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csubjpass: clausal passive subject

A clausal passive subject is a clausal syntactic subject of a passive clause. In the example below, that she lied is the subject.

That she lied was suspected by everyone
csubjpass(suspected, lied)

Treebank Statistics (UD_English)

This relation is universal.

6 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as csubjpass.

4 instances of csubjpass (67%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 9.33333333333333.

The following 2 pairs of parts of speech are connected with csubjpass: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (5; 83% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (1; 17% instances).

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1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	csubjpass	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod:tmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	auxpass	_	_
7	considered	consider	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	governor	governor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
12	Dunn	Dunn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
14	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	cop	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	pivotal	pivotal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	crisis	crisis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_

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1	Finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	expl	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	auxpass	_	_
6	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
8	Stuart	Stuart	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	fantastic	fantastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	csubjpass	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
17	because	because	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	mwe	_	_
19	his	he	PRON	PRP$	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
20	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	strategies	strategy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
22	and	and	CONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
23	equally	equally	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
24	as	as	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	importantly	importantly	ADV	RB	_	23	nmod	_	_
26	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	_	_
27	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
28	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	32	cop	_	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
30	genuinely	genuinely	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
31	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	_
33	and	and	CONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
34	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
35	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	communicator	communicator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ESL)

This relation is universal.

31 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as csubjpass.

30 instances of csubjpass (97%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 5.38709677419355.

The following 5 pairs of parts of speech are connected with csubjpass: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (18; 58% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (5; 16% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PROPN (4; 13% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (3; 10% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NUM (1; 3% instances).

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1	_	_	CONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	_	_	AUX	VBZ	_	5	auxpass	_	_
3	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	5	expl	_	_
4	_	_	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	_	_	VERB	VBN	_	0	root	_	_
6	_	_	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	_	_	VERB	VBG	_	5	csubjpass	_	_
8	_	_	DET	PRP$	_	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	7	dobj	_	_
10	_	_	ADP	IN	_	7	nmod	_	_
11	_	_	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_

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1	_	_	VERB	VBG	_	8	advcl	_	_
2	_	_	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	4	amod	_	_
4	_	_	NOUN	NNS	_	1	nmod	_	_
5	_	_	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	8	expl	_	_
7	_	_	AUX	VBD	_	8	auxpass	_	_
8	_	_	VERB	VBN	_	0	root	_	_
9	_	_	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
10	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	19	nsubj	_	_
11	_	_	CONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
12	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	10	conj	_	_
13	_	_	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
14	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	10	conj	_	_
15	_	_	CONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
16	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	17	compound	_	_
17	_	_	PROPN	NNP	_	10	conj	_	_
18	_	_	VERB	VBP	_	19	cop	_	_
19	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	8	csubjpass	_	_
20	_	_	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
21	_	_	VERB	VBG	_	19	advcl	_	_
22	_	_	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_

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1	_	_	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	_	_	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	_	_	DET	DT	_	1	nmod	_	_
4	_	_	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	7	expl	_	_
6	_	_	AUX	VBZ	_	7	aux	_	_
7	_	_	VERB	VBN	_	0	root	_	_
8	_	_	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	_	_	DET	DT	_	10	det	_	_
10	_	_	NOUN	NNS	_	12	nsubj	_	_
11	_	_	VERB	VBD	_	12	cop	_	_
12	_	_	PROPN	NNP	_	7	csubjpass	_	_
13	_	_	PROPN	NNP	_	12	name	_	_
14	_	_	CONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
15	_	_	PROPN	NNP	_	12	conj	_	_
16	_	_	PROPN	NNP	_	15	name	_	_
17	_	_	CONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
18	_	_	DET	DT	_	19	det	_	_
19	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	22	nsubj	_	_
20	_	_	VERB	VBD	_	22	cop	_	_
21	_	_	PART	RB	_	22	neg	_	_
22	_	_	PROPN	NNP	_	7	conj	_	_
23	_	_	PROPN	NNP	_	22	name	_	_
24	_	_	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_English-LinES)

This relation is universal.

7 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as csubjpass.

4 instances of csubjpass (57%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 6.

The following 1 pairs of parts of speech are connected with csubjpass: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (7; 100% instances).

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1	it	_	PRON	EX-SG	_	3	expl	_	_
2	was	_	AUX	PAST	_	3	auxpass	_	_
3	assumed	_	VERB	PASS	_	0	root	_	_
4	that	_	SCONJ	_	_	7	mark	_	_
5	he	_	PRON	PERS-P3SG-NOM	_	7	nsubj	_	_
6	would	_	AUX	PAST-AUX	_	7	aux	_	_
7	pick	_	VERB	INF	_	3	csubjpass	_	_
8	up	_	ADV	_	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	family	_	NOUN	SG	_	12	compound	_	_
10	and	_	CONJ	_	_	9	cc	_	_
11	other	_	ADJ	POS	_	9	conj	_	_
12	relationships	_	NOUN	PL	_	7	dobj	_	_
13	merely	_	ADV	_	_	16	advmod	_	_
14	by	_	ADP	_	_	16	case	_	_
15	being	_	AUX	ING	_	16	auxpass	_	_
16	exposed	_	VERB	PASS	_	7	advcl	_	_
17	to	_	ADP	_	_	18	case	_	_
18	them	_	PRON	PERS-P3PL-ACC	_	16	nmod	_	_
19	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	3	punct	_	_


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