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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.

Genetically modified food
advmod(modified, Genetically)
less often
advmod(often, less)

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: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADV (6461; 58% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADV (2137; 19% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (1126; 10% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADV (648; 6% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/ADV (147; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADV (114; 1% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADV (78; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (49; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/ADV (27; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/ADV (24; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/ADJ (24; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/X (22; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/ADP (19; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/ADV (18; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (17; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (17; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/X (15; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (13; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/SYM (12; 0% instances), en-pos/PART-en-pos/ADV (12; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/X (9; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (9; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/X (8; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/ADV (7; 0% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/ADV (5; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADP (5; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/SCONJ (5; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (5; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADJ (4; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADP (4; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/ADJ (4; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/DET (4; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/VERB (3; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/DET (3; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/DET (3; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/SYM (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/CONJ-en-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NUM (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NUM (2; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/ADP (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/X (1; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PUNCT-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/X (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances).

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1	Read	read	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	article	article	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	dobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	there	there	PRON	EX	_	7	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	punchline	punchline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
11	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	complicated	complicated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	right	right	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	trying	try	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	dobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_

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1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Senate	Senate	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	particularly	particularly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	judges	judge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_


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: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADV (2805; 56% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADV (1366; 27% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (432; 9% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADV (238; 5% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADV (48; 1% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/ADV (43; 1% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADV (25; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (17; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/ADV (7; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/ADV (7; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (7; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/ADV (6; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (5; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (4; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/ADJ (4; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/ADV (4; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/DET (2; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/X (2; 0% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/INTJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PART-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/X (1; 0% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/ADV (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	_	_	DET	PRP$	_	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	_	_	NOUN	NNS	_	5	nsubj	_	_
3	_	_	VERB	VBD	_	5	cop	_	_
4	_	_	PART	RB	_	5	neg	_	_
5	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	0	root	_	_
6	_	_	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	_	_	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	_	_	VERB	VB	_	6	xcomp	_	_
9	_	_	DET	PRP$	_	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	8	dobj	_	_
11	_	_	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	13	compound	_	_
13	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	10	nmod	_	_
14	_	_	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
15	_	_	CONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
16	_	_	DET	DT	_	18	det	_	_
17	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	18	compound	_	_
18	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	20	nsubj	_	_
19	_	_	VERB	VBD	_	20	cop	_	_
20	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	5	conj	_	_
21	_	_	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_

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1	_	_	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	_	_	DET	DT	_	3	det	_	_
3	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	6	nmod	_	_
4	_	_	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	6	nsubj	_	_
6	_	_	VERB	VBD	_	0	root	_	_
7	_	_	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	6	nmod	_	_
9	_	_	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	_	_	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	11	punct	_	_
11	_	_	CONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
12	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	8	conj	_	_
13	_	_	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	_	_	DET	PRP$	_	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	16	amod	_	_
16	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	12	nmod	_	_
17	_	_	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	12	punct	_	_
18	_	_	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
19	_	_	AUX	VBP	_	21	aux	_	_
20	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	21	nsubj	_	_
21	_	_	VERB	VB	_	6	parataxis	_	_
22	_	_	PRON	NN	_	23	nsubj	_	_
23	_	_	VERB	VBP	_	21	ccomp	_	_
24	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	23	iobj	_	_
25	_	_	ADP	RP	_	23	compound:prt	_	_
26	_	_	PRON	NN	_	23	dobj	_	_
27	_	_	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_


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: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADV (2455; 59% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADV (530; 13% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (370; 9% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADV (227; 5% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (129; 3% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADV (83; 2% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADP (69; 2% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/ADV (37; 1% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/ADV (37; 1% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/ADV (34; 1% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/ADV (23; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADV (17; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADP (12; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/ADV (11; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (9; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADJ (8; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/CONJ (7; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/SCONJ (7; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADP (6; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PART (5; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (5; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (4; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/ADJ (3; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/ADJ (3; 0% instances), en-pos/PUNCT-en-pos/ADV (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/INTJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/SCONJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PART-en-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PART (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PART (2; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/INTJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/SYM (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/INTJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/X (1; 0% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/X (1; 0% instances).

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1	He	_	PRON	PERS-P3SG-NOM	_	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sat	_	VERB	PAST	_	0	root	_	_
3	there	_	ADV	_	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	dumbly	_	ADV	_	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	in	_	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	_	PRON	P3SG-GEN	_	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	seat	_	NOUN	SG	_	2	nmod	_	_
8	,	_	PUNCT	Comma	_	9	punct	_	_
9	looking	_	VERB	ING	_	2	advcl	_	_
10	back	_	ADV	_	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	at	_	ADP	_	_	12	case	_	_
12	Stillman	_	PROPN	SG	_	9	nmod	_	_
13	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	2	punct	_	_

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1	During	_	ADP	_	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	_	DET	DEF	_	3	det	_	_
3	seasons	_	NOUN	PL	_	11	nmod	_	_
4	,	_	PUNCT	Comma	_	3	punct	_	_
5	it	_	PRON	PERS-SG	_	11	nsubj	_	_
6	was	_	VERB	PAST	_	11	cop	_	_
7	always	_	ADV	_	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	the	_	DET	DEF	_	11	det	_	_
9	most	_	ADV	SPL	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	recent	_	ADJ	POS	_	11	amod	_	_
11	game	_	NOUN	SG	_	0	root	_	_
12	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	11	punct	_	_

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1	During	_	ADP	_	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	_	DET	DEF	_	3	det	_	_
3	seasons	_	NOUN	PL	_	11	nmod	_	_
4	,	_	PUNCT	Comma	_	3	punct	_	_
5	it	_	PRON	PERS-SG	_	11	nsubj	_	_
6	was	_	VERB	PAST	_	11	cop	_	_
7	always	_	ADV	_	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	the	_	DET	DEF	_	11	det	_	_
9	most	_	ADV	SPL	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	recent	_	ADJ	POS	_	11	amod	_	_
11	game	_	NOUN	SG	_	0	root	_	_
12	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	11	punct	_	_


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