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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.

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Sam eats red meat
amod(meat, red)
{
    "text": "Sam eats red meat ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-1-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 3 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T2", "token", [ [ 4, 8 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T3", "token", [ [ 9, 12 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T4", "token", [ [ 13, 17 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-1-R1", "amod", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-T4" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-T3" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "1" ]
}

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Sam took out  a 3 million dollar loan
amod(loan, dollar)
{
    "text": "Sam took out a 3 million dollar loan ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-2-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 3 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T2", "token", [ [ 4, 8 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T3", "token", [ [ 9, 12 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T4", "token", [ [ 13, 14 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T5", "token", [ [ 15, 16 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T6", "token", [ [ 17, 24 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T7", "token", [ [ 25, 31 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T8", "token", [ [ 32, 36 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-2-R1", "amod", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-T8" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-T7" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "2" ]
}

Sam took out  a $ 3 million loan
amod(loan, $)

Anything else for me ?
amod(Anything, else)

We can go somewhere nice .
amod(somewhere, nice)

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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: NOUN-ADJ (9744; 87% instances), NOUN-VERB (734; 7% instances), PROPN-ADJ (307; 3% instances), PRON-ADJ (132; 1% instances), ADJ-ADJ (109; 1% instances), PROPN-VERB (34; 0% instances), NUM-ADJ (23; 0% instances), NOUN-NOUN (15; 0% instances), PROPN-PROPN (13; 0% instances), VERB-ADJ (12; 0% instances), DET-VERB (11; 0% instances), PROPN-NUM (9; 0% instances), NOUN-ADV (8; 0% instances), SYM-ADJ (7; 0% instances), ADV-ADJ (5; 0% instances), NOUN-PROPN (5; 0% instances), NOUN-X (5; 0% instances), NOUN-NUM (4; 0% instances), DET-ADJ (3; 0% instances), ADJ-VERB (2; 0% instances), ADJ-X (2; 0% instances), PROPN-NOUN (2; 0% instances), INTJ-INTJ (1; 0% instances), NUM-NOUN (1; 0% instances), PRON-ADV (1; 0% instances), PRON-NOUN (1; 0% instances), PROPN-SYM (1; 0% instances), VERB-VERB (1; 0% instances), X-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	_	_

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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: NOUN-ADJ (3332; 94% instances), PRON-ADJ (43; 1% instances), PROPN-ADJ (40; 1% instances), NOUN-VERB (35; 1% instances), PROPN-PROPN (25; 1% instances), NUM-ADJ (15; 0% instances), VERB-ADJ (12; 0% instances), ADJ-ADJ (11; 0% instances), NOUN-ADV (8; 0% instances), ADJ-ADV (5; 0% instances), NOUN-NOUN (4; 0% instances), NOUN-PROPN (4; 0% instances), NOUN-DET (2; 0% instances), PROPN-VERB (2; 0% instances), ADJ-NOUN (1; 0% instances), AUX-ADJ (1; 0% instances), DET-ADJ (1; 0% instances), DET-VERB (1; 0% instances), INTJ-ADJ (1; 0% instances), NOUN-NUM (1; 0% instances), SYM-ADJ (1; 0% instances), VERB-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	_	_

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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: NOUN-ADJ (3666; 78% instances), NOUN-VERB (404; 9% instances), NOUN-PROPN (172; 4% instances), NOUN-NOUN (122; 3% instances), PROPN-ADJ (73; 2% instances), PRON-ADJ (56; 1% instances), ADJ-ADJ (39; 1% instances), VERB-ADJ (29; 1% instances), PRON-VERB (17; 0% instances), ADJ-VERB (15; 0% instances), NOUN-X (15; 0% instances), PROPN-PROPN (15; 0% instances), PROPN-VERB (12; 0% instances), NOUN-DET (7; 0% instances), ADV-ADJ (6; 0% instances), ADV-VERB (6; 0% instances), NOUN-PRON (6; 0% instances), NOUN-ADV (5; 0% instances), VERB-VERB (5; 0% instances), NUM-ADJ (4; 0% instances), ADJ-NOUN (3; 0% instances), ADJ-PRON (3; 0% instances), ADJ-PROPN (3; 0% instances), NOUN-AUX (3; 0% instances), NOUN-ADP (2; 0% instances), X-X (2; 0% instances), ADP-ADJ (1; 0% instances), ADP-VERB (1; 0% instances), ADV-ADP (1; 0% instances), ADV-PART (1; 0% instances), INTJ-ADJ (1; 0% instances), NOUN-CONJ (1; 0% instances), NOUN-INTJ (1; 0% instances), NOUN-PART (1; 0% instances), NOUN-SYM (1; 0% instances), NUM-VERB (1; 0% instances), PROPN-ADP (1; 0% instances), PROPN-NOUN (1; 0% instances), PUNCT-ADJ (1; 0% instances), PUNCT-PROPN (1; 0% instances), PUNCT-VERB (1; 0% instances), SCONJ-ADJ (1; 0% instances), VERB-ADP (1; 0% instances), VERB-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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