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compound: compound

compound is used for:

phone book
compound(book, phone)
oil price futures
compound(price, oil)
compound(futures, price)

This includes proper names that use regular syntactic relations—contrast with name:

Wall Street
compound(Street, Wall)
Natural Resources Conservation Service
amod(Resources-2, Natural-1)
compound(Conservation-3, Resources-2)
compound(Service-4, Conservation-3)
I have four thousand sheep
compound(thousand, four)
I lost $ 3.2 billion
compound(billion, 3.2)
a medium - large company
amod (company, large)
compound(large, medium)
punct(large, -)
a self - driven research strategy
compound(strategy, research)
amod(strategy, driven)
compound(driven, self)
punct(driven, -)
Does he go oink oink ?
compound(oink-5, oink-4)
She just made up the answer .
compound:prt(made, up)

Treebank Statistics (UD_English)

This relation is universal. There are 1 language-specific subtypes of compound: compound:prt.

10251 nodes (4%) are attached to their parents as compound.

10104 instances of compound (99%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 1.31196956394498.

The following 47 pairs of parts of speech are connected with compound: en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (5334; 52% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PROPN (3039; 30% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PROPN (1168; 11% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NOUN (128; 1% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/NUM (96; 1% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NUM (53; 1% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/SYM (50; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (50; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (47; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/NUM (46; 0% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/X (43; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADV (24; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/X (21; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (18; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADP (16; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PROPN (16; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/NOUN (11; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (9; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/X (9; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NUM (8; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADP (8; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (8; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/DET (6; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/SYM (4; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (4; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PROPN (3; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (3; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (3; 0% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/X (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PART (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NUM (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/AUX (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances).

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1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	_
2	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
5	Google	Google	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
7	been	be	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	cop	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	acquisition	acquisition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	mode	mode	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_

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1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	name	_	_
2	Goodger	Goodger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	lead	lead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	engineer	engineer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	Mozilla	Mozilla	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Firefox	Firefox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_

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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	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ESL)

This relation is universal. There are 1 language-specific subtypes of compound: compound:prt.

1340 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as compound.

1337 instances of compound (100%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 1.22462686567164.

The following 18 pairs of parts of speech are connected with compound: en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (973; 73% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PROPN (247; 18% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PROPN (64; 5% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NOUN (15; 1% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/NUM (12; 1% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/SYM (6; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (4; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/PROPN (4; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/DET (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/INTJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances).

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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	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	3	nsubj	_	_
2	_	_	AUX	VBP	_	3	aux	_	_
3	_	_	VERB	VBG	_	0	root	_	_
4	_	_	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	_	_	VERB	VB	_	3	xcomp	_	_
6	_	_	DET	DT	_	7	det	_	_
7	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	5	dobj	_	_
8	_	_	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	_	_	DET	DT	_	12	det	_	_
10	_	_	PROPN	NNP	_	12	amod	_	_
11	_	_	PROPN	NNP	_	12	compound	_	_
12	_	_	PROPN	NNP	_	7	nmod	_	_
13	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	14	amod	_	_
14	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	5	nmod:tmod	_	_
15	_	_	PUNCT	.	_	3	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. There are 1 language-specific subtypes of compound: compound:prt.

1788 nodes (2%) are attached to their parents as compound.

1783 instances of compound (100%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 1.19407158836689.

The following 16 pairs of parts of speech are connected with compound: en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (1411; 79% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NOUN (210; 12% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PROPN (83; 5% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/NOUN (30; 2% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (18; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (12; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PROPN (7; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (3; 0% instances), en-pos/PUNCT-en-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances).

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1	About	_	ADP	_	_	5	case	_	_
2	ANSI	_	PROPN	SG	_	5	name	_	_
3	SQL	_	PROPN	SG	_	2	name	_	_
4	query	_	NOUN	SG	_	5	compound	_	_
5	mode	_	NOUN	_	_	0	root	_	_

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1	I	_	PRON	PERS-P1SG-NOM	_	2	nsubj	_	_
2	give	_	VERB	PRES	_	0	root	_	_
3	the	_	DET	DEF	_	4	det	_	_
4	floor	_	NOUN	SG	_	2	dobj	_	_
5	to	_	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	_
6	Mrs	_	NOUN	SG	_	7	compound	_	_
7	Green	_	PROPN	SG	_	2	nmod	_	_
8	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	2	punct	_	_

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1	Access	_	PROPN	SG	_	2	nsubj	_	_
2	supports	_	VERB	PRES	_	0	root	_	_
3	the	_	DET	DEF	_	6	det	_	_
4	XML	_	PROPN	SG	_	6	compound	_	_
5	Schema	_	NOUN	SG	_	4	name	_	_
6	standard	_	NOUN	SG	_	2	dobj	_	_
7	(	_	PUNCT	LeftParenthesis	_	8	punct	_	_
8	XSD	_	X	NOM	_	6	amod	_	_
9	)	_	PUNCT	RightParenthesis	_	8	punct	_	_
10	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	2	punct	_	_


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