ (129; 3% instances), PRON-ADV (83; 2% instances), VERB-ADP (69; 2% instances), AUX-ADV (37; 1% instances), NUM-ADV (37; 1% instances), SCONJ-ADV (34; 1% instances), ADP-ADV (23; 1% instances), PROPN-ADV (17; 0% instances), NOUN-ADP (12; 0% instances), DET-ADV (11; 0% instances), NOUN-ADJ (9; 0% instances), ADV-ADJ (8; 0% instances), NOUN-CONJ (7; 0% instances), VERB-SCONJ (7; 0% instances), ADV-ADP (6; 0% instances), NOUN-PART (5; 0% instances), NOUN-VERB (5; 0% instances), ADJ-ADJ (4; 0% instances), AUX-ADJ (3; 0% instances), NUM-ADJ (3; 0% instances), PUNCT-ADV (3; 0% instances), ADJ-PRON (2; 0% instances), ADJ-PROPN (2; 0% instances), ADJ-VERB (2; 0% instances), ADP-ADJ (2; 0% instances), INTJ-INTJ (2; 0% instances), NOUN-NOUN (2; 0% instances), NOUN-PRON (2; 0% instances), NOUN-SCONJ (2; 0% instances), PART-ADV (2; 0% instances), PRON-PART (2; 0% instances), PROPN-PART (2; 0% instances), VERB-INTJ (2; 0% instances), VERB-PRON (2; 0% instances), VERB-SYM (2; 0% instances), ADJ-NUM (1; 0% instances), ADP-ADP (1; 0% instances), ADV-DET (1; 0% instances), ADV-INTJ (1; 0% instances), ADV-PART (1; 0% instances), AUX-ADP (1; 0% instances), AUX-PRON (1; 0% instances), DET-ADP (1; 0% instances), INTJ-ADP (1; 0% instances), INTJ-ADV (1; 0% instances), NUM-PART (1; 0% instances), NUM-PRON (1; 0% instances), NUM-VERB (1; 0% instances), PRON-ADJ (1; 0% instances), PRON-VERB (1; 0% instances), PROPN-ADJ (1; 0% instances), PROPN-CONJ (1; 0% instances), SCONJ-ADJ (1; 0% instances), VERB-VERB (1; 0% instances), VERB-X (1; 0% instances), X-X (1; 0% instances).


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