amod: adjectival modifier
An adjectival modifier of a nominal is any adjective or adjectival phrase that serves to modify the meaning of the nominal. This includes always or sometimes postposed modifiers, such as else and nice in the examples below.
Sam eats red meat
amod(meat, red)
Sam took out a 3 million dollar loan
amod(loan, dollar)
Sam took out a $ 3 million loan
amod(loan, $)
Anything else for me ?
amod(Anything, else)
We can go somewhere nice .
amod(somewhere, nice)
Treebank Statistics (UD_English)
This relation is universal.
11193 nodes (5%) are attached to their parents as amod.
10828 instances of amod (97%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 1.3956043956044.
The following 29 pairs of parts of speech are connected with amod: en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (9744; 87% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (734; 7% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADJ (307; 3% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADJ (132; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (109; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/VERB (34; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/ADJ (23; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (15; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PROPN (13; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (12; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/VERB (11; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NUM (9; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (8; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/ADJ (7; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADJ (5; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PROPN (5; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/X (5; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NUM (4; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/ADJ (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/X (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/INTJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances).
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1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _
2 US US PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _
3 troops troops NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _
4 fired fire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
5 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _
6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _
7 hostile hostile ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _
8 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _
10 killing kill VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 advcl _ _
11 4 4 NUM CD NumType=Card 10 dobj _ SpaceAfter=No
12 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _
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1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ _
2 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _
3 one one NUM CD NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _
4 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No
5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
6 provoking provoke VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 amod _ _
7 film film NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No
8 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _
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1 Dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _
2 Nina Nina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No
3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _
Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ESL)
This relation is universal.
3546 nodes (4%) are attached to their parents as amod.
3442 instances of amod (97%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 1.18386914833615.
The following 22 pairs of parts of speech are connected with amod: en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (3332; 94% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADJ (43; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADJ (40; 1% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (35; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PROPN (25; 1% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/ADJ (15; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (12; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (11; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (8; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADV (5; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PROPN (4; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/DET (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (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 _ _ ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _
2 _ _ PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _
3 _ _ PRON NN _ 5 nsubj _ _
4 _ _ ADJ JJ _ 3 amod _ _
5 _ _ VERB VBD _ 0 root _ _
6 _ _ ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _
7 _ _ ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _
8 _ _ PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _
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1 _ _ PRON PRP _ 3 nsubj _ _
2 _ _ AUX VBP _ 3 aux _ _
3 _ _ VERB VBN _ 0 root _ _
4 _ _ DET PRP$ _ 5 nmod:poss _ _
5 _ _ NOUN NN _ 3 dobj _ _
6 _ _ ADP IN _ 11 case _ _
7 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _
8 _ _ DET DT _ 9 det _ _
9 _ _ PROPN NNP _ 11 compound _ _
10 _ _ PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _
11 _ _ NOUN NN _ 3 nmod _ _
12 _ _ ADP IN _ 14 case _ _
13 _ _ NOUN NN _ 14 compound _ _
14 _ _ PROPN NNP _ 3 nmod _ _
15 _ _ PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _
16 _ _ CONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _
17 _ _ PRON PRP _ 18 nsubj _ _
18 _ _ VERB VBD _ 3 conj _ _
19 _ _ ADP IN _ 21 case _ _
20 _ _ DET DT _ 21 det _ _
21 _ _ NOUN NN _ 18 nmod _ _
22 _ _ ADP IN _ 24 case _ _
23 _ _ ADJ JJ _ 24 amod _ _
24 _ _ PROPN NNP _ 18 nmod _ _
25 _ _ PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _
Treebank Statistics (UD_English-LinES)
This relation is universal.
4708 nodes (6%) are attached to their parents as amod.
4055 instances of amod (86%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 1.44180118946474.
The following 44 pairs of parts of speech are connected with amod: en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (3666; 78% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (404; 9% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PROPN (172; 4% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (122; 3% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADJ (73; 2% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADJ (56; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (39; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (29; 1% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/VERB (17; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/VERB (15; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/X (15; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PROPN (15; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/VERB (12; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/DET (7; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADJ (6; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/VERB (6; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (6; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (5; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (5; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/ADJ (4; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PRON (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PROPN (3; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/AUX (3; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADP (2; 0% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/X (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/INTJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PUNCT-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PUNCT-en-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PUNCT-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances).
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1 The _ DET DEF _ 3 det _ _
2 other _ ADJ POS _ 3 amod _ _
3 fields _ NOUN PL _ 6 nsubj _ _
4 are _ VERB PRES _ 6 cop _ _
5 outer _ ADJ POS _ 6 amod _ _
6 fields _ NOUN PL _ 0 root _ _
7 . _ PUNCT Period _ 6 punct _ _
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1 You _ PRON PERS-P2 _ 2 nsubj _ _
2 sit _ VERB PRES _ 0 root _ _
3 here _ ADV _ _ 2 advmod _ _
4 and _ CONJ _ _ 2 cc _ _
5 think _ VERB PRES _ 2 conj _ _
6 : _ PUNCT Colon _ 2 punct _ _
7 who _ PRON WH-NOM _ 5 dobj _ _
8 is _ VERB PRES _ 7 cop _ _
9 this _ DET DEM-SG _ 10 det _ _
10 person _ NOUN SG _ 7 nsubj _ _
11 talking _ VERB ING _ 10 amod _ _
12 to _ ADP _ _ 13 case _ _
13 me _ PRON PERS-P1SG-ACC _ 11 nmod _ _
14 ? _ PUNCT QuestionMark _ 2 punct _ _
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1 Harry _ PROPN SG _ 3 amod _ _
2 's _ PART GEN _ 1 case _ _
3 heart _ NOUN SG _ 4 nsubj _ _
4 leapt _ VERB PAST _ 0 root _ _
5 . _ PUNCT Period _ 4 punct _ _
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