dobj: direct object
The direct object of a VP is the noun phrase which is the (accusative) object of the verb.
She gave me a raise
dobj(gave, raise)
Treebank Statistics (UD_English)
This relation is universal.
12227 nodes (5%) are attached to their parents as dobj.
11769 instances of dobj (96%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 2.21656988631717.
The following 28 pairs of parts of speech are connected with dobj: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (8344; 68% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (2705; 22% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PROPN (649; 5% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (168; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NUM (101; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/DET (92; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/SYM (61; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PRON (21; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (20; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (20; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADV (11; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/X (9; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/INTJ (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADP (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 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No
2 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _
3 overstating overstate VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 ccomp _ _
4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 dobj _ SpaceAfter=No
5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _
6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _
7 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No
8 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _
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1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _
2 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _
4 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _
5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _
6 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 dobj _ _
7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _
8 welcome welcome VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _
9 Brian Brian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 name _ _
10 Ryner Ryner PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 dobj _ _
11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _
12 Google Google PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
13 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _
Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ESL)
This relation is universal.
5356 nodes (5%) are attached to their parents as dobj.
5018 instances of dobj (94%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 2.05694548170276.
The following 26 pairs of parts of speech are connected with dobj: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (3767; 70% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (1254; 23% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/DET (108; 2% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PROPN (98; 2% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (44; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NUM (22; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (16; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (10; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/SYM (7; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (4; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/INTJ (4; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/DET (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), en-pos/CONJ-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PART-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/X (1; 0% instances).
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1 _ _ SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _
2 _ _ DET DT _ 3 det _ _
3 _ _ NOUN NN _ 4 nsubj _ _
4 _ _ VERB VBD _ 7 advcl _ _
5 _ _ PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _
6 _ _ PRON PRP _ 7 nsubj _ _
7 _ _ VERB VBD _ 0 root _ _
8 _ _ DET DT _ 9 det _ _
9 _ _ NOUN NN _ 7 dobj _ _
10 _ _ ADP IN _ 11 case _ _
11 _ _ NOUN NNS _ 7 nmod _ _
12 _ _ CONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _
13 _ _ PRON PRP _ 14 nsubj _ _
14 _ _ VERB VBD _ 7 conj _ _
15 _ _ DET DT _ 16 det _ _
16 _ _ NOUN NNS _ 14 dobj _ _
17 _ _ ADP IN _ 18 case _ _
18 _ _ NOUN NNS _ 14 nmod _ _
19 _ _ PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _
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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 _ _ PRON PRP _ 3 nsubj _ _
2 _ _ AUX MD _ 3 aux _ _
3 _ _ VERB VB _ 0 root _ _
4 _ _ PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _
5 _ _ VERB VB _ 3 conj _ _
6 _ _ DET PRP$ _ 7 nmod:poss _ _
7 _ _ NOUN NN _ 5 dobj _ _
8 _ _ CONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _
9 _ _ PRON PRP _ 11 nsubj _ _
10 _ _ VERB VBZ _ 11 cop _ _
11 _ _ ADJ JJ _ 3 conj _ _
12 _ _ ADV WRB _ 14 mark _ _
13 _ _ PRON PRP _ 14 nsubj _ _
14 _ _ VERB VBZ _ 11 advcl _ _
15 _ _ DET DT _ 16 det _ _
16 _ _ NOUN NN _ 14 dobj _ _
17 _ _ DET WDT _ 19 dobj _ _
18 _ _ PRON PRP _ 19 nsubj _ _
19 _ _ VERB VBD _ 16 acl:relcl _ _
20 _ _ PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _
Treebank Statistics (UD_English-LinES)
This relation is universal.
3849 nodes (5%) are attached to their parents as dobj.
3664 instances of dobj (95%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 2.20446869316706.
The following 31 pairs of parts of speech are connected with dobj: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (2572; 67% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (903; 23% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PROPN (193; 5% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (38; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (36; 1% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/NOUN (21; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADV (14; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/INTJ (14; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NUM (10; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/SCONJ (8; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/PRON (5; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/DET (4; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (3; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/X (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PART (2; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/CONJ-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PUNCT-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/X (1; 0% instances).
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1 Linking _ VERB ING _ 0 root _ _
2 a _ DET IND-SG _ 3 det _ _
3 page _ NOUN SG _ 1 dobj _ _
4 to _ ADP _ _ 7 case _ _
5 a _ DET IND-SG _ 7 det _ _
6 connection _ NOUN SG _ 7 compound _ _
7 file _ NOUN SG _ 1 nmod _ _
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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 Select _ VERB IMP _ 0 root _ _
2 the _ DET DEF _ 3 det _ _
3 line _ NOUN SG _ 1 dobj _ _
4 you _ PRON PERS-P2 _ 5 nsubj _ _
5 want _ VERB PRES _ 3 acl:relcl _ _
6 to _ PART _ _ 7 mark _ _
7 copy _ VERB INF _ 5 xcomp _ _
8 and _ CONJ _ _ 7 cc _ _
9 press _ VERB INF _ 7 conj _ _
10 CTRL _ PROPN SG _ 9 dobj _ _
11 – _ PUNCT Dash _ 1 punct _ _
12 C _ PROPN SG _ 10 nmod _ _
13 . _ PUNCT Period _ 1 punct _ _
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